Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lab2Fab LLC has 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The actions are distributed among 3 examiners and 2 art units, indicating separate examiner assignments within a narrower set of technical groups.
HAGEMAN, MARK C is the listed busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should compare positions across the two art units while managing each action according to its assigned examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAGEMAN, MARK C | 1 | 73.8% | +16.0% |
| NGUYEN, PHUONG T | 1 | 74.0% | +36.7% |
| CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM | 1 | 62.1% | +42.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920040 | MOBILE RACKS FOR A KITCHEN ENVIRONMENT | HAGEMAN, MARK C | — |
| 18215226 | AUTOMATED SEASONING DISPENSER | CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920040 | MOBILE RACKS FOR A KITCHEN ENVIRONMENT | HAGEMAN, MARK C | — |
| 18400111 | AUTOMATED FRYING SYSTEM | NGUYEN, PHUONG T | — |
| 18215226 | AUTOMATED SEASONING DISPENSER | CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18920040 | MOBILE RACKS FOR A KITCHEN ENVIRONMENT | HAGEMAN, MARK C | 3652 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18400111 | AUTOMATED FRYING SYSTEM | NGUYEN, PHUONG T | 3761 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18215226 | AUTOMATED SEASONING DISPENSER | CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM | 3761 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLab2Fab LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Mark C Hageman has the most, with 1 of Lab2Fab LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
