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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
LG Farouk Co. currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, CHEYNEY, CHARLES. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a very specific administrative and technical path for the company's current filing. This concentration suggests that the company's intellectual property efforts in this sector are currently focused on a singular patent matter.
CHEYNEY, CHARLES is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there is only 1 pending office action in total, this examiner handles the entire active portfolio. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action indicates a streamlined and focused interaction with the patent office. This structure allows for a direct relationship between the applicant and the examiner within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
In this specialized sector, the profile represents a singular point of engagement. The company's current strategy is defined by this 1 pending office action and its review by CHEYNEY, CHARLES within 1 distinct art unit. This simplicity allows for a highly targeted approach to the current prosecution, as there are no other active matters to divert resources or require different examiner strategies. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEYNEY, CHARLES | 1 | 56.7% | +42.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18904978 | DISPENSER | CHEYNEY, CHARLES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18904978 | DISPENSER | CHEYNEY, CHARLES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18904978 | DISPENSER | CHEYNEY, CHARLES | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialLG Farouk Co. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Charles Cheyney has the most, with 1 of LG Farouk Co.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
