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
Fujian Hongjun Furniture Co. Ltd. is managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being processed within 1 distinct art unit by 1 distinct examiner. The limited scope of the 1 pending office action suggests a very targeted approach to patent protection in this field. Since the portfolio is confined to 1 distinct art unit, the technical arguments are likely concentrated on a specific mechanical innovation.
VOLZ, ELIZABETH J serves as the busiest examiner, overseeing the 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the feedback from this specific individual within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the preferences of VOLZ, ELIZABETH J to resolve the matter. The alignment of the portfolio under the examiner simplifies the coordination of responses for the company.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 1 | 66.7% | +19.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19188014 | SPLICING CONTAINER OF GAS TANK WITH MULTI-DIRECTIONAL LIMITING CONNECTION | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19188014 | SPLICING CONTAINER OF GAS TANK WITH MULTI-DIRECTIONAL LIMITING CONNECTION | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 3733 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialFujian Hongjun Furniture Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Elizabeth J Volz has the most, with 1 of Fujian Hongjun Furniture Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
