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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Suncor Stainless, Inc. manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending action. The data shows that the 2 pending office actions are entirely separated by both examiner and art unit.
With 2 distinct examiners involved, the company must navigate two different sets of examination styles. The involvement of 2 distinct art units further implies that the 2 pending office actions cover different technical sub-fields within mechanical engineering. SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY is one of the two examiners currently reviewing the company's applications. Because there is no overlap in the 2 distinct art units, the prosecution of these 2 pending office actions will likely proceed without shared administrative oversight. Practitioners must develop 2 separate strategies for the 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units identified.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18825585 | CABLE CLEANER APPARATUS | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18825585 | CABLE CLEANER APPARATUS | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18825585 | CABLE CLEANER APPARATUS | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSuncor Stainless, Inc. 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 Suncor Stainless, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
