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
Mr William Shaw Stewart currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, CROSBY JR, RICHARD D, and is situated within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner, CROSBY JR, RICHARD D, is responsible for the 1 pending office action, which represents the entire current pending workload for this portfolio. The concentration of the 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit indicates a narrow focus within the medical and mechanical engineering fields.
Practitioners must focus on the specific requirements of this art unit and the individual preferences of CROSBY JR, RICHARD D. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the current patent prosecution success depends entirely on the outcome of this single case. There are no other pending actions to provide a broader view of how the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering group evaluates the innovations in this portfolio. The relationship between the examiner and the 1 pending office action means that the entire prosecution strategy is centered on the interaction with CROSBY JR, RICHARD D. For a practitioner, the success of the 1 pending office action requires a focused approach that addresses the specific technical standards 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 1 | 69.3% | +15.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19012410 | WEED TRIMMER APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19012410 | WEED TRIMMER APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19012410 | WEED TRIMMER APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMr William Shaw Stewart has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Richard D Crosby Jr. has the most, with 1 of Mr William Shaw Stewart's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
