Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kinetic Pressure Control Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, both of whom operate within 1 distinct art unit. GARDNER, NICOLE is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This concentration under GARDNER, NICOLE represents the largest share of the company's current workload, as the remaining workload is handled by the other distinct examiner.
The focus within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current filings are technologically homogenous. Practitioners should note that with 2 busiest examiner pending actions, GARDNER, NICOLE holds significant influence over the portfolio's immediate progress. The presence of 2 distinct examiners for 3 pending office actions indicates a relatively tight circle of review for the company's applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, NICOLE | 2 | 69.4% | +14.6% |
| GRAY, PAUL J | 1 | 78.5% | +10.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18367449 | Tree Gate Valve | GARDNER, NICOLE | 50d overdue |
| 18966196 | PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD | GARDNER, NICOLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18367449 | Tree Gate Valve | GARDNER, NICOLE | 50d overdue |
| 18858320 | SINGLE GATE VALVE | GRAY, PAUL J | 16d overdue |
| 18966196 | PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD | GARDNER, NICOLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18966196 | PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18858320 | SINGLE GATE VALVE | GRAY, PAUL J | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Oct 20, 2024 |
| 18367449 | Tree Gate Valve | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKinetic Pressure Control Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Nicole Gardner has the most, with 2 of Kinetic Pressure Control Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
