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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
C I B Unigas S P A maintains a focused presence in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector with 1 pending office action currently active. This single action is situated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a consolidated prosecution footprint. The portfolio does not currently show any diversification across different technical branches of the USPTO, as the workload is limited to 1 distinct art units. This concentration allows for a highly specialized approach to the company's mechanical engineering intellectual property.
The examiner profile for this portfolio is similarly concentrated, with 1 distinct examiners handling the entirety of the pending workload. PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES is identified as the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This represents the total count of the company's active office actions, meaning the outcome of the current prosecution cycle depends on the interactions with this specific examiner. The relationship between the applicant and the USPTO is thus mediated through a single individual's review process.
For patent practitioners, this 1 to 1 ratio between pending actions and examiners simplifies the strategic approach. There is no need to reconcile conflicting examiner styles or navigate multiple art unit cultures. The focus remains solely on the 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area, allowing for a targeted response strategy tailored to the specific requirements of PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES. This lack of complexity across the 1 distinct art units involved streamlines the administrative burden of managing the portfolio. With 1 busiest examiner pending, the company can maintain a singular line of communication for its current filings.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES | 1 | 63.8% | +20.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18832821 | BURNER WITH INTERNAL FUME RECIRCULATION SYSTEM | PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18832821 | BURNER WITH INTERNAL FUME RECIRCULATION SYSTEM | PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES | 3799 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialC I B Unigas S P A has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jorge Andres Pereiro has the most, with 1 of C I B Unigas S P A's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
