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
China Steel Corporation currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This case is handled by 1 distinct examiner, HENSON, KATINA N, who is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The portfolio's current activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated focus for the company's mechanical innovations.
The presence of 1 pending office action suggests a low volume of current prosecution activity. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific examination tendencies of HENSON, KATINA N, as she manages the entirety of the company's pending matters. The focus on 1 distinct art unit within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector allows for a targeted strategy that accounts for the specific procedural environment of that unit. This data profile represents a singular, focused point of interaction with the patent office, where a single examiner and a single art unit define the current landscape for the company's intellectual property efforts.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENSON, KATINA N | 1 | 56.8% | +31.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18675201 | STEEL, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF AND SCREWDRIVER BIT | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18675201 | STEEL, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF AND SCREWDRIVER BIT | HENSON, KATINA N | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialChina Steel Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Katina N Henson has the most, with 1 of China Steel Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
