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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shaper Tools Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER, within 1 distinct art unit. All current prosecution activity for the company is concentrated in this single matter. This concentration suggests a focused patent portfolio where all active matters are consolidated under a single point of review at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution strategy does not require coordination across multiple divisions. The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a prosecution pipeline that is currently limited to a single matter. This allows for a response strategy tailored to the specific requirements of the 1 distinct examiner. Practitioners should note that the company's immediate patent office interactions are limited to this specific 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.2% | +39.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18553554 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF POSITIONING SYSTEMS | FORD, DARRELL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18553554 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF POSITIONING SYSTEMS | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18553554 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF POSITIONING SYSTEMS | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialShaper Tools Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Darrell Christopher Ford has the most, with 1 of Shaper Tools Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
