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
Zeroclamp GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is VAUGHAN, JASON L, who manages 1 busiest examiner pending action. The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a focused prosecution presence within the patent office.
All current activity for the company is centered on the work of this single examiner within the specified technology area. Because there is only 1 pending office action total, the company's immediate patent prospects are tied to the review of VAUGHAN, JASON L. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology being patented is highly specialized. The prosecution strategy appears to be streamlined, with all communication directed through a single examiner and art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAUGHAN, JASON L | 1 | 78.7% | +20.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839101 | SPHERICAL CLAMP | VAUGHAN, JASON L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18839101 | SPHERICAL CLAMP | VAUGHAN, JASON L | 3726 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZeroclamp GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jason L Vaughan has the most, with 1 of Zeroclamp GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
