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
Erdie End Caps LLC is managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. This shows a very concentrated prosecution profile where the company's current patent office activity is limited to one specific point of contact and one technical division. The company must address the specific technical requirements of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area as interpreted by this 1 examiner and the 1 art unit where the action is pending.
The busiest examiner identified is DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R, who is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This examiner represents the total pending workload for the company. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution strategy is highly focused. This concentration allows for a focus on the specific standards and interpretations of a single examiner during the current phase of portfolio development. Such a focused environment may lead to more predictable outcomes if the examiner's tendencies are well understood. The presence of 1 distinct examiner across 1 distinct art unit ensures that the 1 pending office action is subject to a singular technical perspective.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 1 | 68.9% | +14.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907689 | TUBE END CLOSURE | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907689 | TUBE END CLOSURE | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18907689 | TUBE END CLOSURE | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 3734 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialErdie End Caps LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Christopher R Demeree has the most, with 1 of Erdie End Caps LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
