Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jcb Research has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 actions are handled by distinct examiners, all within 1 distinct art unit. VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA is the busiest examiner with the pending office action. Although there are the distinct examiners, the fact that they all belong to the art unit suggests a very specific technical focus for these actions. The company must manage different examiner relationships within this single art unit.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | 1 | 74.5% | +11.1% |
| DALLO, JOSEPH J | 1 | 89.8% | +7.0% |
| KRAFT, LOGAN M | 1 | 70.3% | +14.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19164195 | Engine Control System | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | — |
| 19163028 | ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM | DALLO, JOSEPH J | — |
| 19135964 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | KRAFT, LOGAN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19164195 | Engine Control System | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | — |
| 19135964 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | KRAFT, LOGAN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19164195 | Engine Control System | VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA | 3747 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19163028 | ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM | DALLO, JOSEPH J | 3747 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19135964 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | KRAFT, LOGAN M | 3747 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialJcb Research has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Sizo Binda Vilakazi has the most, with 1 of Jcb Research's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
