Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 4 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
TUNGALOY Corporation has 18 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio involves 10 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating substantial reuse of examination channels at both the examiner and art-unit levels.
CIGNA, JACOB JAMES is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. This is the most visible examiner concentration in the portfolio data, making that docket a practical target for coordinated review of amendments, interview opportunities, and recurring objections. The limited art-unit spread also supports comparing outcomes across matters handled in the same technical examination environments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 5 (31%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 4 | 63.9% | +32.2% |
| RAMOS, NICOLE N | 2 | 81.5% | +9.9% |
| COZART, JERMIE E | 2 | 83.9% | +3.3% |
| RUFO, RYAN C | 2 | 59.0% | +40.8% |
| AVERICK, LAWRENCE | 1 | 75.8% | +23.8% |
| VITALE, MICHAEL J | 1 | 67.2% | +34.9% |
| WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 1 | 75.4% | +15.8% |
| TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 1 | 63.3% | +43.3% |
| GATES, ERIC ANDREW | 1 | 78.8% | +14.6% |
| ADDISU, SARA | 1 | 85.4% | +10.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17853306 | SHANK AND CUTTING TOOL HAVING THE SHANK | ADDISU, SARA | 9d overdue |
| 18181904 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL EQUIPPED WITH CUTTING INSERT | RUFO, RYAN C | 56d |
| 19233823 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL | RAMOS, NICOLE N | — |
| 19087384 | CUTTING INSERT, BODY, AND CUTTING TOOL | COZART, JERMIE E | — |
| 19046308 | CUTTING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 19044834 | BODY, GUIDE PAD, AND HOLE MACHINING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 19041277 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL | COZART, JERMIE E | — |
| 18981437 | TOOL BODY AND ROTARY CUTTING TOOL | RAMOS, NICOLE N | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17853306 | SHANK AND CUTTING TOOL HAVING THE SHANK | ADDISU, SARA | 9d overdue |
| 18181904 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL EQUIPPED WITH CUTTING INSERT | RUFO, RYAN C | 56d |
| 19106679 | CUTTING INSERT AND MILLING TOOL | AVERICK, LAWRENCE | — |
| 19046308 | CUTTING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 19044834 | BODY, GUIDE PAD, AND HOLE MACHINING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 18890182 | FASTENING COMPONENT | VITALE, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18828774 | FIXING MEMBER AND CUTTING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 18587866 | CUTTING INSERT, HOLDER, AND CUTTING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3722 | 7 |
| 3726 | 5 |
| 3799 | 3 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19233823 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL | RAMOS, NICOLE N | 3722 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19087384 | CUTTING INSERT, BODY, AND CUTTING TOOL | COZART, JERMIE E | 3799 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19106679 | CUTTING INSERT AND MILLING TOOL | AVERICK, LAWRENCE | 3799 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19046308 | CUTTING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19044834 | BODY, GUIDE PAD, AND HOLE MACHINING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19041277 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL | COZART, JERMIE E | 3799 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18981437 | TOOL BODY AND ROTARY CUTTING TOOL | RAMOS, NICOLE N | 3722 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18890182 | FASTENING COMPONENT | VITALE, MICHAEL J | 3722 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18828774 | FIXING MEMBER AND CUTTING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18587866 | CUTTING INSERT, HOLDER, AND CUTTING TOOL | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18531631 | INDEXABLE CUTTING TOOL AND CUTTING INSERT | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18497550 | CUTTING TOOL AND TOOL BODY THEREOF | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18302488 | DRILL BODY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DRILL BODY | GATES, ERIC ANDREW | 3722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18181904 | CUTTING INSERT AND CUTTING TOOL EQUIPPED WITH CUTTING INSERT | RUFO, RYAN C | 3722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
| 17821339 | CUTTING TOOL | RUFO, RYAN C | 3722 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2022 |
| 17853306 | SHANK AND CUTTING TOOL HAVING THE SHANK | ADDISU, SARA | 3722 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Jun 29, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialTUNGALOY Corporation has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 10 examiners.
Jacob James Cigna has the most, with 4 of TUNGALOY Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
