Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Darex LLC is engaged in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions. These actions are both assigned to 1 distinct art unit. Prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners. MARCEL T DION is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending action.
Having the 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending actions within the 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings are being reviewed by different individuals despite the technical concentration. This distribution prevents a single examiner from controlling the entire pending portfolio.
The involvement of the distinct examiners for the pending actions means that each case is receiving an independent review. Practitioners should be prepared for different examiner perspectives within the same art unit. This structure provides the company with a more diverse set of feedback on its current Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DION, MARCEL T | 1 | 40.7% | +36.8% |
| SAENZ, ALBERTO | 1 | 68.9% | +30.9% |
| SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 1 | 53.4% | +25.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18751598 | ROTATABLE EDGE GUIDE TO SUPPORT A CUTTING TOOL DURING A SHARPENING OPERATION | DION, MARCEL T | — |
| 16949375 | POWERED SHARPENER WITH CONTROLLED DEFLECTION OF FLEXIBLE ABRASIVE MEMBER | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18751598 | ROTATABLE EDGE GUIDE TO SUPPORT A CUTTING TOOL DURING A SHARPENING OPERATION | DION, MARCEL T | — |
| 18588435 | SHARPENER WITH SWING ARM ABRASIVE ASSEMBLY | SAENZ, ALBERTO | — |
| 16949375 | POWERED SHARPENER WITH CONTROLLED DEFLECTION OF FLEXIBLE ABRASIVE MEMBER | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18751598 | ROTATABLE EDGE GUIDE TO SUPPORT A CUTTING TOOL DURING A SHARPENING OPERATION | DION, MARCEL T | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18588435 | SHARPENER WITH SWING ARM ABRASIVE ASSEMBLY | SAENZ, ALBERTO | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 16949375 | POWERED SHARPENER WITH CONTROLLED DEFLECTION OF FLEXIBLE ABRASIVE MEMBER | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialDarex LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Marcel T Dion has the most, with 1 of Darex LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
