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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
North Weijiamao Power And Coal Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This active matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, which reflects a focused prosecution effort. The company's current patent activity is not spread across multiple examiners, suggesting a focus on a specific mechanical or medical innovation.
The busiest examiner for the company is LANDRUM, EDWARD F, who is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This matches the company's total of 1 pending office action, making this examiner the point of contact for the company's active patent applications. The company's immediate success in obtaining patent protection is dependent on the resolution of this examiner's concerns.
Operating within 1 distinct art unit simplifies the prosecution process by ensuring that the company deals with one set of departmental procedures. The 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's current engagement with the USPTO in this technology area. This streamlined profile allows for a concentrated legal strategy aimed at overcoming the specific hurdles presented by the current examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANDRUM, EDWARD F | 1 | 37.0% | +19.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18500079 | RING CUTTING TOOL FOR LARGE CABLES | LANDRUM, EDWARD F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18500079 | RING CUTTING TOOL FOR LARGE CABLES | LANDRUM, EDWARD F | 3761 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNorth Weijiamao Power And Coal Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Edward F Landrum has the most, with 1 of North Weijiamao Power And Coal Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
