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
Devcat Co. Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. Such a focused profile indicates that the company's current active prosecution is limited to a single specific matter within the mechanical and medical device sector, suggesting a targeted approach to its intellectual property strategy at this time.
The busiest examiner for this company is HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action. This examiner's workload accounts for the entirety of the company's pending actions as of the current data. Because the portfolio involves only 1 distinct art unit, the administrative oversight for these filings is concentrated, providing a singular point of interaction for the company's legal representatives. This streamlined process allows the company to focus its efforts on the specific technical requirements and examination preferences of a single administrative division.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 1 | 62.4% | +32.4% |
| HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES | 1 | 51.8% | +35.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19126703 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GAME | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | — |
| 18910528 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GAME ASSET | HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19126703 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GAME | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | — |
| 18910528 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GAME ASSET | HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19126703 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GAME | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 18910528 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GAME ASSET | HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDevcat Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
William J Allen has the most, with 1 of Devcat Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
