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
Zhejiang Shinman Tools Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner, HUANG, STEVEN, is currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The fact that both of the 2 pending office actions are in 1 distinct art unit suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current tools. Although there are 2 distinct examiners, they are likely working within the same institutional framework of a single art unit. This means the company must manage two different examiner personalities while adhering to the specific guidelines of one technical division. With 2 distinct examiners involved, the company can compare different examination styles within the same art unit. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit simplifies the technical arguments required across these pending matters, even as the company navigates the individual preferences of HUANG, STEVEN.
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%) |
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUANG, STEVEN | 1 | 47.2% | +36.8% |
| HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18930821 | Torque wrench | HUANG, STEVEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18930821 | Torque wrench | HUANG, STEVEN | 3723 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18920903 | Torque wrench for adjusting sound | HINDMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialZhejiang Shinman Tools Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Steven Huang has the most, with 1 of Zhejiang Shinman Tools Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
