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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Amerifab Inc. is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner working in 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a specific focus for the company's current patent applications. The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit defines the prosecution strategy, as there is no requirement to manage different examiner behaviors or art unit standards.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is WEILAND, HANS R., who is responsible for 1 pending office action. As the examiner involved, WEILAND, HANS R. serves as the primary point of contact for the applicant. For a patent practitioner, this environment allows for a direct relationship with the patent office. The practitioner can tailor their responses specifically to the expectations of the experts within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This structure involves administrative tracking of the 1 pending matter assigned to the busiest examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEILAND, HANS R. | 1 | 56.2% | +12.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19013204 | HALF PIPE HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC ARC, METALLURGICAL OR REFINING FURNACES AND SYSTEM THEREOF | WEILAND, HANS R. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19013204 | HALF PIPE HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC ARC, METALLURGICAL OR REFINING FURNACES AND SYSTEM THEREOF | WEILAND, HANS R. | 3763 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialAmerifab Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Hans R. Weiland has the most, with 1 of Amerifab Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
