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
American Heating Technologies Inc. is currently addressing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and a distinct art unit. This indicates that the company's current interaction with the patent office is focused on a single point of contact. Such a structure is typical for companies with a highly specialized product line. The use of 1 distinct examiner allows for a more direct prosecution process within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. This single action represents the total volume of pending matters for the company. Consequently, the prosecution strategy is entirely centered on the feedback from this examiner. The concentration in a single art unit suggests that the technical focus is consistent across the company's current filings. Because ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A is the only examiner with 1 pending office action, the applicant can focus all their efforts on resolving this specific case. This simplified workload reduces the need for complex internal tracking systems and allows for an agile response to office actions.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A | 1 | 23.9% | +38.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17809542 | Segmented Porous Barbeque Grill Grate | ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17809542 | Segmented Porous Barbeque Grill Grate | ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17809542 | Segmented Porous Barbeque Grill Grate | ABRAHAM, IBRAHIME A | 3761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAmerican Heating Technologies Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ibrahime A Abraham has the most, with 1 of American Heating Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
