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
Summit Building Wash Technologies Limited has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to a single distinct examiner, SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The portfolio is currently limited to a single distinct art unit, which suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's pending patent application. This centralization allows the applicant to focus their legal strategy on a single set of examiner expectations.
The busiest examiner pending count of 1 matches the total number of pending office actions, indicating that no other examiners are currently involved in the company's prosecution. SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY is the sole individual reviewing the company's current medical device and mechanical engineering claims. Because the prosecution is confined to a single art unit, the company can expect a consistent application of procedural rules. This focused environment is ideal for developing a deep understanding of the examiner's specific concerns and 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 1 | 53.4% | +25.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18569127 | A CLEANING APPARATUS AND CLEANING SYSTEM | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18569127 | A CLEANING APPARATUS AND CLEANING SYSTEM | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18569127 | A CLEANING APPARATUS AND CLEANING SYSTEM | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSummit Building Wash Technologies Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Christopher Ashley Soto has the most, with 1 of Summit Building Wash Technologies Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
