Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kede Numerical Control Co. Ltd. currently manages 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, WALTERS, RYAN J, is responsible for 1 pending office action, meaning each examiner is handling a single case. The presence of 3 distinct art units for only 3 pending office actions indicates a high degree of technical variety in the company's mechanical engineering filings.
Practitioners should be prepared for three different prosecution environments, as each action is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different art unit. This lack of overlap means that a successful outcome in one case may not have a direct influence on the other 3 pending office actions. The company's current strategy involves navigating 3 distinct sets of art unit guidelines and examiner expectations. With 3 distinct examiners involved, practitioners cannot rely on a single point of contact to advance the portfolio. Instead, they must address the specific technical standards of each of the 3 distinct art units to resolve the 1 pending office action assigned to each examiner. The ratio between actions, examiners, and art units requires a highly customized approach for each filing.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALTERS, RYAN J | 1 | 74.4% | +28.6% |
| CADUGAN, ERICA E | 1 | 63.1% | +50.5% |
| HARTMAN JR, RONALD D | 1 | 89.5% | +3.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18832663 | MACHINE TOOL RAPID COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND COMPENSATION METHOD THEREOF BASED ON PRINCIPLE OF LASER INTERFEROMETRY | HARTMAN JR, RONALD D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18881963 | BLADE DISC MACHINING CENTER TOOL MAGAZINE AND TOOL CHANGING METHOD | WALTERS, RYAN J | — |
| 18857629 | SHANK LOCKING SLEEVE AND TOOL MAGAZINE | CADUGAN, ERICA E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18881963 | BLADE DISC MACHINING CENTER TOOL MAGAZINE AND TOOL CHANGING METHOD | WALTERS, RYAN J | — |
| 18857629 | SHANK LOCKING SLEEVE AND TOOL MAGAZINE | CADUGAN, ERICA E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18881963 | BLADE DISC MACHINING CENTER TOOL MAGAZINE AND TOOL CHANGING METHOD | WALTERS, RYAN J | 3799 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18857629 | SHANK LOCKING SLEEVE AND TOOL MAGAZINE | CADUGAN, ERICA E | 3722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18832663 | MACHINE TOOL RAPID COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND COMPENSATION METHOD THEREOF BASED ON PRINCIPLE OF LASER INTERFEROMETRY | HARTMAN JR, RONALD D | 2119 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKede Numerical Control Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Ryan J Walters has the most, with 1 of Kede Numerical Control Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
