Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days
Epoch Company, Ltd. has 9 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 8 distinct examiners across 6 distinct art units, showing distribution across several technical examination settings.
NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration provides an opportunity to compare positions in those matters, while the remaining examiner assignments require separate prosecution planning.
Organizing the portfolio by art unit may help counsel identify recurring mechanical or device-related issues. A common review of claim terminology and supporting disclosure can improve consistency, but the examiner spread calls for tailored arguments and amendments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 3 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | 2 | 72.7% | +21.7% |
| PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 1 | 72.8% | +25.2% |
| POON, PETER M | 1 | 6.0% | +5.7% |
| FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE | 1 | 52.5% | +36.0% |
| BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE | 1 | 33.8% | +7.7% |
| HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE | 1 | 46.9% | +30.6% |
| STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | 1 | 39.1% | +35.7% |
| FOSS, DAVID ROGER | 1 | 74.2% | +33.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18415982 | FUSIBLE TOY BEAD | STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | 70d |
| 18934685 | TRAVELING TOY | POON, PETER M | — |
| 18931590 | TRAVELING TOY FOR FIGURE PLAY | FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE | — |
| 18793407 | TRAVELING TOY | BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE | — |
| 18792892 | TRAVELING TOY | HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE | — |
| 18413973 | TOY FOR FIGURE PLAY | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18386046 | CREAMY SUBSTANCE | FOSS, DAVID ROGER | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18415982 | FUSIBLE TOY BEAD | STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | 70d |
| 19089259 | PIPING TOOL | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | — |
| 18934618 | TOY FOR FIGURE PLAY | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18931590 | TRAVELING TOY FOR FIGURE PLAY | FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE | — |
| 18792892 | TRAVELING TOY | HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE | — |
| 18413973 | TOY FOR FIGURE PLAY | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18386046 | CREAMY SUBSTANCE | FOSS, DAVID ROGER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 4 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19089259 | PIPING TOOL | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 3754 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 18934685 | TRAVELING TOY | POON, PETER M | 3643 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18934618 | TOY FOR FIGURE PLAY | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | 3711 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18931590 | TRAVELING TOY FOR FIGURE PLAY | FULTON, KRISTINA ROSE | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18793407 | TRAVELING TOY | BERONA, KIMBERLY SUE | 3647 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18792892 | TRAVELING TOY | HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE | 3711 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18415982 | FUSIBLE TOY BEAD | STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | 3711 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18413973 | TOY FOR FIGURE PLAY | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | 3711 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18386046 | CREAMY SUBSTANCE | FOSS, DAVID ROGER | 1732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEpoch Company, Ltd. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 8 examiners.
Alexander R Niconovich has the most, with 2 of Epoch Company, Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
