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
Yuncheng Vocational And Technical University is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution is focused, involving 1 distinct examiner, WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE. As the busiest examiner for the university, WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE is responsible for the entirety of the active office actions. This focus means that the university's immediate patent strategy is dependent on this one examiner's evaluation.
The involvement of 1 distinct art unit for the 1 pending office action indicates a specific technical focus for the university's current patent applications. With 1 pending office action representing the total volume of the portfolio's active prosecution, the university's immediate IP goals are tied to a single examiner's review. This focus in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector allows for a direct prosecution strategy, though it lacks the diversification found in larger portfolios.
By focusing resources on the 1 pending office action with 1 distinct examiner, the university can maintain oversight on its intellectual property development. The outcome of this matter is the primary factor in the university's immediate success in the US patent system. This concentrated profile in 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technological niche for the university's current filings. WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE handles the busiest_examiner_pending count of 1.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 1 | 34.5% | +79.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18878584 | TECHNIQUE AND PROCESS FOR SEPARATING RUBBER FROM CORE BEFORE VULCANIZATION OF STRONG CONVEYOR BELT JOINT | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18878584 | TECHNIQUE AND PROCESS FOR SEPARATING RUBBER FROM CORE BEFORE VULCANIZATION OF STRONG CONVEYOR BELT JOINT | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 3724 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialYuncheng Vocational And Technical University has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Haleigh Noelle Watson has the most, with 1 of Yuncheng Vocational And Technical University's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
