Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 12 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days
Atlas Copco AB has 16 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are handled by 16 distinct examiners across 13 distinct art units, indicating that the pending work is widely distributed for a portfolio of this size.
LOPEZ, MICHELLE is the busiest identified examiner, with 1 pending matter. The available assignment pattern does not show a concentrated examiner workload. Counsel may therefore prioritize application-specific review and art-unit awareness, using a common docketing and response framework to maintain consistency across the separate prosecution tracks.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 1 | 81.8% | +11.7% |
| LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1 | 72.3% | +20.4% |
| LUNDY, DANIEL STEFAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| COTEY, PHILIP L | 1 | 83.9% | +21.2% |
| ZAIDI, SYED A | 1 | 81.9% | +12.1% |
| SHUM, KENT N | 1 | 38.5% | +48.3% |
| FISHER, WESLEY LE | 1 | 82.4% | +14.1% |
| OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | 1 | 55.4% | +21.2% |
| DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 1 | 65.3% | +30.9% |
| SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | 1 | 80.3% | +15.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17921513 | BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK BASED LICENSE MANAGEMENT | ZAIDI, SYED A | 16d |
| 18647849 | ML ESTIMATION OF TIGHTENING CLASSES UTILIZING NORMALIZATION | COTEY, PHILIP L | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18846184 | FAN HOUSING FOR AN AIR-COOLED COMPRESSOR INSTALLATION | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 85d overdue |
| 17622464 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MACHINE PARTS, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMPRESSOR, EXPANDER OR VACUUM PUMP PARTS AND MACHINE PART MANUFACTURED BY SAID METHOD | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 22d |
| 19404576 | DETECTING MAINTENANCE INDICATOR OF TIGHTENING TOOL | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | — |
| 18720182 | HYDRAULIC TORQUE WRENCH | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
| 18720186 | DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR A TORQUE WRENCH | LUNDY, DANIEL STEFAN | — |
| 17627063 | POWER TOOL ATTACHMENT PART | SHUM, KENT N | — |
| 18845263 | COMPRESSOR DEVICE AND COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A COMPRESSOR DEVICE | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | — |
| 18843836 | AIR-COOLED COMPRESSOR INSTALLATION WITH INTEGRATED DRYER DEVICE | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18846184 | FAN HOUSING FOR AN AIR-COOLED COMPRESSOR INSTALLATION | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 85d overdue |
| 17921513 | BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK BASED LICENSE MANAGEMENT | ZAIDI, SYED A | 16d |
| 19404576 | DETECTING MAINTENANCE INDICATOR OF TIGHTENING TOOL | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | — |
| 18720182 | HYDRAULIC TORQUE WRENCH | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
| 18647849 | ML ESTIMATION OF TIGHTENING CLASSES UTILIZING NORMALIZATION | COTEY, PHILIP L | — |
| 17627063 | POWER TOOL ATTACHMENT PART | SHUM, KENT N | — |
| 18845263 | COMPRESSOR DEVICE AND COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A COMPRESSOR DEVICE | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | — |
| 18843836 | AIR-COOLED COMPRESSOR INSTALLATION WITH INTEGRATED DRYER DEVICE | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 2 |
| 3723 | 2 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2432 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19404576 | DETECTING MAINTENANCE INDICATOR OF TIGHTENING TOOL | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2025 |
| 18720182 | HYDRAULIC TORQUE WRENCH | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18720186 | DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR A TORQUE WRENCH | LUNDY, DANIEL STEFAN | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18647849 | ML ESTIMATION OF TIGHTENING CLASSES UTILIZING NORMALIZATION | COTEY, PHILIP L | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 17921513 | BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK BASED LICENSE MANAGEMENT | ZAIDI, SYED A | 2432 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Oct 26, 2022 |
| 17627063 | POWER TOOL ATTACHMENT PART | SHUM, KENT N | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2022 |
| 18846184 | FAN HOUSING FOR AN AIR-COOLED COMPRESSOR INSTALLATION | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18845263 | COMPRESSOR DEVICE AND COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A COMPRESSOR DEVICE | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | 2837 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18843836 | AIR-COOLED COMPRESSOR INSTALLATION WITH INTEGRATED DRYER DEVICE | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18842178 | ROTATIONAL ELEMENT AND COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A ROTATIONAL ELEMENT | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | 3678 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18706673 | METHOD AND PROCEDURE FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF A COMPRESSED AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI | 3625 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18681731 | COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A MOTOR SHAFT DIRECTLY COUPLED TO A ROTOR SHAFT | LETTMAN, BRYAN MATTHEW | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18289156 | DEVICE FOR PURIFYING GAS, POSITIONING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A DEVICE FOR PURIFYING GAS USING SUCH A POSITIONING ELEMENT | PREGLER, SHARON | 1772 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 17622464 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MACHINE PARTS, SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMPRESSOR, EXPANDER OR VACUUM PUMP PARTS AND MACHINE PART MANUFACTURED BY SAID METHOD | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Dec 23, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialAtlas Copco AB has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 14 examiners.
Michelle Lopez has the most, with 1 of Atlas Copco AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
