Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Design & Technical Solutions LLC is currently handling 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners. Both of these examiners operate within 1 distinct art unit.
GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. Each of the 2 examiners is responsible for 1 pending matter. Because all activity is housed in 1 art unit, the company can focus its resources on the specific examination trends of that single group.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK | 1 | — | — |
| MCCORMICK, CHRISTOPHER JORDAN | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18599456 | SMART TILE WITH EMBEDDED ELECTRIC HEATING COIL | GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK | — |
| 18390092 | MULTI-LAYRED ELECTRIC HEATING TILE | MCCORMICK, CHRISTOPHER JORDAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18599456 | SMART TILE WITH EMBEDDED ELECTRIC HEATING COIL | GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18390092 | MULTI-LAYRED ELECTRIC HEATING TILE | MCCORMICK, CHRISTOPHER JORDAN | 3761 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDesign & Technical Solutions LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Nicholas Fredrick Gauthier has the most, with 1 of Design & Technical Solutions LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
