Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kicteam Inc. is currently managing 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 actions are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners, meaning each case has a unique individual assigned to it. The prosecution is organized across 2 distinct art units, suggesting some technical overlap. The 3 pending office actions represent a small but fragmented set of active cases.
LEE, DOUGLAS is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This is consistent with the 3 distinct examiners each handling one of the 3 pending office actions. The 2 distinct art units mean that at least two of the 3 distinct examiners are likely working within the same technical group. This concentration in 2 distinct art units provides a slightly more stable procedural environment than if each action were in a different unit.
Practitioners must adapt to 3 different examination styles while navigating only 2 distinct art units. The 3 distinct examiners still require individual attention for each of the 3 pending office actions. However, the shared context of the 2 distinct art units may allow for some consistency in technical arguments. Strategy should focus on the specific tendencies of LEE, DOUGLAS and the other two examiners within these specialized art units.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, DOUGLAS | 1 | 45.3% | +13.7% |
| GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 1 | 62.1% | +29.1% |
| HENSON, KATINA N | 1 | 56.8% | +31.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18167561 | DUAL-SIDED CLEANING SUBSTRATE FOR MEDIA TRANSPORT DEVICE | HENSON, KATINA N | 27d |
| 18734014 | Cleaning Wipe Tool and Method of Using Same | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18167561 | DUAL-SIDED CLEANING SUBSTRATE FOR MEDIA TRANSPORT DEVICE | HENSON, KATINA N | 27d |
| 19069781 | CLEANING PRODUCT WITH ADHESIVE-INHIBITING PROPERTIES | LEE, DOUGLAS | — |
| 18734014 | Cleaning Wipe Tool and Method of Using Same | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 2 |
| 1714 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19069781 | CLEANING PRODUCT WITH ADHESIVE-INHIBITING PROPERTIES | LEE, DOUGLAS | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 18734014 | Cleaning Wipe Tool and Method of Using Same | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18167561 | DUAL-SIDED CLEANING SUBSTRATE FOR MEDIA TRANSPORT DEVICE | HENSON, KATINA N | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKicteam Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Douglas Lee has the most, with 1 of Kicteam Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
