Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Xiamen R&T Plumbing Technology Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, with each examiner handling one matter. Both actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the company's current prosecution is concentrated within a single technical department.
CHRISTINE J SKUBINNA is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, which is the same volume as the other distinct examiner. The presence of 2 pending office actions within 1 distinct art unit suggests a focused interaction with the patent office. Although there are 2 distinct examiners, their shared art unit implies they may follow similar departmental guidelines for the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
For a practitioner, this concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a more streamlined approach to technical arguments. Managing 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners requires addressing two individual perspectives, but the single art unit provides a common administrative framework. This suggests the company's current filings are technically related within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 1 | 61.9% | +20.0% |
| ROS, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 52.5% | +34.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18878612 | TEST PIECE FOR URINALYSIS, TRANSMISSION MECHANISM, AND TOILET | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18878612 | TEST PIECE FOR URINALYSIS, TRANSMISSION MECHANISM, AND TOILET | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | — |
| 18942938 | SMART DEODORIZATION DEVICE WITH COVER PLATE | ROS, NICHOLAS A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18878612 | TEST PIECE FOR URINALYSIS, TRANSMISSION MECHANISM, AND TOILET | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 3754 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18942938 | SMART DEODORIZATION DEVICE WITH COVER PLATE | ROS, NICHOLAS A | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialXiamen R&T Plumbing Technology Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Christine J Skubinna has the most, with 1 of Xiamen R&T Plumbing 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.
