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 • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sonnax Transmission Company is managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being processed in a single distinct art unit, showing a specific technical focus for the company's current filings. The involvement of a sole distinct examiner indicates a centralized review for the company's pending patent matter, which can lead to a more predictable prosecution timeline.
SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO is the busiest examiner, handling the 1 pending office action. Since the busiest examiner pending count is equal to the total number of pending actions, the company's current prosecution is entirely in the hands of this examiner. This allows for a targeted legal strategy within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field, focusing on the specific concerns raised by this individual. Practitioners should analyze this examiner's previous actions to identify patterns in their prior art citations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 1 | 78.5% | +21.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19067520 | VALVE ASSEMBLIES FOR TRANSMISSIONS AND METHODS AND KITS FOR REWORKING VALVE ASSEMBLIES FOR TRANSMISSIONS | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19067520 | VALVE ASSEMBLIES FOR TRANSMISSIONS AND METHODS AND KITS FOR REWORKING VALVE ASSEMBLIES FOR TRANSMISSIONS | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19067520 | VALVE ASSEMBLIES FOR TRANSMISSIONS AND METHODS AND KITS FOR REWORKING VALVE ASSEMBLIES FOR TRANSMISSIONS | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSonnax Transmission Company has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Reinaldo Sanchez-Medina has the most, with 1 of Sonnax Transmission Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
