Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ac Infinity Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to examiner WEINERT, WILLIAM C, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The data shows 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a centralized prosecution environment. For a practitioner, this means the success of the active portfolio is tied to the interpretation of a single examiner. No other examiners or art units are currently involved to provide a comparative perspective on the company's patent applications.
With only 1 pending office action, the company maintains a small footprint at the patent office. The use of 1 distinct art unit for this action suggests a specific technical focus within the medical devices field. Practitioners must tailor their approach to the individual requirements of WEINERT, WILLIAM C, as this examiner handles the entirety of the company's pending workload. The 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit structure minimizes administrative complexity but maximizes the importance of each interaction. This streamlined profile is typical for companies with a very specific or emerging technical interest in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEINERT, WILLIAM C | 1 | 57.9% | +35.7% |
| MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1 | 57.5% | +22.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18627043 | HUMIDIFYING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT CONTROL | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18653780 | DEHUMIDIFYING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT CONTROL | WEINERT, WILLIAM C | — |
| 18627043 | HUMIDIFYING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT CONTROL | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18653780 | DEHUMIDIFYING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT CONTROL | WEINERT, WILLIAM C | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18627043 | HUMIDIFYING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH VAPOR PRESSURE DEFICIT CONTROL | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1776 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAc Infinity Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
William C Weinert has the most, with 1 of Ac Infinity Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
