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
Dafo Fomtec AB currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to a single distinct art unit, indicating a focused technical scope for the company's current pending matters. The concentration in this art unit suggests that the subject matter falls within a specific niche of the sector. This focus allows for a specialized prosecution approach within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
The prosecution of this portfolio is handled by a sole distinct examiner. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R., who is currently responsible for 1 pending office action. For a practitioner, this means that understanding the specific examination style of the assigned examiner is critical, as this individual manages the entirety of the pending workload. This level of concentration simplifies the coordination of prosecution strategy but increases the impact of a single examiner's perspective. The outcome of the pending matter will be determined by the interaction with this 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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 1 | 65.8% | +35.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18710980 | A METHOD FOR FIREFIGHTING BY USE OF A FIREFIGHTING FOAM | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18710980 | A METHOD FOR FIREFIGHTING BY USE OF A FIREFIGHTING FOAM | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 3752 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDafo Fomtec AB has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Christopher R. Dandridge has the most, with 1 of Dafo Fomtec AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
