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
Steam Injection Technology Service Center Of Shenglioilfield Sinopec has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This single action constitutes the entirety of the company's current pending workload.
The concentration of prosecution in 1 distinct art unit under 1 distinct examiner indicates a specific technical focus. WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH is the only examiner currently reviewing the company's applications in this field. This 1 pending office action requires a targeted response to the specific concerns raised by the assigned official. The simplicity of having 1 distinct art unit involved allows for a focused legal strategy without the distraction of competing examiner viewpoints.
Practitioners should note that the outcome of the company's current prosecution rests entirely on this matter. Because there is only a single examiner, the company's success is tied to an individual review process. This matter serves as the current gateway for the company's intellectual property goals in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, requiring a precise and well-supported technical argument.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 1 | 75.7% | +26.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18686569 | GAS-FIRED STEAM-INJECTION BOILER FOR OIL FIELD | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18686569 | GAS-FIRED STEAM-INJECTION BOILER FOR OIL FIELD | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18686569 | GAS-FIRED STEAM-INJECTION BOILER FOR OIL FIELD | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSteam Injection Technology Service Center Of Shenglioilfield Sinopec has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kurt Joseph Wolford has the most, with 1 of Steam Injection Technology Service Center Of Shenglioilfield Sinopec's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
