Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bluestreak Equipment Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, creating separate examination settings within the same technical area. Counsel should coordinate device terminology while tailoring structural and functional arguments to each application’s record.
SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The examiner does not handle the full identified docket, so one examination approach should not be assumed to govern both matters. Application-specific claim mapping and careful explanation of device interactions can support focused responses.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 1 | 53.4% | +25.5% |
| MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 1 | 84.1% | +11.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18827698 | APPARATUS FOR COLLECTION OF NON-METALLIC AND METALLIC FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
| 18536134 | RARE EARTH PORTABLE MAGNET CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING A QUICK CLEAN SLEEVE | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18827698 | APPARATUS FOR COLLECTION OF NON-METALLIC AND METALLIC FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
| 18536134 | RARE EARTH PORTABLE MAGNET CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING A QUICK CLEAN SLEEVE | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18827698 | APPARATUS FOR COLLECTION OF NON-METALLIC AND METALLIC FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2024 |
| 18536134 | RARE EARTH PORTABLE MAGNET CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING A QUICK CLEAN SLEEVE | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 3653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBluestreak Equipment Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Christopher Ashley Soto has the most, with 1 of Bluestreak Equipment Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
