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
Tutco LLC maintains a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently has 2 pending office actions. This same count of 2 applies to both the distinct examiners and the distinct art units involved in the prosecution. This distribution shows a degree of diversification in the company's efforts, as the applications are being reviewed by different technical groups and individuals. The focus on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering indicates that the company is likely protecting specific mechanical components or medical tools.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KHLOK, BONITA, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Given the total volume of 2 pending office actions, this examiner handles a portion of the company's current active workload. The presence of multiple distinct examiners and art units suggests that Tutco LLC is pursuing different technical paths or inventions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. This variety provides the company with different points of entry and review within the patent office, which can be a strategic advantage in complex mechanical fields.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECKARDT, ADAM MICHAEL | 1 | 65.5% | +38.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17231188 | HEATING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF USE | ECKARDT, ADAM MICHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17231188 | HEATING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF USE | ECKARDT, ADAM MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17231188 | HEATING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF USE | ECKARDT, ADAM MICHAEL | 3700 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialTutco LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Adam Michael Eckardt has the most, with 1 of Tutco LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
