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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nbc Meshtec Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The matter is located within 1 distinct art unit.
This reflects a focused prosecution effort. With 1 pending action and 1 examiner, the portfolio's current interaction with the patent office is highly centralized. The presence of 1 distinct art unit indicates the matter is assigned to a specific technical group. This concentration under a single examiner and within a single technical group allows for a consistent approach to the pending matter. The current structure provides a stable environment for the prosecution of this case. This arrangement simplifies the management of the portfolio's current workload and permits a deep focus on the specific requirements of the assigned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ | 1 | 47.9% | +45.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18858960 | MESH WOVEN FABRIC | KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18858960 | MESH WOVEN FABRIC | KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNbc Meshtec Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Katharine Gracz Kane has the most, with 1 of Nbc Meshtec Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
