Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kacen Co. Ltd. is managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. The matter is being prosecuted within 1 distinct art unit. This 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's active prosecution in this technical field.
LANE, DANIEL E is the busiest examiner for this company, responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner, there is no variation in the personnel reviewing the company's work. The 1 action assigned to LANE, DANIEL E is the sole focus of the company's current prosecution efforts. Practitioners can concentrate their resources on this single matter within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
The use of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner suggests a highly focused technical application. Since LANE, DANIEL E is the only individual involved, the company's results depend entirely on this single review. The 1 distinct art unit provides the administrative context for this isolated prosecution effort. This 1 pending office action serves as the primary indicator of the company's current progress at the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANE, DANIEL E | 1 | 3.8% | +8.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18835011 | TERMINAL FOR EXECUTING KOREAN READING PROGRAM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR | LANE, DANIEL E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18835011 | TERMINAL FOR EXECUTING KOREAN READING PROGRAM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREFOR | LANE, DANIEL E | 3715 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialKacen Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Daniel E Lane has the most, with 1 of Kacen Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
