Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lake Country Tool LLC is a company patent portfolio focused on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently includes 2 pending office actions. This count of pending actions represents the current state of active prosecution for the entity at the USPTO.
The examination of this portfolio is conducted by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. The count of 2 distinct examiners matches the count of 2 pending office actions, meaning each case is assigned to a different individual. These examiners are located in 2 different art units, requiring the company to navigate two separate technical divisions within the USPTO.
LOPEZ, MICHELLE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently under review. Since there are 2 pending actions and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for exactly 1 case. The success of the company's current prosecution efforts depends on the individual decisions of LOPEZ, MICHELLE and the other distinct examiner 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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 1 | 81.8% | +11.7% |
| COOK, WILLIAM J | 1 | 86.2% | +11.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19443390 | Adjustable Stroke Device With Cam | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | — |
| 18921656 | Adjustable Stroke Device With Cam | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19443390 | Adjustable Stroke Device With Cam | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | — |
| 18921656 | Adjustable Stroke Device With Cam | COOK, WILLIAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19443390 | Adjustable Stroke Device With Cam | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2026 |
| 18921656 | Adjustable Stroke Device With Cam | COOK, WILLIAM J | 3618 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialLake Country Tool LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Michelle Lopez has the most, with 1 of Lake Country Tool LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
