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
Contra Vision Limited is managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, BELAY, DILNESSA B, who accounts for the 1 busiest examiner pending action in the portfolio. The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit suggests the technology falls within a specific niche at the patent office.
With 1 pending office action total, the company's current prosecution strategy is highly centralized. The interaction with BELAY, DILNESSA B will be the determining factor for the success of this active application, as no other examiners are currently reviewing the company's work. This lack of diversification means that the company's experience in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector is defined by a single examiner's perspective.
The use of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner simplifies the administrative burden of patent prosecution. However, it also means that the 1 busiest examiner pending action carries the full weight of the company's current patenting goals. Practitioners should focus on the specific history and rejection patterns of BELAY, DILNESSA B to optimize the chances of a favorable outcome for this single pending action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELAY, DILNESSA B | 1 | 62.6% | +24.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18294748 | BEVERAGE MAKING, SERVING AND CLEARING ASSEMBLY | BELAY, DILNESSA B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18294748 | BEVERAGE MAKING, SERVING AND CLEARING ASSEMBLY | BELAY, DILNESSA B | 3761 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialContra Vision Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Dilnessa B Belay has the most, with 1 of Contra Vision Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
