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
Kitchen Brights Limited currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, CLARKE, MARGARET HATSUE HYDE, who is also identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio. The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This individual is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action at the office.
For a practitioner, this data indicates a centralized prosecution effort. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, there is no variance in examiner behavior or art unit trends to navigate across the portfolio. The current engagement with the patent office in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering space is focused on the reported activity for this specific filing. The role of the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action confirms that all legal strategy is directed through CLARKE, MARGARET HATSUE HYDE at the USPTO. This allows for a streamlined approach without the complexity of managing multiple examiner relationships or disparate art unit requirements.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARKE, MARGARET HATSUE HYDE | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619175 | Vegetable Dehydrator | CLARKE, MARGARET HATSUE HYDE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18619175 | Vegetable Dehydrator | CLARKE, MARGARET HATSUE HYDE | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKitchen Brights Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Margaret Hatsue Hyde Clarke has the most, with 1 of Kitchen Brights Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
