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
Franklin'S Popcorn Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 action represents the entire active workload for the company's patent portfolio. The focus on this specific technology area indicates the primary field of innovation currently being pursued by the entity.
The prosecution is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This means that all current patent office interactions are funneled through a single administrative channel. There is no diversification of examiners or art units, which simplifies the communication process but also means that the portfolio's immediate success is tied to a single examiner's perspective.
HEMMINGS, HUNTER GARRETT is the busiest examiner for this portfolio with 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the total number of pending office actions is 1, this examiner is responsible for the full volume of the company's current prosecution. Practitioners will interact exclusively with HEMMINGS, HUNTER GARRETT for all matters currently awaiting a response from the office.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEMMINGS, HUNTER GARRETT | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18194474 | CORN POPPER WITH AGITATOR | HEMMINGS, HUNTER GARRETT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18194474 | CORN POPPER WITH AGITATOR | HEMMINGS, HUNTER GARRETT | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFranklin'S Popcorn Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Hunter Garrett Hemmings has the most, with 1 of Franklin'S Popcorn Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
