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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hukr LLC currently manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. The prosecution is focused within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated technical scope for the company's current filings. MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS is the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending office action in the entire portfolio, this examiner is the sole individual reviewing the company's active work.
The alignment of 1 pending office action with 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit provides a straightforward prosecution path. Hukr LLC can focus its efforts entirely on the examination style and requirements of MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS within that specific art unit. This focus within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector allows for a streamlined approach to addressing examiner concerns. By concentrating all activity in the 1 distinct art unit, the company minimizes the need to navigate varying procedural standards across different USPTO departments. The presence of only 1 distinct examiner indicates that the portfolio does not currently face diverse examination styles. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the specific tendencies of the busiest examiner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 1 | 52.7% | +27.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020220 | Locking Carrying Devices and Related Assemblies and Methods | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020220 | Locking Carrying Devices and Related Assemblies and Methods | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19020220 | Locking Carrying Devices and Related Assemblies and Methods | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 3734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialHukr LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Scott Thomas Mcnurlen has the most, with 1 of Hukr LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
