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
Meishan Crrc Fastening System Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action located in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 action is being reviewed within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated technical focus for the company's current patenting efforts. The assignment of 1 distinct examiner means that the company's immediate prosecution experience is defined by a single examiner's perspective. This lack of administrative variety can lead to a more predictable prosecution path if the examiner's tendencies are well understood.
The busiest examiner, SHUM, KENT N, is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. This specific action accounts for the entirety of the company's 1 pending office action, making this examiner the sole arbiter of the company's current pending claims. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's active prosecution profile is currently very focused. Practitioners must tailor their responses to the pending matter specifically to the expectations of the assigned official.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHUM, KENT N | 1 | 38.5% | +48.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18566748 | Riveting Tool for High-strength Ring Groove Rivet | SHUM, KENT N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18566748 | Riveting Tool for High-strength Ring Groove Rivet | SHUM, KENT N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18566748 | Riveting Tool for High-strength Ring Groove Rivet | SHUM, KENT N | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMeishan Crrc Fastening System Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kent N Shum has the most, with 1 of Meishan Crrc Fastening System Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
