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
The Kal-Fire Beheer B V portfolio is categorized under the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Prosecution data shows that the portfolio is currently engaged with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This suggests a specific technical scope for the current patent filings.
BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY is listed as the busiest examiner for this entity. This examiner is currently responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This action constitutes the entirety of the 1 pending office actions for the portfolio.
With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution process is centralized. The 1 pending office action is the current hurdle in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering space. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the interaction with BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY to progress the portfolio. The technical alignment ensures that the examination remains within a specific division, simplifying the resolution of the outstanding matter.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | 1 | 76.1% | +10.7% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17785286 | GAS HEARTH | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17785286 | GAS HEARTH | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialKal-Fire Beheer B V has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Charles Riley Brawner has the most, with 1 of Kal-Fire Beheer B V's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
