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
Shenzhen Vapeez Technology Ltd. has 1 pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. This involves a distinct examiner and a single art unit. The focus on this technology area indicates that the company's current patenting efforts are directed toward medical or mechanical systems.
BELAY, DILNESSA B is the busiest examiner for the company. This examiner is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action, matching the total pending workload for the portfolio. Centralizing the workload with a single examiner allows for a consistent dialogue between the applicant and the USPTO, though it also means the prosecution path is set by one individual's interpretation.
For the practitioner, this structure requires a deep understanding of the assigned examiner's preferences and the standards of the medical devices art unit. The alignment of the technology area with the art unit suggests that the application is being reviewed by specialists in this field. Success will require a focused strategy that addresses the specific prior art and technical challenges identified by the examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELAY, DILNESSA B | 1 | 62.6% | +24.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18203978 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEATING OF MULTI-TASTE AND MULTI-PIN HEATING WIRES | BELAY, DILNESSA B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18203978 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEATING OF MULTI-TASTE AND MULTI-PIN HEATING WIRES | BELAY, DILNESSA B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18203978 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEATING OF MULTI-TASTE AND MULTI-PIN HEATING WIRES | BELAY, DILNESSA B | 3761 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialShenzhen Vapeez Technology Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Dilnessa B Belay has the most, with 1 of Shenzhen Vapeez Technology Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
