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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vivid Laminating Technologies Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices and Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates a path for the company's current patent prosecution. The activity within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology is specialized within the mechanical engineering domain, requiring a specific technical understanding from the examiner.
The busiest examiner, CROSBY JR, RICHARD D, is handling the 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's immediate patent goals are tied to the decisions of this specific individual. Practitioners should focus their efforts on understanding the examination patterns of CROSBY JR, RICHARD D to effectively move the pending application toward a resolution. Success in the Medical Devices and Mechanical Engineering space for this portfolio depends on addressing the specific requirements of this examiner. The presence of the 1 pending office action under one reviewer allows for a direct prosecution strategy.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 1 | 69.3% | +15.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906075 | DIGITAL FLATBED CUTTERS | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906075 | DIGITAL FLATBED CUTTERS | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18906075 | DIGITAL FLATBED CUTTERS | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVivid Laminating Technologies Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Richard D Crosby Jr. has the most, with 1 of Vivid Laminating Technologies Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
