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 • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kuat Innovations LLC manages 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. While there are 3 distinct examiners involved, all 3 pending actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, showing a high degree of organizational focus at the USPTO. This concentration within 1 distinct art unit means that the company's current filings are being evaluated under a single set of technical guidelines despite the involvement of multiple examiners.
The busiest examiner, VANTERPOOL, LESTER L, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 3 distinct examiners for the 3 total actions, each examiner is currently processing exactly one application within the single art unit identified. For a practitioner, this indicates that while the technical focus is narrow, the company must still adapt to the individual styles of 3 different examiners. The reliance on 1 distinct art unit for the 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector simplifies the administrative tracking but requires a strategy that addresses the specific preferences of the 3 distinct examiners involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANTERPOOL, LESTER L | 1 | 54.9% | -10.5% |
| MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 1 | 52.7% | +27.6% |
| HELVEY, PETER N. | 1 | 54.7% | +19.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18588970 | Bicycle Rack with Assembly Features | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18588970 | Bicycle Rack with Assembly Features | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | — |
| 18337718 | Cargo Container | HELVEY, PETER N. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19006921 | Latch Assembly for Pivoting Hitch Device | VANTERPOOL, LESTER L | 3734 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18588970 | Bicycle Rack with Assembly Features | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 3734 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18337718 | Cargo Container | HELVEY, PETER N. | 3734 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKuat Innovations LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Lester L Vanterpool has the most, with 1 of Kuat Innovations LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
