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
Fives North American Combustion Inc. is managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This application is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH, and is being processed in 1 distinct art unit. Such a concentrated profile suggests a very specific technical scope for the company's current patent efforts. The one-to-one ratio between the pending matter and the examiner ensures that the prosecution is handled by a single official.
The busiest examiner, WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH, is currently handling 1 pending office action. As the only examiner listed, this individual represents the sole official the company must negotiate with to advance its patent rights. This lack of examiner diversity reduces the complexity of the prosecution, as there is only 1 distinct art unit to consider. However, the company's success is tied to the specific perspective of this 1 distinct examiner.
With only 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area, the company's current engagement with the USPTO is highly focused. The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technology does not overlap with other administrative groups. Practitioners can focus their resources on meeting the specific expectations of this technical group. This simplified prosecution landscape is ideal for a targeted approach to securing patent rights for the 1 pending office action.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 1 | 75.7% | +26.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18930310 | MELTING FURNACE PURGE SYSTEM AND METHOD | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18930310 | MELTING FURNACE PURGE SYSTEM AND METHOD | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFives North American Combustion Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kurt Joseph Wolford has the most, with 1 of Fives North American Combustion Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
