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
Anue AS manages a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently has 1 pending office action, which represents the total active workload for the company's patent filings. This single action suggests that the company is currently focused on a specific innovation or a single stage of the prosecution process.
The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner. This examiner works within 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the company's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings are concentrated in a specific technical area. FREHE, WILLIAM R is the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This individual is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently on file.
The busiest examiner pending count is 1, which means that all of the company's active prosecution is being reviewed by a single official. This concentration allows for a consistent approach to the 1 distinct examiner, but it also means that the company's immediate success is dependent on this one person's evaluation. The focused nature of the portfolio suggests a very specific technical or commercial objective.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREHE, WILLIAM R | 1 | 59.7% | +42.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18019014 | BREASTMILK SAMPLE COLLECTION | FREHE, WILLIAM R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18019014 | BREASTMILK SAMPLE COLLECTION | FREHE, WILLIAM R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18019014 | BREASTMILK SAMPLE COLLECTION | FREHE, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAnue AS has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
William R Frehe has the most, with 1 of Anue AS's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
