Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH is currently managing 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners. This creates a matching count where each of the 3 pending office actions is reviewed by a different individual. The portfolio is also spread across 3 distinct art units, ensuring that each matter is handled in a separate administrative division.
IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. This confirms that the 3 pending office actions are evenly distributed, as no examiner handles more than 1 action. Because IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E is one of 3 distinct examiners each managing a single case, there is no concentration of work with any one person. This decentralized structure across 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's success depends on three independent reviews.
The involvement of 3 distinct art units for 3 actions suggests that the company's Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems innovations are classified into three separate technical groups. With IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E and the other examiners each managing 1 action, the prosecution is highly varied. This variety in examiners and art units indicates that the 3 pending office actions involve different technical or administrative reviews within the field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E | 1 | 81.0% | +13.7% |
| RANDAZZO, THOMAS | 1 | 86.8% | +12.3% |
| CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | 1 | 86.8% | +8.7% |
| WEEKS, GLORIA R | 1 | 70.4% | +12.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19034180 | GRIPPER AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR A PICKING DEVICE | RANDAZZO, THOMAS | — |
| 18938943 | GRIPPER FOR A PICKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE PICKING DEVICE | CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19196403 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BLISTER TUBE, AND BLISTER TUBE | IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E | 3d overdue |
| 17477322 | DEVICE FOR PACKING DRUG PORTIONS | WEEKS, GLORIA 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19196403 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BLISTER TUBE, AND BLISTER TUBE | IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E | 3d overdue |
| 19034180 | GRIPPER AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR A PICKING DEVICE | RANDAZZO, THOMAS | — |
| 17477322 | DEVICE FOR PACKING DRUG PORTIONS | WEEKS, GLORIA R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 2 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3651 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19196403 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BLISTER TUBE, AND BLISTER TUBE | IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E | 3731 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19034180 | GRIPPER AND TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR A PICKING DEVICE | RANDAZZO, THOMAS | 3655 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18938943 | GRIPPER FOR A PICKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE PICKING DEVICE | CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE | 3651 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 17477322 | DEVICE FOR PACKING DRUG PORTIONS | WEEKS, GLORIA R | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialBecton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Nicholas E Igbokwe has the most, with 1 of Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
