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
Cibc Bank Usa AS Agent is currently overseeing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a highly targeted approach to their current patent filings. This focus can be advantageous for a company looking to establish a foothold in a specific mechanical niche. The concentration of 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit minimizes the need for diverse legal strategies across different patent office divisions.
The busiest examiner, STEVENS, ALLAN D, is handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 action constitutes the entirety of the company's active prosecution, so the examiner's decisions will directly impact the company's patenting success. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the company can focus its efforts on the specific technical standards of that unit. This centralized strategy means the company's near-term intellectual property goals are tied to the outcome of the 1 pending office action with this 1 distinct examiner.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEVENS, ALLAN D | 1 | 41.5% | +50.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18179189 | TRANSPORT ASSEMBLY FOR STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH LIDS | STEVENS, ALLAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18179189 | TRANSPORT ASSEMBLY FOR STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH LIDS | STEVENS, ALLAN D | 3736 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialCibc Bank Usa AS Agent has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Allan D Stevens has the most, with 1 of Cibc Bank Usa AS Agent's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
