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
Barnhardt Manufacturing Co. has a very focused presence in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 1 pending office action, which is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. This single action represents the entirety of the company's active prosecution docket as shown in the data.
The prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the company's current patenting efforts are concentrated on a specific technical innovation within the broader field of medical and mechanical engineering. Practitioners only need to monitor the developments within this one art unit for this portfolio.
HURLEY, SHAUN R is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending office action in total, HURLEY, SHAUN R is the sole examiner responsible for the company's current active cases. The outcome of this single office action will determine the immediate success of the company's patent strategy in this technology area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HURLEY, SHAUN R | 1 | 77.6% | +17.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19463980 | CLEANED, NON-SCOURED, COTTON AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME | HURLEY, SHAUN 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19463980 | CLEANED, NON-SCOURED, COTTON AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME | HURLEY, SHAUN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19463980 | CLEANED, NON-SCOURED, COTTON AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME | HURLEY, SHAUN R | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2026 |
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Start Free TrialBarnhardt Manufacturing Co. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Shaun R Hurley has the most, with 1 of Barnhardt Manufacturing Co.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
