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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
NGK Kilntech Corporation currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, WILSON, GREGORY A, and 1 distinct art unit. WILSON, GREGORY A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling the 1 busiest examiner pending action. The data shows that the company's current prosecution is focused on a single matter.
Practitioners should note that with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company's patent strategy is currently concentrated. The 1 pending office action is the only active matter in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector for this portfolio. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner, there is no opportunity to compare examiner behavior across different applications. The outcome of the company's current efforts depends on the specific requirements of WILSON, GREGORY A and the standards of the 1 distinct art unit. This 1 to 1 relationship between the pending action and the examiner necessitates a focused response to the 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILSON, GREGORY A | 1 | 81.9% | +6.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18825110 | HEAT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ATMOSPHERE SUBSTITUTION STRUCTURE OF HEAT TREATMENT FURNACE | WILSON, GREGORY A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18825110 | HEAT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ATMOSPHERE SUBSTITUTION STRUCTURE OF HEAT TREATMENT FURNACE | WILSON, GREGORY A | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNGK Kilntech Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Gregory A Wilson has the most, with 1 of NGK Kilntech Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
