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
Sashco Inc. currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER. As the only examiner with an active case, PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action.
The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, which aligns with the single pending matter and the specific technology area of Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. This concentration suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current intellectual property efforts. The presence of only 1 pending office action across the entire portfolio indicates a low volume of active patent applications at this time.
For the practitioner, the relationship between the pending action, the examiner, and the art unit simplifies the prosecution landscape. There are no competing examiner styles or differing art unit standards to navigate within the current 1 pending office action. This allows for a highly targeted strategy focused on the specific requirements of the assigned examiner and art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 48.6% | +39.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18759575 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESEALING SEALANT CONTAINERS | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18759575 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESEALING SEALANT CONTAINERS | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18759575 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESEALING SEALANT CONTAINERS | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSashco Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael Christopher Patterson has the most, with 1 of Sashco Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
