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
Dbk David + Baader GmbH currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, WARD, THOMAS JOHN, who holds the 1 busiest examiner pending action. The prosecution is currently confined to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a singular focus for the company's pending matter. The 1 pending office action represents the total current workload for the company at the USPTO.
Because WARD, THOMAS JOHN is the only examiner involved, the outcome of the prosecution depends on his specific review of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering claims. The 1 distinct art unit involved suggests that the company is not currently managing matters across multiple technical divisions, allowing for a focused and direct response strategy. Practitioners should tailor their arguments to the specific examination patterns of the 1 distinct examiner. This concentrated environment allows for an efficient resolution of the 1 busiest examiner pending action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARD, THOMAS JOHN | 1 | 52.1% | +25.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17761286 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND FLUID HEATER | WARD, THOMAS JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17761286 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD AND FLUID HEATER | WARD, THOMAS JOHN | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialDbk David + Baader GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Thomas John Ward has the most, with 1 of Dbk David + Baader GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
