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
Malhack Tool Design LLC currently manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for the company is GAYE, SAMBA NMN, who is handling the 1 pending action currently on record.
The company's prosecution activity is highly concentrated, with only 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner involved. Because the entire current workload is within 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution strategy is focused on a single technical area. Success for the portfolio at this stage depends on the specific requirements and feedback from GAYE, SAMBA NMN regarding this 1 pending action. Practitioners should analyze the examination history of GAYE, SAMBA NMN within the 1 distinct art unit to anticipate potential rejections. Since there are no other pending actions, the company can dedicate its full attention to resolving this 1 pending office action efficiently. A tailored response that addresses the specific concerns of the 1 distinct examiner will be critical for achieving an allowance and securing the company's intellectual property in this mechanical engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 1 | 62.2% | +32.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19547295 | HVAC LINE SET ANALYZING AND CHARGING SYSTEM | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19547295 | HVAC LINE SET ANALYZING AND CHARGING SYSTEM | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19547295 | HVAC LINE SET ANALYZING AND CHARGING SYSTEM | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2026 |
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Start Free TrialMalhack Tool Design LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Samba Nmn Gaye has the most, with 1 of Malhack Tool Design LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
