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
Qingdao Gaoce Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is handled by examiner DION, MARCEL T, who is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending action. The portfolio is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. For a practitioner, this means that the outcome of the company's current patent prosecution is entirely in the hands of a single examiner. There is no internal baseline to compare how different examiners might treat the company's technologies.
The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a very focused active portfolio. Because the action is in 1 distinct art unit, the practitioner can concentrate on the specific prior art and procedures relevant to that unit. DION, MARCEL T is the sole examiner currently engaged with the company's pending applications, so their specific perspective is the most important factor in the prosecution. The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area points to innovations in mechanical or medical systems. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company's current patent profile is highly centralized.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DION, MARCEL T | 1 | 40.7% | +36.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18706514 | Cutting Device of Silicon Rod Cutting System, and Silicon Rod Cutting System | DION, MARCEL T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18706514 | Cutting Device of Silicon Rod Cutting System, and Silicon Rod Cutting System | DION, MARCEL T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18706514 | Cutting Device of Silicon Rod Cutting System, and Silicon Rod Cutting System | DION, MARCEL T | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialQingdao Gaoce Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Marcel T Dion has the most, with 1 of Qingdao Gaoce Technology Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
