Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Baltimore Aircoil Company Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 pending office actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, including Travis C Ruby. The prosecution is divided between 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's mechanical innovations are being evaluated by different specialized groups within the USPTO. This spread across 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners indicates that each of the 2 pending office actions is receiving an independent technical review.
Travis C Ruby is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This accounts for one of the 2 pending office actions total. Because there are 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the prosecution of these matters is not centralized. Each of the 2 pending office actions requires a separate approach tailored to the specific examiner and the technical standards of the 2 distinct art units in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The 2 distinct examiners will provide unique perspectives on the respective filings.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUBY, TRAVIS C | 1 | 54.0% | +27.2% |
| CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 1 | 63.9% | +32.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18975808 | HEAT EXCHANGER | RUBY, TRAVIS C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18744144 | HYBRID HEAT EXCHANGER | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 12d |
| 18975808 | HEAT EXCHANGER | RUBY, TRAVIS C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18975808 | HEAT EXCHANGER | RUBY, TRAVIS C | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18744144 | HYBRID HEAT EXCHANGER | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3726 | §112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBaltimore Aircoil Company Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Travis C Ruby has the most, with 1 of Baltimore Aircoil Company Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
