Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jacobs Vehicle Systems Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are spread across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating two separate examination paths.
KIM, JAMES JAY is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Neither examiner handles both actions, so responses should be managed independently with attention to the relevant art-unit context.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, JAMES JAY | 1 | 70.4% | +27.7% |
| DAVIS, MARY ALICE | 1 | 77.4% | +31.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18951881 | INTEGRATED ROCKER BRAKE WITH RESET PLUNGER FOR ACTUATING A SINGLE ENGINE VALVE | KIM, JAMES JAY | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18951881 | INTEGRATED ROCKER BRAKE WITH RESET PLUNGER FOR ACTUATING A SINGLE ENGINE VALVE | KIM, JAMES JAY | — |
| 18444711 | ROCKER ARM WITH OUTWARDLY SPRUNG HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR PISTON | DAVIS, MARY ALICE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18951881 | INTEGRATED ROCKER BRAKE WITH RESET PLUNGER FOR ACTUATING A SINGLE ENGINE VALVE | KIM, JAMES JAY | 3747 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18444711 | ROCKER ARM WITH OUTWARDLY SPRUNG HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR PISTON | DAVIS, MARY ALICE | 3700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialJacobs Vehicle Systems Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
James Jay Kim has the most, with 1 of Jacobs Vehicle Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
