Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES ÖFFENTLICHEN RECHTS has 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, so examiner assignments are separate while the art-unit structure includes some shared placement.
SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The docket calls for coordination around the shared art-unit context and individual attention to each examiner’s requirements.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (67%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 1 | 69.7% | +26.4% |
| PRIEST, AARON A | 1 | 61.4% | +25.6% |
| GODDARD, LAURA B | 1 | 50.8% | +13.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19103063 | LOCALIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | — |
| 18689298 | DNA-METHYLATION-BASED CERTIFICATION OF QUALITY | PRIEST, AARON A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19103063 | LOCALIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | — |
| 18689298 | DNA-METHYLATION-BASED CERTIFICATION OF QUALITY | PRIEST, AARON A | — |
| 18688693 | ANTI-CECAM6 ANTIBODIES WITH REDUCED SIDE-EFFECTS | GODDARD, LAURA B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| 1642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19103063 | LOCALIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 3797 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 18689298 | DNA-METHYLATION-BASED CERTIFICATION OF QUALITY | PRIEST, AARON A | — | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18688693 | ANTI-CECAM6 ANTIBODIES WITH REDUCED SIDE-EFFECTS | GODDARD, LAURA B | 1642 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES ÖFFENTLICHEN RECHTS has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Joseph M Santos Rodriguez has the most, with 1 of DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM STIFTUNG DES ÖFFENTLICHEN RECHTS's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
