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
Ningbo Geely Automobile Research And Development Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner. This reflects a very specific and limited current engagement with the USPTO. The lack of additional pending matters suggests a highly targeted patent strategy.
KIRBY, BRIAN R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. As the sole examiner for the portfolio, his review will determine the outcome of the 1 pending office action. There are no other examiners or art units involved to provide alternative perspectives or comparative data within this technology area.
For practitioners, the entire prosecution strategy is centered on the 1 distinct examiner and the 1 distinct art unit. The 1 pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering requires a targeted response that addresses the specific concerns of KIRBY, BRIAN R. Without additional pending matters, the company's current USPTO experience is entirely defined by this single interaction, making the quality of the response critical.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRBY, BRIAN R | 1 | 72.3% | +19.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19314341 | STEER-BY-WIRE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | KIRBY, BRIAN R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19314341 | STEER-BY-WIRE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | KIRBY, BRIAN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19314341 | STEER-BY-WIRE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | KIRBY, BRIAN R | 3747 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialNingbo Geely Automobile Research And Development Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Brian R Kirby has the most, with 1 of Ningbo Geely Automobile Research And Development Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
