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
Seven Towns Limited has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner, ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, which manages the company's current active case. ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES is also the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 pending office action represents the full extent of the company's current interaction with the patent office. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit and under 1 distinct examiner indicates a very focused or limited prosecution phase.
For this portfolio, the 1 busiest examiner pending action is synonymous with the total pending workload. Practitioners should note that the 1 distinct examiner will be the sole arbiter of the company's current claims. This centralized approach means that the company's success in the medical device sector depends on the perspective of ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES. Having only 1 distinct art unit involved simplifies the administrative burden but increases the importance of this single prosecution thread. The 1 pending office action is the only active matter reported for the company.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19024040 | TOY CAPSULE APPARATUS GAME SYSTEM ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS | ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19024040 | TOY CAPSULE APPARATUS GAME SYSTEM ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS | ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSeven Towns Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Andrew James Elliott has the most, with 1 of Seven Towns Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
