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
Valeo Autoklimatizace S R O is currently handling 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The matter is assigned to 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio's pending activity is limited to a single point of interaction, indicating a very focused prosecution phase for the company's current filings.
For the practitioner, this centralization means that the success of the current prosecution cycle depends entirely on the interaction with WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH. There are no other pending matters to provide a broader context of how different examiners in the same field might view the company's technology. The fact that the 1 pending action is also the only action for the busiest examiner suggests that the examiner's attention is not divided across multiple cases for this specific applicant. This singular focus can be advantageous for building a consistent record, but it also means there is no diversification of risk across different art units or examiners. The practitioner must tailor the strategy specifically to the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering standards applied by this single examiner and the 1 distinct 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 1 | 75.7% | +26.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18721194 | A HEATING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY HEATING A HEAT TRANSFER FLUID | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18721194 | A HEATING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY HEATING A HEAT TRANSFER FLUID | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18721194 | A HEATING DEVICE FOR ELECTRICALLY HEATING A HEAT TRANSFER FLUID | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialValeo Autoklimatizace S R O has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kurt Joseph Wolford has the most, with 1 of Valeo Autoklimatizace S R O's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
