Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Drinkstation Holdings Corporation has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. PANCHOLI, VISHAL J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The portfolio's active examination is concentrated in 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a single point of interaction with the patent office for the company's current filings.
Having 1 pending office action means that the company's current efforts are entirely dedicated to a single matter. The practitioner can concentrate on the specific tendencies of PANCHOLI, VISHAL J within the 1 distinct art unit. This lack of complexity in the prosecution landscape allows for a very direct and focused strategy in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering domain.
The singular focus on 1 distinct examiner and 1 pending action suggests a very targeted approach to patenting. There are no other active matters to balance, which means the company can provide a very thorough response to the current office action. The outcome of this interaction will be the primary factor in the company's current patent office performance.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 1 | 72.8% | +25.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972309 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING A BEVERAGE | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972309 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING A BEVERAGE | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18972309 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPENSING A BEVERAGE | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDrinkstation Holdings Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Vishal J Pancholi has the most, with 1 of Drinkstation Holdings Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
