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
Phoenix Closure Inc. is currently navigating 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to NICOLAS, FREDERICK C, who serves as the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. The company's pending workload is entirely contained within 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly focused prosecution landscape.
With only 1 pending office action to manage, Phoenix Closure Inc. can focus its efforts on the specific requirements and preferences of NICOLAS, FREDERICK C. This centralized approach is further emphasized by the involvement of only 1 distinct art unit, which provides a consistent technical environment for the review. While this simplifies the administrative process, it also means that the company's current success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector is tied to the specific interpretations and decisions of this single examiner. The applicant must carefully tailor its arguments to the established precedents of this specific 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | 1 | 81.4% | +12.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18969660 | Pour Spout | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18969660 | Pour Spout | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18969660 | Pour Spout | NICOLAS, FREDERICK C | 3754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPhoenix Closure Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Frederick C Nicolas has the most, with 1 of Phoenix Closure Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
