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
Andritz Asselin Thibeau currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is being processed in a distinct art unit, reflecting a concentrated technical focus for the company's current intellectual property efforts. The prosecution is being handled by a distinct examiner, which allows for a direct and consistent dialogue with the patent office.
ZHAO, AIYING is the busiest examiner for this company, currently overseeing the 1 pending office action. Because there is only a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit involved, the company's immediate patent goals are tied to the resolution of this single case. The pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering represents the entirety of the company's current active prosecution. Practitioners should focus on the specific technical standards of the distinct art unit to move the 1 pending office action forward. Successfully navigating the requirements of ZHAO, AIYING is essential for Andritz Asselin Thibeau to secure its position in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHAO, AIYING | 1 | 48.4% | +42.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997695 | Buffer device for matching the output speed of a lap of a spreading-lapping machine to the input speed of a device for processing the lap downstream of the spreading-lapping machine. | ZHAO, AIYING | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18997695 | Buffer device for matching the output speed of a lap of a spreading-lapping machine to the input speed of a device for processing the lap downstream of the spreading-lapping machine. | ZHAO, AIYING | 3732 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialAndritz AG has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Aiying Zhao has the most, with 1 of Andritz AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
