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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
AG 18 LLC manages a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There is 1 pending office action currently on file for the company. This single active case suggests a specific focus on a particular medical or mechanical advancement. The current prosecution volume indicates a highly targeted approach to intellectual property protection in the medical technology sector.
The prosecution process is confined to a distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the technology is being reviewed by a specialized division of the patent office. KEVIN Y KIM is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing the busiest examiner pending office action. This examiner is the sole individual responsible for the company's current pending matters, which allows for a more direct and consistent technical exchange.
The presence of 1 distinct art unit and the pending office action suggests a low level of administrative complexity. Practitioners can focus their resources on addressing the specific technical issues raised by KEVIN Y KIM. Success in this matter will determine the current progress of the portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field, making the relationship with this specific examiner the central focus of the company's immediate patent strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| No statute on record | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, KEVIN Y | 1 | 78.3% | +15.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17329943 | Location Based Restrictions On Networked Gaming | KIM, KEVIN Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17329943 | Location Based Restrictions On Networked Gaming | KIM, KEVIN Y | 3715 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialAG 18 LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kevin Y Kim has the most, with 1 of AG 18 LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
