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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Suzhou Pinetek Co. Ltd. is currently managing 1 pending office action, 1 distinct examiner, and 1 distinct art unit within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action being reviewed by a single official ensures that the prosecution is handled by a point of contact at the patent office. The application is situated within this 1 distinct art unit, which suggests the technical subject matter falls under a specific medical device classification. This narrow scope allows the applicant to focus resources on a single set of examiner requirements.
The busiest examiner assigned to the portfolio is HORTON, ANDREW ALAN, who is responsible for 1 pending action. As there is only 1 pending office action in total, this examiner's work covers the company's entire active patent prosecution presence. The alignment of 1 distinct art unit with 1 distinct examiner indicates a concentrated and direct examination process. This arrangement simplifies the administrative burden of tracking communications. The applicant can tailor their arguments specifically to the preferences of HORTON, ANDREW ALAN and the standards of the assigned art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | 1 | 80.7% | +17.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18931657 | CLEANING DEVICE | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18931657 | CLEANING DEVICE | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18931657 | CLEANING DEVICE | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSuzhou Pinetek Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Andrew Alan Horton has the most, with 1 of Suzhou Pinetek Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
