Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Xiamen Aokecheng Technology Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, so each matter has a separate examiner while the technical assignments are somewhat concentrated.
CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate terminology and disclosure positions across the two art units without treating the examiner relationships as interchangeable. Matter-specific review of claim scope and cited art remains appropriate.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | 1 | 53.1% | +41.2% |
| KANG, EDWIN G | 1 | 64.1% | +66.6% |
| KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 1 | 63.3% | +21.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19030881 | SHOWER HEAD SPRINKLER | CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | — |
| 18592814 | TOP SHOWER | KANG, EDWIN G | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19030881 | SHOWER HEAD SPRINKLER | CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | — |
| 18592814 | TOP SHOWER | KANG, EDWIN G | — |
| 18435813 | FILTERING SHOWER SUPPORT ARM | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 2 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19030881 | SHOWER HEAD SPRINKLER | CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | 3752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18592814 | TOP SHOWER | KANG, EDWIN G | 3741 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18435813 | FILTERING SHOWER SUPPORT ARM | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 3752 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialXiamen Aokecheng Technology Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Steven Michael Cernoch has the most, with 1 of Xiamen Aokecheng 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.
