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
Red Skies Offshore LLC operates a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently has 1 pending office actions. This single active case is located within 1 distinct art units. This indicates a highly specific and narrow technical focus for the company's current patenting activities. The concentration in a single art unit suggests that the company's intellectual property strategy is currently focused on a very particular technological niche.
The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiners. This concentration means that the company's current success is dependent on a single point of contact at the patent office. MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M is the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This individual is managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending office actions in total, MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M is responsible for the entire active workload. Practitioners should focus on understanding the specific requirements and examination style of this examiner to resolve the pending matter. Navigating the preferences of MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M is the primary task for the company's legal team 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | 1 | 69.2% | +19.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19013150 | RACK ADAPTED TO SECURE A HOSE FOR FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF MATERIAL TO AND FROM WATER BORNE PLATFORMS AND VESSELS | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19013150 | RACK ADAPTED TO SECURE A HOSE FOR FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF MATERIAL TO AND FROM WATER BORNE PLATFORMS AND VESSELS | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19013150 | RACK ADAPTED TO SECURE A HOSE FOR FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF MATERIAL TO AND FROM WATER BORNE PLATFORMS AND VESSELS | MCCALISTER, WILLIAM M | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialRed Skies Offshore LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William M Mccalister has the most, with 1 of Red Skies Offshore LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
