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
Kaplock Aps has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Prosecution is distributed across a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit. SALLY CLINE HADEN is identified as the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. The portfolio's current activity is limited to this unique pending matter, which simplifies the management of the company's patent interests at this time.
With only 1 distinct examiner and art unit involved, the company's prosecution efforts are highly centralized. HADEN's role as the busiest examiner is a direct result of there being only the unique active case in the portfolio. This concentration means that the company does not need to coordinate across different examiner styles or art unit requirements for its current filings. For patent practitioners, this suggests that a deep understanding of HADEN's specific examination patterns will be the primary factor in successfully navigating the current prosecution landscape for Kaplock Aps.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 1 | 32.1% | +41.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18874842 | Closure Device for a Pocket for a Pair of Trousers and a Pocket for a Pair of Trousers with a Safety Closure Device | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18874842 | Closure Device for a Pocket for a Pair of Trousers and a Pocket for a Pair of Trousers with a Safety Closure Device | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18874842 | Closure Device for a Pocket for a Pair of Trousers and a Pocket for a Pair of Trousers with a Safety Closure Device | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKaplock Aps has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sally Cline Haden has the most, with 1 of Kaplock Aps's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
