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
Spirax-Sarco Limited has 1 pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. It involves 1 distinct examiner and a single distinct art unit, reflecting a highly focused prosecution environment. This concentration suggests that the pending matter is being reviewed by a specialized team dedicated to a specific area of mechanical technology.
ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH is the busiest examiner, handling 1 pending office action. This is the only pending action for the portfolio, making the outcome of this single interaction critical for the company's current patent strategy. For the practitioner, this means that all efforts must be directed toward satisfying the requirements of this specific examiner. The presence of only a single pending office action indicates a very targeted and limited engagement with the patent office at this time.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18281073 | THERMAL STORAGE AND SUPPLY | ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18281073 | THERMAL STORAGE AND SUPPLY | ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSpirax-Sarco Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Emma Elizabeth Ulatowski has the most, with 1 of Spirax-Sarco Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
