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
Mjc Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This activity is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. DUKE, EMMANUEL E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending action.
The presence of only 1 distinct art unit suggests a focused technological application within the broader category of Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. For practitioners, the prosecution of this portfolio is currently centralized, as DUKE, EMMANUEL E is the sole individual responsible for the pending workload. This centralization allows for a clear understanding of the examiner's expectations and the specific challenges associated with the 1 pending office action.
Monitoring the progress of this single examiner is critical for predicting the outcome of the company's current patent filings. The resolution of this 1 action will likely set the tone for any future applications in the same technology area. Practitioners should tailor their strategy to the specific procedural tendencies of DUKE, EMMANUEL E to ensure a smooth prosecution path through 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 1 | 68.9% | +27.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18669114 | PACKAGED WATER-COOLED AIR TURNOVER UNIT | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18669114 | PACKAGED WATER-COOLED AIR TURNOVER UNIT | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMjc Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Emmanuel E Duke has the most, with 1 of Mjc Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
