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
Solcera currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly concentrated focus for the company's current mechanical engineering intellectual property. By operating within a single art unit, the company can develop a specialized understanding of the specific examination standards and technical requirements prevalent in that group.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, KIM, CHRISTOPHER S, who is also identified as the busiest official with 1 pending office action. This means that the entirety of Solcera's active prosecution is overseen by a single individual. While this centralized approach allows for a direct and consistent dialogue with the office, it also means that the company's current outcomes are heavily dependent on the perspective of this 1 distinct examiner. Practitioners should focus on building a clear and persuasive case that addresses the specific technical concerns of the 1 distinct art unit involved in this pending action.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 1 | 63.3% | +21.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18110562 | CONE SPRAY NOZZLE | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18110562 | CONE SPRAY NOZZLE | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18110562 | CONE SPRAY NOZZLE | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 3752 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSolcera has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Christopher S Kim has the most, with 1 of Solcera's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
