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
Samsung Heavy Ind Co. Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, indicating a concentrated prosecution focus for the portfolio at this stage. The presence of a single active matter suggests a streamlined or very specific engagement with the patent office in this technical sector. Practitioners should note that the current prosecution footprint is minimal, which may allow for a focused allocation of legal resources toward this specific application.
Brian M King serves as the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. The prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct art unit. This alignment between the total pending office actions and the workload of a single examiner suggests that the company's current patent strategy is focused on a specific technical niche. For practitioners, this means that the entirety of the company's current Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering prosecution rests on the outcome of this specific interaction. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit further implies that the subject matter is highly specialized within the broader field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, BRIAN M | 1 | 70.3% | +23.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16612863 | NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION APPARATUS | KING, BRIAN 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16612863 | NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION APPARATUS | KING, BRIAN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16612863 | NATURAL GAS LIQUEFACTION APPARATUS | KING, BRIAN M | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSamsung Heavy Ind Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Brian M King has the most, with 1 of Samsung Heavy Ind Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
