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
Ics Ice Cleaning Systems S R O is currently managing its patent interests within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company has 1 pending office action, which is being reviewed in 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the current prosecution efforts are focused on a specific mechanical or medical innovation. By operating within 1 distinct art unit, the company can focus its legal strategy on the specific examination trends and technical standards prevalent in that section of the patent office.
The prosecution of this matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner, DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS. As the busiest examiner for this portfolio, he is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active. This means the immediate success of the company's patent strategy in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is tied to the review of this individual. Practitioners should evaluate the historical patterns and common rejections associated with DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS to prepare a more effective response. The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a targeted prosecution profile that requires a high degree of precision in addressing the technical issues raised.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 1 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18711971 | A DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AND METERING OF DRY ICE GRANULATE FOR A DEVICE FOR MIXING SOLID PARTICLES OF DRY ICE WITH A FLOW OF GASEOUS MEDIUM | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18711971 | A DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING AND METERING OF DRY ICE GRANULATE FOR A DEVICE FOR MIXING SOLID PARTICLES OF DRY ICE WITH A FLOW OF GASEOUS MEDIUM | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 3725 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialIcs Ice Cleaning Systems S R O has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William Douglas Dickstein has the most, with 1 of Ics Ice Cleaning Systems S R O's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
