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
Thomas Huntley has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being reviewed by a distinct examiner in a distinct art unit. The prosecution activity is currently limited to this case within the patent office, indicating a very specific focus for the current portfolio. This action constitutes the entirety of the active workload for the applicant. The concentration in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering suggests a specialized technical field.
Marc Carlson is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 1 pending office action. This action accounts for the entirety of the pending workload, meaning the outcome of current prosecution depends on the interaction with this specific examiner. Practitioners should tailor their approach to the specific tendencies of Marc Carlson, as he is the sole examiner currently evaluating the company's technology. The progress of this case is the only current metric for the success of the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLSON, MARC | 1 | 71.0% | +23.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725511 | INTEGRATED DUST SEPARATOR SYSTEM | CARLSON, MARC | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725511 | INTEGRATED DUST SEPARATOR SYSTEM | CARLSON, MARC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18725511 | INTEGRATED DUST SEPARATOR SYSTEM | CARLSON, MARC | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialThomas Huntley has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Marc Carlson has the most, with 1 of Thomas Huntley's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
