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
Control Cutter AS is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being processed within a distinct art unit. The prosecution involves a distinct examiner, indicating a focus for the entity's current patent efforts. With the 1 pending office action, the applicant can dedicate their full attention to the specific technical challenges of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This centralized workload reduces the complexity often found in larger portfolios.
DO, NHAT CHIEU Q is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action under review. With only a distinct examiner and art unit, the prosecution environment is highly focused. This allows the applicant to tailor their approach specifically to the requirements of the assigned examiner. The presence of a distinct examiner means that the outcome of the current prosecution depends on an individual's interpretation of the prior art. Practitioners should focus on the specific feedback from DO, NHAT CHIEU Q to advance the pending office 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 1 | 64.0% | +48.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18824341 | ENHANCED METHOD FOR CUTTING PIPES ON A DRILL FLOOR AND TOOL THEREFOR | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18824341 | ENHANCED METHOD FOR CUTTING PIPES ON A DRILL FLOOR AND TOOL THEREFOR | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18824341 | ENHANCED METHOD FOR CUTTING PIPES ON A DRILL FLOOR AND TOOL THEREFOR | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialControl Cutter AS has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nhat Chieu Q Do has the most, with 1 of Control Cutter AS's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
