Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hong Ann Tool Industries Co., Ltd. has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are spread across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This indicates that the company's 4 pending actions are being reviewed by a small, focused group of examiners and art units within the medical and mechanical fields.
FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 2 pending office actions. The remaining pending actions are split between the other distinct examiners, as the portfolio involves 4 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners. This concentration means that FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR is responsible for 2 of the 4 pending office actions. For practitioners, this examiner's review is a critical factor in the overall success of the company's pending applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | 2 | 74.1% | +14.2% |
| SCRUGGS, ROBERT J | 1 | 60.4% | +25.8% |
| LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1 | 72.3% | +20.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19002018 | GRINDING AND CLEANING TOOL | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | — |
| 18952812 | WRENCH EXTENDER | SCRUGGS, ROBERT J | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19187007 | SCRAPER WITH COVER | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | — |
| 19002018 | GRINDING AND CLEANING TOOL | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | — |
| 18952812 | WRENCH EXTENDER | SCRUGGS, ROBERT J | — |
| 18950701 | ADJUSTABLE ANGLE TOOL | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 2 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19187007 | SCRAPER WITH COVER | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | 3724 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19002018 | GRINDING AND CLEANING TOOL | FLORES SANCHEZ, OMAR | 3724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18952812 | WRENCH EXTENDER | SCRUGGS, ROBERT J | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18950701 | ADJUSTABLE ANGLE TOOL | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHong Ann Tool Industries Co., Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Omar Flores Sanchez has the most, with 2 of Hong Ann Tool Industries Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
