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
Big Bee Little Bee Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is situated in 1 distinct art unit and is assigned to a distinct examiner, James N Smalley. As the busiest examiner, James N Smalley is responsible for the company's only pending matter. This reflects a narrow and singular focus in the company's current patent prosecution.
The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a minimal active workload at the patent office. Because this action is located in the 1 distinct art unit, the technical scope of the current prosecution is highly concentrated. Practitioners should note that the entire outcome of the current portfolio depends on the review of James N Smalley. This examiner has oversight of the pending matter. Managing the distinct examiner for the pending action allows for a focused prosecution 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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMALLEY, JAMES N | 1 | 70.7% | -9.8% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19275708 | FOOD STORAGE CONTAINER | SMALLEY, JAMES N | 3733 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialBig Bee Little Bee Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
James N Smalley has the most, with 1 of Big Bee Little Bee Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
