Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Detectamet Limited has 2 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating separate examination channels.
DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Each action should be evaluated independently, with coordinated docket management used to maintain consistent portfolio positions.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 1 | 68.9% | +14.2% |
| DONG, LIANG | 1 | 53.2% | +32.7% |
| OLIVER, BRADLEY S | 1 | 61.0% | +14.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17439696 | Detectable Component for a Writing Implement | OLIVER, BRADLEY S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18644899 | Container Cover and Assembly Thereof | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| 18703868 | IMPROVEMENTS TO UTENSILS FOR USE IN SECURE AREAS | DONG, LIANG | — |
| 17439696 | Detectable Component for a Writing Implement | OLIVER, BRADLEY S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18644899 | Container Cover and Assembly Thereof | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18703868 | IMPROVEMENTS TO UTENSILS FOR USE IN SECURE AREAS | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 17439696 | Detectable Component for a Writing Implement | OLIVER, BRADLEY S | 3754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialDetectamet Limited has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Christopher R Demeree has the most, with 1 of Detectamet Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
