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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
BABYLISS FACO SRL has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR, within 1 distinct art unit. As the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR is the sole individual currently reviewing the company's active patent matters.
This represents a highly focused and singular prosecution effort. For the practitioner, the entire current success of the portfolio depends on the relationship with 1 examiner and the specific requirements of 1 art unit. There are no other pending actions to provide alternative paths or to balance the risk of a single examiner's perspective. This concentration means that the applicant can focus all resources on addressing the concerns of AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR, but it also means that the progress of the company's medical and mechanical patents is currently tied to this single point of review.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19176994 | ACCESSORY FOR CURLING LOCKS OF HAIR | AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19176994 | ACCESSORY FOR CURLING LOCKS OF HAIR | AZUBUOGU, CHIEMERIE CHIBUZOR | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialBABYLISS FACO SRL has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Chiemerie Chibuzor Azubuogu has the most, with 1 of BABYLISS FACO SRL's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
