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 • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bernd Siegmund GmbH is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, where it currently has 1 pending office action. The company's prosecution is highly focused, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This level of concentration indicates that the company's current patenting efforts are directed toward a specific mechanical or medical innovation, rather than a broad portfolio of diverse technologies.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is NEJAD, MAHDI H, who is overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the total count of pending office actions is 1, this examiner handles the full scope of the company's active prosecution. The fact that all activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit suggests that the pending application falls within a specialized technical niche. This allows the applicant to tailor their strategy to the specific requirements of 1 distinct examiner, ensuring that all resources are focused on navigating the examination process for this single active matter.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEJAD, MAHDI H | 1 | 73.9% | +29.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18028978 | PLATE WITH AT LEAST ONE SLOT IN ITS SURFACE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SLOT IN THE SURFACE OF A PLATE, AND SLIDING BLOCK | NEJAD, MAHDI H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18028978 | PLATE WITH AT LEAST ONE SLOT IN ITS SURFACE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SLOT IN THE SURFACE OF A PLATE, AND SLIDING BLOCK | NEJAD, MAHDI H | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBernd Siegmund GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Mahdi H Nejad has the most, with 1 of Bernd Siegmund GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
