Technology area: Communications
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Skan AG has 6 pending office actions in Communications. Each matter is associated with a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, indicating a fully distributed examination profile. Counsel should plan responses independently, while using centralized review to keep technical terminology and claim objectives consistent across the portfolio.
LEE JR, KENNETH B is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. The limited concentration does not support an examiner-centered strategy. Matter-specific analysis of cited art, claim scope, and procedural posture is the more direct prosecution priority.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE JR, KENNETH B | 1 | 85.7% | +8.7% |
| KRYCINSKI, STANTON L | 1 | 68.4% | +28.1% |
| EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | 1 | 38.3% | +47.2% |
| THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1 | 61.2% | +51.6% |
| FAULKNER, RYAN L | 1 | 67.7% | +16.8% |
| ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 1 | 35.0% | +22.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19311104 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, USE OF A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING THE FUNCTION OF A SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VISUALLY DISPLAYING 3D DATA | LEE JR, KENNETH B | — |
| 18656978 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING MICROBIAL GROWTH, USE OF A PACKAGED NUTRIENT MEDIUM | EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | — |
| 18616631 | SAMPLING PROBE, CONTAINMENT, AND CORRESPONDING USE | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17774042 | Arrangement for Monitoring State and Sequence of Movement in an Aseptic Work Chamber of a Containment | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 92d overdue |
| 17783400 | Assembly of a Containment Means with an Aseptic Working Chamber | FAULKNER, RYAN L | 73d overdue |
| 18973682 | GLOVE HOLDER AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | KRYCINSKI, STANTON L | 61d |
| 18656978 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING MICROBIAL GROWTH, USE OF A PACKAGED NUTRIENT MEDIUM | EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | — |
| 18616631 | SAMPLING PROBE, CONTAINMENT, AND CORRESPONDING USE | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2625 | 1 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| 1657 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 2483 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19311104 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, USE OF A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TESTING THE FUNCTION OF A SYSTEM, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VISUALLY DISPLAYING 3D DATA | LEE JR, KENNETH B | 2625 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 18973682 | GLOVE HOLDER AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | KRYCINSKI, STANTON L | 3631 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18656978 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING MICROBIAL GROWTH, USE OF A PACKAGED NUTRIENT MEDIUM | EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE | 1657 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18616631 | SAMPLING PROBE, CONTAINMENT, AND CORRESPONDING USE | THOMPSON, CURTIS A | 1798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 17783400 | Assembly of a Containment Means with an Aseptic Working Chamber | FAULKNER, RYAN L | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Jun 08, 2022 |
| 17774042 | Arrangement for Monitoring State and Sequence of Movement in an Aseptic Work Chamber of a Containment | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 2483 | §103 | Final Rejection | 92d overdue | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSkan AG has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Kenneth B Lee Jr. has the most, with 1 of Skan AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
