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
Weil-Mclain has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by a distinct examiner, focusing the company's current prosecution efforts on a particular front. The matter is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, which provides the technical framework for the examination process.
WEINERT, WILLIAM C is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since there is a very limited number of pending office actions in the entire portfolio, this examiner manages all current active responses. This specific focus within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area means the company's immediate patent strategy is tied to the review of this examiner and art unit. Practitioners must carefully analyze the examiner's past actions to navigate this concentrated environment effectively.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEINERT, WILLIAM C | 1 | 57.9% | +35.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18434503 | BURNER ACCESS HATCH | WEINERT, WILLIAM C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18434503 | BURNER ACCESS HATCH | WEINERT, WILLIAM C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18434503 | BURNER ACCESS HATCH | WEINERT, WILLIAM C | 3762 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWeil-Mclain has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William C Weinert has the most, with 1 of Weil-Mclain's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
