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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
D Wheatley Enterprises Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA, who is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates a focused technical area for the pending application.
Because the company only has 1 pending office action, its current prosecution experience is entirely defined by the interaction with DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA. This concentration requires the applicant to closely monitor the specific examiner's history and preferences to ensure a successful outcome. The 1 distinct examiner involved is the only individual currently reviewing the company's patent claims in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology is being evaluated within a specific division of the patent office. With 1 busiest examiner pending action, the company's immediate success is tied to the resolution of this single matter. This streamlined prosecution environment allows for a highly targeted legal strategy but lacks the broader insights that come from interacting with multiple examiners.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 1 | 74.3% | +26.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18430299 | COLLAPSIBLE PROTECTIVE RESPIRATORY MASK | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18430299 | COLLAPSIBLE PROTECTIVE RESPIRATORY MASK | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18430299 | COLLAPSIBLE PROTECTIVE RESPIRATORY MASK | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialD Wheatley Enterprises Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Annette Fredricka Dixon has the most, with 1 of D Wheatley Enterprises Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
