Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kimpex Inc. currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are handled by 3 distinct examiners, which indicates that each action is being reviewed by a different professional. The portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a focused technical review process for the company's current patent applications.
The examiner MORAN, KATHERINE M is responsible for 1 pending office action. As one of the 3 distinct examiners involved, this individual handles a portion of the company's current workload at the patent office. Practitioners should tailor their prosecution strategy to the specific preferences of each examiner while maintaining a consistent technical approach within the 1 distinct art unit.
The distribution of 3 pending office actions within a single art unit allows the legal team to focus on a specific set of procedural standards. Because there are 3 distinct examiners, the company must manage three different examination styles. Success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area depends on meeting the requirements of the assigned art unit and the 1 action assigned to MORAN, KATHERINE M.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORAN, KATHERINE M | 1 | 54.3% | +24.2% |
| PIERORAZIO, JILLIAN KUTCH | 1 | 59.3% | +32.1% |
| DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | 1 | 44.9% | +45.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18109620 | HELMET LINER ASSEMBLY | DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | 28d |
| 19531280 | HELMET WITH AERODYNAMIC PEAK | MORAN, KATHERINE M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18109620 | HELMET LINER ASSEMBLY | DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | 28d |
| 19531280 | HELMET WITH AERODYNAMIC PEAK | MORAN, KATHERINE M | — |
| 19400561 | VISOR ASSEMBLY WITH UNIQUE PLATE | PIERORAZIO, JILLIAN KUTCH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19531280 | HELMET WITH AERODYNAMIC PEAK | MORAN, KATHERINE M | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2026 |
| 19400561 | VISOR ASSEMBLY WITH UNIQUE PLATE | PIERORAZIO, JILLIAN KUTCH | 3732 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2025 |
| 18109620 | HELMET LINER ASSEMBLY | DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Feb 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKimpex Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Katherine M Moran has the most, with 1 of Kimpex Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
