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
Ningbo Dan-Chiff Network Technologies Co. Ltd. is managing 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is handled by a distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. All current USPTO activity is focused on this point of contact, indicating a highly specific focus for the company's current patent efforts.
EKIERT, TERESA M is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for the busiest examiner pending office action. This application is the current focus of the company's patent efforts in the medical device sector. The concentration of the portfolio under a single examiner allows for a direct and consistent dialogue during the prosecution of the technology.
Practitioners should note that the alignment of the pending matter within the specified technology area ensures that the examination is conducted by a specialist in medical devices and mechanical engineering. The focus on a single examiner and art unit provides a streamlined prosecution environment. This structure minimizes the complexity often associated with managing multiple examiner relationships across different technical units at the USPTO.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EKIERT, TERESA M | 1 | 79.4% | +3.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18626662 | CRIMPING TOOL FOR NETWORK JACK | EKIERT, TERESA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18626662 | CRIMPING TOOL FOR NETWORK JACK | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3723 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNingbo Dan-Chiff Network Technologies Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Teresa M Ekiert has the most, with 1 of Ningbo Dan-Chiff Network Technologies Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
