Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Shenzhen Carku Technology Co. Ltd. is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending office actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, which indicates that the company interacts with a small group of patent officials. This distribution means that the company prosecution experience is concentrated under a limited number of individual perspectives.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is WHITTINGTON, KENNETH, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This individual workload represents a significant portion of the 3 pending office actions total. The reliance on 2 distinct examiners suggests that the company must maintain a focused prosecution strategy to address the specific requirements of these patent officials.
The involvement of 2 distinct art units means that the technical review is conducted across different specialized groups at the patent office. With 3 pending office actions and 2 distinct art units, the company must navigate various procedural preferences and technical standards. The company must tailor its responses to the specific requirements of the 2 distinct art units involved in the prosecution of these cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITTINGTON, KENNETH | 2 | 70.9% | -14.6% |
| AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 1 | 79.7% | +17.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19463183 | APPARATUS FOR INFLATING AND BLOWING | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3992 | 2 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19463183 | APPARATUS FOR INFLATING AND BLOWING | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | 3746 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2026 |
| 18612660 | BATTERY CLAMP | WHITTINGTON, KENNETH | 3992 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18612692 | BATTERY CLAMP | WHITTINGTON, KENNETH | 3992 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialShenzhen Carku Technology Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kenneth Whittington has the most, with 2 of Shenzhen Carku 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.
