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
Cma Macchine Per Caffè S R L is navigating 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a consistent technical environment for review. This concentration within a single art unit suggests that the company's current filings are closely related in subject matter. For the practitioner, this means that while there are 2 distinct examiners involved, the overall examination standards and technical expectations are likely to be similar across both pending actions.
DANG, KET D is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This represents 1 of the 2 pending office actions total, with the other action being managed by the second of the 2 distinct examiners assigned to the portfolio. This distribution of the 2 pending office actions across different examiners within the same art unit allows the company to receive multiple perspectives on its technology while remaining within a focused administrative area. Each action can be managed independently, allowing for tailored prosecution tactics based on the specific feedback of each individual examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANG, KET D | 1 | 61.6% | +37.9% |
| EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 1 | 62.7% | +21.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579488 | Coffee grinder with control of the ground coffee quantity dispensed in each dose | DANG, KET D | — |
| 18560373 | Delivery assembly for a machine for preparing beverages, comprising a piercing element for capsules | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579488 | Coffee grinder with control of the ground coffee quantity dispensed in each dose | DANG, KET D | — |
| 18560373 | Delivery assembly for a machine for preparing beverages, comprising a piercing element for capsules | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18579488 | Coffee grinder with control of the ground coffee quantity dispensed in each dose | DANG, KET D | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2024 |
| 18560373 | Delivery assembly for a machine for preparing beverages, comprising a piercing element for capsules | EVANGELISTA, THEODORE JUSTINE | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialCma Macchine Per Caffè S R L has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Ket D Dang has the most, with 1 of Cma Macchine Per Caffè S R L's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
