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
Casappa S P A is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, meaning each active matter is being reviewed by a different person. However, both actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the company's mechanical innovations fall into a very specific technical classification. The busiest examiner, BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN, is responsible for 1 pending office action.
For a practitioner, having 2 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit simplifies the administrative burden, even with 2 different examiners. The focus remains on the specific practices of that 1 art unit, while addressing the individual feedback from BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN and the other examiner. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 is the same for both of the 2 distinct examiners involved, indicating an even distribution of the current workload. This concentration in 1 art unit may allow for a more consistent prosecution strategy, as the team only needs to navigate the procedural standards of a single administrative group. The data indicates a highly targeted and manageable prosecution pipeline for Casappa S P A within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, where the 2 pending office actions are the primary focus.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 1 | 78.3% | +8.3% |
| FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 1 | 65.0% | +32.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18998343 | VOLUMETRIC VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT MACHINE | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18998343 | VOLUMETRIC VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT MACHINE | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19135774 | POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT MACHINE WITH SPEED SENSOR | BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 3746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 18998343 | VOLUMETRIC VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT MACHINE | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 3746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialCasappa S P A has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Peter John Bertheaud has the most, with 1 of Casappa 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.
