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
Simonds International L L C has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners, providing separate oversight for each matter. This ensures that the 2 pending office actions are evaluated independently.
The prosecution involves 2 distinct art units. GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. This means each of the 2 pending actions is being reviewed by a different examiner in a different art unit. The use of 2 distinct art units for 2 pending office actions indicates that the company's technology is being examined by multiple specialized groups at the office.
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 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 1 | 64.4% | +52.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18636037 | AUTOMATIC FEEDING, GRINDING, AND SORTING OF WOODWORKING KNIVES | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18636037 | AUTOMATIC FEEDING, GRINDING, AND SORTING OF WOODWORKING KNIVES | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18636037 | AUTOMATIC FEEDING, GRINDING, AND SORTING OF WOODWORKING KNIVES | GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3723 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSimonds International L L C has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael Anthony Gump has the most, with 1 of Simonds International L L C's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
