Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
A&S Composite S R O maintains 1 pending office action focused within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution activity is distributed across a single distinct art unit, showing a narrow technical focus for the company's current patenting efforts. The presence of a sole distinct examiner suggests a streamlined communication process between the applicant and the patent office, which can often lead to more efficient resolution of outstanding issues.
The busiest examiner, CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J, is currently handling the 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner workload matches the total pending office actions, the company's immediate legal strategy is entirely dependent on the review of this specific individual. This concentration allows for a singular focus on the examiner's specific preferences and prior art interpretations within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. For practitioners, this means that understanding the historical tendencies of this specific examiner is paramount to successfully navigating the current prosecution phase.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | 1 | 65.1% | +35.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19066243 | Pressure cylinder made of a thin-walled welded stainless steel vessel and its production method | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19066243 | Pressure cylinder made of a thin-walled welded stainless steel vessel and its production method | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19066243 | Pressure cylinder made of a thin-walled welded stainless steel vessel and its production method | CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J | 3733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialA&S Composite S R O has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Stephen J Castellano has the most, with 1 of A&S Composite S R O's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
