Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jiangsu Xcmg Construction Machinery Research Institute Ltd. is managing 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, representing a broad spread of examination across the office. Each of the 5 pending matters is being handled by a unique examiner in a unique art unit.
BOND, REED MADISON is the busiest examiner, though they are only responsible for 1 pending office action. This indicates that every pending matter is currently assigned to a different examiner and a different art unit. Such a distribution suggests the portfolio covers a diverse range of mechanical engineering sub-specialties. The company's strategy involves engaging with 5 different examiners, which provides a wide variety of perspectives on its mechanical innovations.
The use of 5 distinct art units for only 5 pending office actions suggests that the company's research and development are not concentrated in a single niche but rather span multiple technical classifications. This broad prosecution footprint across 5 examiners and 5 art units can help the company navigate different examination cultures within the office. It also ensures that the progress of one application is unlikely to be directly impacted by the specific hurdles faced by another.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (50%) |
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 1 | 78.0% | +16.0% |
| BOND, REED MADISON | 1 | 14.8% | +37.9% |
| LIANG, LEONARD S | 1 | 62.3% | +4.2% |
| SNYDER, ALAN W | 1 | 82.2% | +12.3% |
| WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 1 | 74.7% | +23.5% |
| OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 1 | 67.1% | +21.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18321927 | GEAR SLICING TOOL AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF | SNYDER, ALAN W | 16d overdue |
| 18953660 | CARBON QUOTA PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIA | BOND, REED MADISON | 7d |
| 18710619 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING RETAINING WALL SUITABLE FOR AUTOMATIC DRIVING VEHICLE | LIANG, LEONARD S | — |
| 18248433 | DESIGN METHOD FOR ROPS FRAMEWORK AND CAB FOR ENGINEERING MACHINES | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18321927 | GEAR SLICING TOOL AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF | SNYDER, ALAN W | 16d overdue |
| 18953660 | CARBON QUOTA PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIA | BOND, REED MADISON | 7d |
| 18141001 | METAL 3D PRINTED INTEGRATED PUMP-CONTROLLED HYDRAULIC LEVELING SYSTEM AND FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 75d |
| 19123066 | BOOM SECTION FORMING METHOD AND BOOM SECTION | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | — |
| 18248433 | DESIGN METHOD FOR ROPS FRAMEWORK AND CAB FOR ENGINEERING MACHINES | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19123066 | BOOM SECTION FORMING METHOD AND BOOM SECTION | TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS | 3725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 18953660 | CARBON QUOTA PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIA | BOND, REED MADISON | 3624 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18710619 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING RETAINING WALL SUITABLE FOR AUTOMATIC DRIVING VEHICLE | LIANG, LEONARD S | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18321927 | GEAR SLICING TOOL AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF | SNYDER, ALAN W | 3722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18141001 | METAL 3D PRINTED INTEGRATED PUMP-CONTROLLED HYDRAULIC LEVELING SYSTEM AND FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLE | WIBLIN, MATTHEW | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
| 18248433 | DESIGN METHOD FOR ROPS FRAMEWORK AND CAB FOR ENGINEERING MACHINES | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 2186 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialJiangsu Xcmg Construction Machinery Research Institute Ltd. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Edward Thomas Tolan has the most, with 1 of Jiangsu Xcmg Construction Machinery Research Institute Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
