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
Shandong Old Roughneck Machinery Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner, RUFO, RYAN C. The active prosecution is situated in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a focused review of the company's mechanical engineering innovations. This arrangement allows for a focused examination of the machinery-related claims within a single administrative group.
The busiest examiner, RUFO, RYAN C, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the total pending office actions count is 1, this examiner is the only official currently reviewing the company's pending workload. This centralization simplifies the management of the company's machinery-related patent applications. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 reflects the lack of examiner variety, meaning the applicant must focus exclusively on the requirements and preferences of this one official.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUFO, RYAN C | 1 | 59.0% | +40.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17925466 | ALLOY TOOL BIT TWIST DRILL | RUFO, RYAN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3722 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17925466 | ALLOY TOOL BIT TWIST DRILL | RUFO, RYAN C | 3722 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialShandong Old Roughneck Machinery Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ryan C Rufo has the most, with 1 of Shandong Old Roughneck Machinery Technology Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
