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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kingston Digital Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN, who is the busiest examiner for the company. The activity is restricted to 1 distinct art unit. This suggests a focused prosecution strategy, as the entire pending workload is managed by the assigned examiner.
The busiest examiner's workload of 1 pending action matches the total volume of the portfolio. This high level of concentration suggests that the company's immediate patent prospects are tied to the specific interpretations of the assigned individual. Navigating the 1 distinct art unit requires a strategy tailored to its specific culture, as there are no other pending matters to provide a broader perspective on current trends for this portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 1 | 65.9% | +23.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18743069 | PAPER CARD PACKAGING AND METHOD OF PACKAGING PRODUCTS WITH PAPER CARD | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 8d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18743069 | PAPER CARD PACKAGING AND METHOD OF PACKAGING PRODUCTS WITH PAPER CARD | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 8d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18743069 | PAPER CARD PACKAGING AND METHOD OF PACKAGING PRODUCTS WITH PAPER CARD | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 3735 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKingston Digital Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Steven Alan Reynolds has the most, with 1 of Kingston Digital Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
