Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days
AS America Inc. manages 11 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. These actions are spread across 6 distinct art units, showing a diverse technical range for a portfolio of 11 cases. The portfolio is assigned to 8 distinct examiners, which indicates that some examiners are responsible for multiple pending matters. Practitioners should be aware of the 6 distinct art units involved, as they will influence the examination of the 11 pending office actions handled by the 8 distinct examiners.
LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. This represents a significant concentration of the total actions under one official. The busiest examiner pending count of 3 makes this individual a key focus for the company's prosecution strategy. With 11 pending office actions and 8 distinct examiners, there is a moderate level of personnel variety to manage. Practitioners must coordinate their efforts across 6 distinct art units and various examiners to ensure consistent results. Effectively resolving the workload will require a detailed understanding of the assigned departments and the specific preferences of the examiners involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (36%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (64%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3 | 55.4% | +28.9% |
| SPICER, JENINE MARIE | 1 | 51.0% | +19.1% |
| TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 1 | 75.1% | +20.7% |
| SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 1 | 61.9% | +20.0% |
| NGUYEN, TUAN N | 1 | 68.1% | +26.4% |
| VARMA, AKASH K | 1 | 66.6% | +34.1% |
| CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 1 | 43.3% | +26.1% |
| CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 1 | 57.3% | +31.0% |
| MULLER, BRYAN R | 1 | 43.7% | +31.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18536352 | Connected Sanitaryware Systems and Methods | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 16d overdue |
| 18840442 | MAGNETIC SELF-DOCKING FAUCET | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 43d |
| 19220501 | MOLDED FIBER PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR TOILETS | SPICER, JENINE MARIE | — |
| 18849457 | PLUMBING FIXTURE BOOST SYSTEM | NGUYEN, TUAN N | — |
| 18730743 | VENTURI DEVICE TO DISPLACE AIR FROM PLUMBING FIXTURE TRAPWAY | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 18272672 | Faucet with Integrated Enhanced Water Stream | VARMA, AKASH K | — |
| 17775491 | INSTALLATION TOOL AND METHOD FOR A TOILET | MULLER, BRYAN R | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18536352 | Connected Sanitaryware Systems and Methods | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 16d overdue |
| 18024900 | Ergonomic Toilet Seat | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 27d |
| 18840442 | MAGNETIC SELF-DOCKING FAUCET | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 43d |
| 19220501 | MOLDED FIBER PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR TOILETS | SPICER, JENINE MARIE | — |
| 19060998 | LAVATORY FAUCET WITH CENTER WATER INLET | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | — |
| 18857416 | DUAL-TRAP TOILET HAVING IMPROVED PRESSURIZATION AND FLUSHING | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | — |
| 18849457 | PLUMBING FIXTURE BOOST SYSTEM | NGUYEN, TUAN N | — |
| 18730743 | VENTURI DEVICE TO DISPLACE AIR FROM PLUMBING FIXTURE TRAPWAY | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 6 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19220501 | MOLDED FIBER PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR TOILETS | SPICER, JENINE MARIE | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19060998 | LAVATORY FAUCET WITH CENTER WATER INLET | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 3799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18857416 | DUAL-TRAP TOILET HAVING IMPROVED PRESSURIZATION AND FLUSHING | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 3754 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18849457 | PLUMBING FIXTURE BOOST SYSTEM | NGUYEN, TUAN N | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18840442 | MAGNETIC SELF-DOCKING FAUCET | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 43d | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18730743 | VENTURI DEVICE TO DISPLACE AIR FROM PLUMBING FIXTURE TRAPWAY | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18536352 | Connected Sanitaryware Systems and Methods | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18272672 | Faucet with Integrated Enhanced Water Stream | VARMA, AKASH K | 1773 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18189064 | FAUCET WITH LEAD DETECT DEVICE | CHIU, MAY LEUNG | 1797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 18024900 | Ergonomic Toilet Seat | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 3754 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
| 17775491 | INSTALLATION TOOL AND METHOD FOR A TOILET | MULLER, BRYAN R | 3723 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAS America Inc. has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 9 examiners.
Janie Meredith Loeppke has the most, with 3 of AS America Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
