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
Picklewall LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, focusing the company's current prosecution efforts on 1 specific application. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit indicates that the subject matter is concentrated within a single technical division of the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is HYLINSKI, STEVEN J, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there is only 1 pending office action overall, HYLINSKI, STEVEN J is the sole official currently reviewing the company's active filings. This creates a centralized prosecution environment where the outcome of the active portfolio depends on a single examiner's determination.
For a company in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, having 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific patenting goal. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of this art unit, as there are no other active cases to provide alternative routes for intellectual property protection at this time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | 1 | 75.3% | +17.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18605205 | Systems and Methods for Sports Training | HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18605205 | Systems and Methods for Sports Training | HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18605205 | Systems and Methods for Sports Training | HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPicklewall LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Steven J Hylinski has the most, with 1 of Picklewall LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
