Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
23 pending office actions • 13 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days
Braun GmbH has 24 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio involves 20 distinct examiners and 13 distinct art units, combining a substantial volume of open work with repeated examination assignments.
MICHALSKI, SEAN M is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions. The limited examiner concentration means that a single examiner strategy will not address the portfolio broadly, although the recurring art-unit structure supports targeted issue tracking.
Counsel should maintain a centralized docket and monitor recurring interpretations of device structure, mechanical relationships, and prior art. Responses should remain application-specific because the matters are spread across many examiners and art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 | 9 (39%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (48%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MICHALSKI, SEAN M | 2 | 53.4% | +12.8% |
| LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | 2 | 54.8% | +31.1% |
| CORNETT, ROBERT D | 2 | 40.4% | +42.5% |
| WENDMAGEGN, GIRUMSEW | 1 | 77.0% | +21.0% |
| BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | 1 | 77.4% | +25.8% |
| HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 1 | 68.0% | +43.4% |
| WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 1 | 34.5% | +79.2% |
| JEPPSON, PAMELA J | 1 | 62.8% | +24.1% |
| WALTERS, RYAN J | 1 | 74.4% | +28.6% |
| PAGE, HANA C | 1 | 60.3% | +32.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18201356 | CLEANING SECTION FOR AN ORAL HYGIENE DEVICE AND ORAL HYGIENE DEVICE | WALTERS, RYAN J | 93d overdue |
| 17674429 | DRIVE UNIT AND PERSONAL-CARE DEVICE WITH A DRIVE UNIT | SHUM, KENT N | 60d overdue |
| 19015042 | ORAL SCANNER SYSTEM | BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | 40d |
| 18199396 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH PERSONAL CARE DEVICE | MICHALSKI, SEAN M | — |
| 18119394 | ELECTRIC BEARD TRIMMER | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | — |
| 18103553 | ATTACHMENT FOR AN ORAL CARE DEVICE HANDLE | KARLS, SHAY LYNN | — |
| 17875486 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE | CORNETT, ROBERT D | — |
| 17875498 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18201356 | CLEANING SECTION FOR AN ORAL HYGIENE DEVICE AND ORAL HYGIENE DEVICE | WALTERS, RYAN J | 93d overdue |
| 18196111 | METHOD OF GLUING METAL PARTS | PAGE, HANA C | 78d overdue |
| 19015062 | ORAL SCANNER SYSTEM | WENDMAGEGN, GIRUMSEW | 28d |
| 19015042 | ORAL SCANNER SYSTEM | BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | 40d |
| 18760109 | ELECTRIC SHAVER | MICHALSKI, SEAN M | 42d |
| 18884291 | COUPLING SECTION FOR PERSONAL-CARE IMPLEMENT AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME, INCLUDING TOLERANCE COMPENSATION | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | — |
| 18757038 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A PERSONAL CARE DEVICE SUCH AS ELECTRIC SHAVER AND HANGER FOR SUCH DEVICE | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | — |
| 18208948 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE WITH A RECHARGEABLE ENERGY SOURCE | JEPPSON, PAMELA J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 9 |
| 3723 | 3 |
| 2484 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 3613 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19015062 | ORAL SCANNER SYSTEM | WENDMAGEGN, GIRUMSEW | 2484 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19015042 | ORAL SCANNER SYSTEM | BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | 3798 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18884291 | COUPLING SECTION FOR PERSONAL-CARE IMPLEMENT AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME, INCLUDING TOLERANCE COMPENSATION | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 3723 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18760109 | ELECTRIC SHAVER | MICHALSKI, SEAN M | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18757038 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A PERSONAL CARE DEVICE SUCH AS ELECTRIC SHAVER AND HANGER FOR SUCH DEVICE | WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18208948 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE WITH A RECHARGEABLE ENERGY SOURCE | JEPPSON, PAMELA J | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18201356 | CLEANING SECTION FOR AN ORAL HYGIENE DEVICE AND ORAL HYGIENE DEVICE | WALTERS, RYAN J | 3799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 93d overdue | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18199396 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH PERSONAL CARE DEVICE | MICHALSKI, SEAN M | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18199398 | HAIR CUTTING DEVICE WITH DISPLAY | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18196111 | METHOD OF GLUING METAL PARTS | PAGE, HANA C | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | 78d overdue | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18119394 | ELECTRIC BEARD TRIMMER | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2023 |
| 18103553 | ATTACHMENT FOR AN ORAL CARE DEVICE HANDLE | KARLS, SHAY LYNN | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2023 |
| 17875486 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE | CORNETT, ROBERT D | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 17875498 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | 3724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 17850809 | HAIR CUTTING KIT | CORNETT, ROBERT D | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2022 |
| 17674429 | DRIVE UNIT AND PERSONAL-CARE DEVICE WITH A DRIVE UNIT | SHUM, KENT N | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Feb 17, 2022 |
| 16364713 | PERSONAL CARE DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | DAVIES, SAMUEL ALLEN | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2019 |
| 18935774 | FRONT SEAT QUICK RELEASE ARMREST | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 3636 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18911311 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING A BATTERY ELECTRIC VEHICLE FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 3613 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18665684 | PERCEPTION-BASED ALERT SYSTEMS AND CONTROLLERS FOR DETECTING SAFE USE CONDITIONS OF A WHEELCHAIR ACCESS DEVICE IN A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE | DEL VALLE, LUIS GERARDO | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18436863 | PERCEPTION-BASED OBSTRUCTION DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A RAMP IN A WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE | THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18538707 | GLIDER AND SUPPORT PLATE FOR ACCESSORY ATTACHMENT TO FLOOR TRACK | ADAMS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 48d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18362637 | WHEELCHAIR DOCKING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF | GUTMAN, HILARY L | 3614 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBraun GmbH has 23 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 13 art units and 20 examiners.
Sean M Michalski has the most, with 2 of Braun GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
