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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cinogy GmbH is managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, but they are both located within a distinct art unit. This indicates that while different individuals are assessing the applications, the subject matter is concentrated within a technical classification at the USPTO. This structure provides the company with different perspectives on its medical device technology while remaining within a specific regulatory framework.
The busiest examiner, TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY, is currently responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is split among the examiners. This arrangement allows the company to receive feedback from different examiners while operating within the constraints of the art unit. The remaining 1 pending office action is handled by another examiner, ensuring that the company's medical device intellectual property is not subject to the review of only a single individual.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY | 1 | 63.9% | +48.1% |
| BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | 1 | 73.1% | +12.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18704302 | PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE FOR PLASMA TREATMENT OF A SKIN SURFACE | TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY | — |
| 18704329 | PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE FOR PLASMA TREATMENT OF A SKIN SURFACE | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18704302 | PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE FOR PLASMA TREATMENT OF A SKIN SURFACE | TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18704329 | PLASMA TREATMENT DEVICE FOR PLASMA TREATMENT OF A SKIN SURFACE | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCinogy GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Marina Delaney Templeton has the most, with 1 of Cinogy GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
