Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
David Clark Company Incorporated has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Despite having multiple actions, they are all concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current innovations in medical and mechanical engineering. The presence of 2 pending office actions indicates the current scale of the company's active prosecution.
The company's prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, which is a high level of concentration for a portfolio with multiple pending actions. DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY is the busiest examiner, managing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This means she is responsible for every active matter the company currently has at the patent office. This concentration of 2 pending office actions under 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit creates a high-stakes relationship with DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY.
Her decisions will determine the outcome for the entire active portfolio. Practitioners can benefit from this by developing a consistent rapport and strategy with this single examiner across both of the 2 busiest examiner pending actions. The alignment with the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area ensures that the prosecution remains within a consistent technical framework. Understanding the specific tendencies of DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY is the most critical factor for the company's success.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY | 2 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18677275 | HYPERBARIC MEDICAL GARMENT | DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY | — |
| 18385738 | Protective Aviation Garment | DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18677275 | HYPERBARIC MEDICAL GARMENT | DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY | 3791 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18385738 | Protective Aviation Garment | DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY | 3791 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDavid Clark Company Incorporated has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ariana Joy Lacay Decastro has the most, with 2 of David Clark Company Incorporated's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
