Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vulcan Industrial Holdings LLC has 5 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are assigned to 5 examiners and 3 art units, showing complete examiner dispersion with some technical-unit overlap.
MATTHIAS, JONATHAN R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Portfolio oversight should emphasize individual matter tracking and identify any recurring issues within the shared art units.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTHIAS, JONATHAN R | 1 | 78.2% | +21.0% |
| GARDNER, NICOLE | 1 | 69.4% | +14.6% |
| PATEL, VISHAL A | 1 | 59.1% | +22.6% |
| JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 1 | 62.1% | +27.5% |
| KEASEL, ERIC S | 1 | 79.8% | +14.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19326300 | HIGH PERFORMANCE SEALING ASSEMBLY | MATTHIAS, JONATHAN R | — |
| 19265112 | SPRING CONTROLLING VALVE | GARDNER, NICOLE | — |
| 19218880 | PACKING ASSEMBLY WITH THREADED SLEEVE FOR INTERACTION WITH AN INSTALLATION TOOL | PATEL, VISHAL A | — |
| 18539014 | SYSTEMS, ASSEMBLIES, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS PROVIDING ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN VALVE BODIES AND VALVE SEALS | KEASEL, ERIC S | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19326300 | HIGH PERFORMANCE SEALING ASSEMBLY | MATTHIAS, JONATHAN R | — |
| 19265112 | SPRING CONTROLLING VALVE | GARDNER, NICOLE | — |
| 19218880 | PACKING ASSEMBLY WITH THREADED SLEEVE FOR INTERACTION WITH AN INSTALLATION TOOL | PATEL, VISHAL A | — |
| 18773007 | FLUID ENDS FOR PUMPS AND RELATED METHODS | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | — |
| 18539014 | SYSTEMS, ASSEMBLIES, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS PROVIDING ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN VALVE BODIES AND VALVE SEALS | KEASEL, ERIC S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 2 |
| 3753 | 2 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19326300 | HIGH PERFORMANCE SEALING ASSEMBLY | MATTHIAS, JONATHAN R | 3746 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19265112 | SPRING CONTROLLING VALVE | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19218880 | PACKING ASSEMBLY WITH THREADED SLEEVE FOR INTERACTION WITH AN INSTALLATION TOOL | PATEL, VISHAL A | 3675 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 18773007 | FLUID ENDS FOR PUMPS AND RELATED METHODS | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18539014 | SYSTEMS, ASSEMBLIES, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS PROVIDING ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN VALVE BODIES AND VALVE SEALS | KEASEL, ERIC S | 3753 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVulcan Industrial Holdings LLC has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
Jonathan R Matthias has the most, with 1 of Vulcan Industrial Holdings LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
