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
Xiaofeng Zhang currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in a single art unit suggests that the pending matters are closely related in subject matter, even though they are being reviewed by different individuals.
The busiest examiner, SHAKERI, HADI, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions, each examiner holds one action. While the examiners are different, the fact that they both operate within 1 distinct art unit may lead to more consistent examination standards compared to a docket spread across multiple units. Practitioners can use this concentration within 1 distinct art unit to identify shared prior art or procedural trends that could benefit the prosecution of both pending office actions.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAKERI, HADI | 1 | 62.2% | +36.8% |
| NEJAD, MAHDI H | 1 | 73.9% | +29.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18973190 | TOOL BIT CONNECTION SHAFT STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER AND ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER | SHAKERI, HADI | — |
| 18775783 | HIGH-INTENSITY MAGNETIC BIT EXTENSION ROD WITH TELESCOPIC UNLOCKING FUNCTION | NEJAD, MAHDI H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18973190 | TOOL BIT CONNECTION SHAFT STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER AND ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER | SHAKERI, HADI | — |
| 18775783 | HIGH-INTENSITY MAGNETIC BIT EXTENSION ROD WITH TELESCOPIC UNLOCKING FUNCTION | NEJAD, MAHDI H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18973190 | TOOL BIT CONNECTION SHAFT STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER AND ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER | SHAKERI, HADI | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18775783 | HIGH-INTENSITY MAGNETIC BIT EXTENSION ROD WITH TELESCOPIC UNLOCKING FUNCTION | NEJAD, MAHDI H | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialXiaofeng Zhang has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Hadi Shakeri has the most, with 1 of Xiaofeng Zhang's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
