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
Macarbox S L U currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner working in 1 distinct art unit. The concentration of the portfolio suggests a specific focus for the company's current intellectual property efforts. This singular focus allows for a targeted strategy when responding to the USPTO, as there are no competing priorities across different technical groups or examiners.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is DONG, LIANG, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This represents the entirety of the company's pending workload. Practitioners should note the direct relationship between the examiner and the 1 art unit in this instance. The lack of distribution across multiple art units or examiners indicates a narrow prosecution front. By focusing on the specific requirements of this 1 examiner, the company can streamline its communication and potentially reach a resolution more efficiently. This data point is crucial for understanding the current administrative landscape of the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DONG, LIANG | 1 | 53.2% | +32.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18858480 | CLAMPING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY FOR CLAMPING A DIE BOARD ONTO A DIE HOLDING CYLINDER OF A ROTARY DIE CUTTER | DONG, LIANG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18858480 | CLAMPING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY FOR CLAMPING A DIE BOARD ONTO A DIE HOLDING CYLINDER OF A ROTARY DIE CUTTER | DONG, LIANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18858480 | CLAMPING DEVICE AND ASSEMBLY FOR CLAMPING A DIE BOARD ONTO A DIE HOLDING CYLINDER OF A ROTARY DIE CUTTER | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMacarbox S L U has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Liang Dong has the most, with 1 of Macarbox S L U's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
