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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Joshua M Keeler is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a diversified prosecution profile. This distribution suggests that the patent applications cover different technical aspects or applications within the medical and mechanical fields.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, this examiner handles a portion of the company's active workload. The other pending action is overseen by a different examiner, requiring the company to navigate separate sets of examiner preferences and art unit standards.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units means that the company's legal strategy must account for the specific examination cultures of different USPTO divisions. With 2 pending office actions, the company has multiple opportunities to secure patent rights. The distribution of 1 busiest examiner pending office action against the total workload shows how the current prosecution landscape is organized across the patent office.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 1 | 50.6% | +34.6% |
| BUI, LUAN KIM | 1 | 69.0% | +28.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18094409 | TOOLBOX BAR ATTACHMENT FOR ATTACHING ACCESSORIES | BUI, LUAN KIM | 85d overdue |
| 18386243 | STACKABLE STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH QUICK RELEASE ACCESSORIES | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 33d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18094409 | TOOLBOX BAR ATTACHMENT FOR ATTACHING ACCESSORIES | BUI, LUAN KIM | 85d overdue |
| 18386243 | STACKABLE STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH QUICK RELEASE ACCESSORIES | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 33d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18386243 | STACKABLE STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH QUICK RELEASE ACCESSORIES | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 3733 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18094409 | TOOLBOX BAR ATTACHMENT FOR ATTACHING ACCESSORIES | BUI, LUAN KIM | 3736 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 85d overdue | Pending | Jan 09, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialJoshua M Keeler has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Andrew Thomas Kirsch has the most, with 1 of Joshua M Keeler's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
