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
The portfolio for Reseach & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University currently features 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, PRONE, JASON D, who serves as the busiest examiner with 1 pending case. All current prosecution activity is situated within 1 distinct art unit.
Because the foundation's active cases are limited to 1 distinct art unit, the technical focus of the portfolio is highly concentrated. The interaction with PRONE, JASON D is the sole determining factor for the resolution of the 1 pending office action. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific preferences of this examiner to ensure a favorable outcome.
With 1 distinct examiner overseeing the entire pending workload, there is no diversity in examination styles within the current Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering portfolio. The centralized nature of this prosecution means that the foundation's immediate patent success depends on this single active matter. Future growth may eventually require navigating additional distinct art units or examiners.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRONE, JASON D | 1 | 61.9% | +24.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18095096 | PNEUMATIC CUTTER WITH CONCEALED BLADE | PRONE, JASON D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18095096 | PNEUMATIC CUTTER WITH CONCEALED BLADE | PRONE, JASON D | 3724 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialReseach & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jason D Prone has the most, with 1 of Reseach & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
