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
Wuhan Weike Medical Technology Co. Ltd. is currently navigating 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This case is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending matter. The prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, which points to a narrow and specific technical focus for the company's current intellectual property pipeline.
The involvement of only 1 distinct examiner means that the company's immediate success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector depends on a single set of examiner preferences and interpretations. Practitioners should prioritize a deep analysis of the past decisions made by SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN, as there are no other pending matters to provide a broader context. With 1 pending office action, the portfolio requires minimal coordination across different legal teams.
Furthermore, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company is not currently pursuing a broad array of diverse technologies that would trigger multiple examination environments. This singular focus allows for a very targeted prosecution strategy. The 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's current active challenges at the patent office, making its resolution a high priority for the portfolio's immediate growth.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN | 1 | 78.3% | +21.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18861529 | TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT APPARATUS HAVING BILATERAL LOCKING FUNCTION | SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18861529 | TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT APPARATUS HAVING BILATERAL LOCKING FUNCTION | SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWuhan Weike Medical Technology Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Katherine Menglin Shi has the most, with 1 of Wuhan Weike Medical Technology Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
