Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Skip Innovations Inc. manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. GONG, KRIS HANYU is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending action.
The portfolio's activity is split across 2 distinct art units. With pending office actions, distinct examiners, and 2 distinct art units, each matter is being prosecuted in a unique environment. Practitioners must develop separate strategies for each action to account for the different examiners and art unit standards involved. The lack of overlap in examiners or art units within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area indicates a diverse set of technical challenges. Because GONG, KRIS HANYU only manages 1 pending action, there is no central examiner to focus on. This distributed profile across all categories requires a tailored approach for every pending matter in the portfolio.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GONG, KRIS HANYU | 1 | 25.0% | +48.2% |
| PATEL, AREN | 1 | 77.6% | +17.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175257 | EXOSUIT WITH AXIAL FLUX ELECTROMAGNETIC MOTORS | GONG, KRIS HANYU | — |
| 18414725 | FLEXIBLE EXOSUIT FOR ASSISTIVE MOBILITY | PATEL, AREN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175257 | EXOSUIT WITH AXIAL FLUX ELECTROMAGNETIC MOTORS | GONG, KRIS HANYU | — |
| 18414725 | FLEXIBLE EXOSUIT FOR ASSISTIVE MOBILITY | PATEL, AREN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3700 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19175257 | EXOSUIT WITH AXIAL FLUX ELECTROMAGNETIC MOTORS | GONG, KRIS HANYU | 3700 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18414725 | FLEXIBLE EXOSUIT FOR ASSISTIVE MOBILITY | PATEL, AREN | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSkip Innovations Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kris Hanyu Gong has the most, with 1 of Skip Innovations Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
