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
Spair Cups LLC is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentrated prosecution profile suggests that the company is focusing its current intellectual property efforts on a single innovation. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit indicates that the technical subject matter is clearly defined within the USPTO's classification system.
KMET, LAUREN ELIZABETH is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. As the sole examiner involved, her individual review will be the deciding factor for the company's current application. Practitioners should focus their efforts on understanding the specific preferences of this 1 distinct examiner to navigate the 1 pending office action successfully. This structure allows for a direct and efficient prosecution strategy for the 1 pending office 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KMET, LAUREN ELIZABETH | 1 | 49.4% | +11.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19011703 | CONVERTIBLE CUP HOLDER | KMET, LAUREN ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19011703 | CONVERTIBLE CUP HOLDER | KMET, LAUREN ELIZABETH | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSpair Cups LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Lauren Elizabeth Kmet has the most, with 1 of Spair Cups LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
