Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bespak Europe Limited is managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. BOECKER, JOSEPH D is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending action. This means each of the 2 pending actions is being examined by a different individual in a different unit, providing a diversified prosecution landscape.
The involvement of 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's medical device innovations are being reviewed from different technical perspectives. For the practitioner, this requires managing two separate sets of examiner expectations and procedural requirements. BOECKER, JOSEPH D and the other involved examiner will each bring their own interpretation to the 2 pending office actions. This structure ensures that the company's progress is not dependent on a single individual's decision. With 2 pending office actions in total, the company can maintain a focused yet diverse strategy that addresses the specific technical challenges presented in each of the 2 distinct art units within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOECKER, JOSEPH D | 1 | 83.7% | +22.9% |
| PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 1 | 67.5% | +30.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18852386 | FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843187 | IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO NASAL PIECES | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18852386 | FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | — |
| 18843187 | IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO NASAL PIECES | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18852386 | FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE | BOECKER, JOSEPH D | 3785 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18843187 | IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO NASAL PIECES | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBespak Europe Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Joseph D Boecker has the most, with 1 of Bespak Europe Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
