Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Clics LLC currently has 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, which ensures that each of the 3 pending office actions is reviewed by a different individual at the USPTO. This distribution helps the company gain multiple perspectives on its patent applications.
The company's prosecution activity is concentrated within 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while the examiners are different, the technical subject matter is grouped into two main areas of mechanical engineering. PANCHOLI, VISHAL J is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action for the company.
With 3 distinct examiners each handling 1 pending office action, the company's workload is perfectly balanced across its personnel. PANCHOLI, VISHAL J manages 1 pending office action, which is consistent with the distribution across the other two examiners. This strategy of engaging 3 distinct examiners within 2 distinct art units indicates a high level of scrutiny for the company's mechanical innovations.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 1 | 72.8% | +25.2% |
| CARROLL, JEREMY W | 1 | 75.0% | +12.0% |
| TEFERA, HIWOT E | 1 | 74.2% | +25.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877545 | DUCKBILL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | — |
| 18877603 | WIPER CLEANING DEVICE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18759246 | SMART CABINET | TEFERA, HIWOT E | 41d |
| 18877545 | DUCKBILL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | — |
| 18877603 | WIPER CLEANING DEVICE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 2 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18877545 | DUCKBILL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 3754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18877603 | WIPER CLEANING DEVICE | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18759246 | SMART CABINET | TEFERA, HIWOT E | 3637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialClics LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Vishal J Pancholi has the most, with 1 of Clics LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
