Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kabushiki Kaisha Top is a company patent portfolio with 2 pending office actions. These actions are located within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The prosecution of these matters is distributed between 2 distinct examiners. This distribution indicates that the portfolio is not under the review of only 1 individual. The data shows that 1 distinct art unit is involved in the examination of these 2 pending office actions.
RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action. This 1 pending action for the busiest examiner is a portion of the 2 total pending office actions for the company. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 actions, each examiner is handling a different matter. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technical subject matter is being evaluated by a single specialized group within the patent office.
For the practitioner, this means that while 2 distinct examiners are involved, they likely follow the same art unit guidelines. The prosecution strategy can focus on the specific prior art and technical standards recognized by this 1 art unit. Having 2 distinct examiners allows for different perspectives on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings, even as they remain within a single technical department.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | 1 | 27.3% | +11.8% |
| VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | 1 | 59.1% | +50.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18466362 | SYRINGE CONNECTOR | RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17262944 | MICROSYRINGE UNIT | VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | 30d |
| 18466362 | SYRINGE CONNECTOR | RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18466362 | SYRINGE CONNECTOR | RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN | 3783 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 17262944 | MICROSYRINGE UNIT | VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Jan 25, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialKabushiki Kaisha Top has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Cris Loiren Rodriguez has the most, with 1 of Kabushiki Kaisha Top's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
