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
Vaughanair Canada Ulc has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, DEAL, DAVID R, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending case. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, providing a single focus for the company's current patent activity. This concentration allows for a direct and singular focus on the specific requirements of the assigned examiner.
The presence of only 1 pending office action means that the company's immediate prosecution risk is limited to a single case. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the applicant can dedicate resources to understanding the specific prior art preferences of DEAL, DAVID R. This singular focus within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area simplifies the administrative burden compared to larger portfolios. Practitioners can tailor their arguments specifically to the standards of the 1 distinct art unit identified in the data.
With 1 pending office action, the company does not currently face the challenge of coordinating responses across multiple examiners or technical groups. The busiest examiner, DEAL, DAVID R, holds the entirety of the company's pending workload. This 1 pending office action serves as the primary indicator of the company's current engagement with the USPTO. The lack of additional pending actions suggests a highly targeted approach to its mechanical filings at this time.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEAL, DAVID R | 1 | 83.5% | +12.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18929452 | FIRE-RATED VENTILATION DUCT AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREIN | DEAL, DAVID R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18929452 | FIRE-RATED VENTILATION DUCT AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREIN | DEAL, DAVID R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18929452 | FIRE-RATED VENTILATION DUCT AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREIN | DEAL, DAVID R | 3753 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVaughanair Canada Ulc has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
David R Deal has the most, with 1 of Vaughanair Canada Ulc's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
