Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cryoshelter Biolng GmbH is handling 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This suggests a diverse range of mechanical or medical technologies currently under review. The lack of concentration in a single unit indicates that the company's innovations span several different technical classifications within the medical and mechanical engineering sectors.
The busiest examiner, AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M, has 1 busiest_examiner_pending action. With 3 pending office actions total, the workload is distributed such that no single examiner is managing more than one case. The use of 3 distinct art units implies that the company's innovations are being evaluated by three different specialized groups. This requires a prosecution strategy that can address the unique technical standards of each 1 distinct art unit. Legal teams must be prepared to interact with 3 distinct examiners, each of whom may have different priorities and procedural requirements for the applications under their review.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | 1 | 75.9% | +10.4% |
| MARONEY, JENNA M | 1 | 64.6% | +20.1% |
| ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | 1 | 69.7% | +36.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718657 | SYSTEM FOR FILLING A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER ON A VEHICLE IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY | AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718657 | SYSTEM FOR FILLING A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER ON A VEHICLE IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY | AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
| 18691183 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER AND A HEAT EXCHANGER WITH A CONNECTION BLOCK | MARONEY, JENNA M | — |
| 17634793 | PIPE LEADTHROUGH MODULE FOR A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER | ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18718657 | SYSTEM FOR FILLING A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER ON A VEHICLE IN AN ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY | AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18691183 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER AND A HEAT EXCHANGER WITH A CONNECTION BLOCK | MARONEY, JENNA M | 3763 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 17634793 | PIPE LEADTHROUGH MODULE FOR A CRYOGENIC CONTAINER | ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | 3700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialCryoshelter Biolng GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Christopher M Afful has the most, with 1 of Cryoshelter Biolng GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
