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
Costo Fire Consulting LLC currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is handled by a distinct examiner within a distinct art unit, creating a narrow but focused prosecution landscape. The applicant can direct all attention to the specific technical hurdles presented in this single matter.
The busiest examiner, HORTON, ANDREW ALAN, is responsible for the 1 pending office action. As the sole examiner involved in the current workload, HORTON, ANDREW ALAN'S perspective is the most critical element of the company's patent strategy. The lack of examiner or art unit variety means that the outcome of this action will define the current status of the portfolio.
By operating within a single art unit, the applicant can focus on the specific examination practices and precedents of that group. Practitioners should prioritize a thorough response to the feedback from HORTON, ANDREW ALAN to move the case toward allowance. This concentrated approach is effective for resolving the sole pending action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | 1 | 80.7% | +17.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18887329 | Portable Firehose Cleaning Apparatus | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18887329 | Portable Firehose Cleaning Apparatus | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18887329 | Portable Firehose Cleaning Apparatus | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCosto Fire Consulting LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Andrew Alan Horton has the most, with 1 of Costo Fire Consulting LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
