Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Deutsches Zentrum Für Luft-Und Raumfahrt E V has 1 pending office action in Computing & Software. The matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit.
GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. With the recorded assignment concentrated in one examiner and one art unit, prosecution planning can focus closely on the specific office action, its claim interpretation, and the applicable art-unit practice.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | 1 | 40.0% | +0.0% |
| SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 1 | 12.0% | +35.0% |
| DUNPHY, DAVID F | 1 | 85.4% | +10.0% |
| HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 1 | 73.2% | +20.0% |
| CHU, YONG LIANG | 1 | 74.9% | +3.2% |
| HENZE, DAVID V | 1 | 69.7% | +23.2% |
| BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N | 1 | 55.2% | +37.2% |
| NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | 1 | 81.0% | +13.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841251 | DEVICE AND ROBOT FOR PERFORMING TASKS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 97d overdue |
| 18997321 | Surgical System for Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery | CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | — |
| 18875232 | Robot arm, ultrasonic robot and method for controlling a robot arm | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | — |
| 18903835 | Mobile Device and Computer Implemented Method for Real-Time Retinal Diagnosis, Data Processing Apparatus, Computer Program and Computer Readable Medium | DUNPHY, DAVID F | — |
| 18713741 | CONTINUOUS CLEANING SYSTEM FOR HALOGEN SALTS | CHU, YONG LIANG | — |
| 18432164 | AUTONOMOUSLY OPERABLE BATTERY MODULE FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM AND BATTERY SYSTEM | HENZE, DAVID V | — |
| 18425696 | COCKPIT WITH VIRTUAL CONTROL ELEMENTS | BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N | — |
| 18001645 | HEAT STORAGE DEVICE FOR SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE IN MOLTEN SALTS | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841251 | DEVICE AND ROBOT FOR PERFORMING TASKS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 97d overdue |
| 18875232 | Robot arm, ultrasonic robot and method for controlling a robot arm | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | — |
| 18903835 | Mobile Device and Computer Implemented Method for Real-Time Retinal Diagnosis, Data Processing Apparatus, Computer Program and Computer Readable Medium | DUNPHY, DAVID F | — |
| 18432164 | AUTONOMOUSLY OPERABLE BATTERY MODULE FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM AND BATTERY SYSTEM | HENZE, DAVID V | — |
| 18425696 | COCKPIT WITH VIRTUAL CONTROL ELEMENTS | BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N | — |
| 18001645 | HEAT STORAGE DEVICE FOR SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE IN MOLTEN SALTS | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18997321 | Surgical System for Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery | CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18875232 | Robot arm, ultrasonic robot and method for controlling a robot arm | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 3796 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18903835 | Mobile Device and Computer Implemented Method for Real-Time Retinal Diagnosis, Data Processing Apparatus, Computer Program and Computer Readable Medium | DUNPHY, DAVID F | 2673 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18841251 | DEVICE AND ROBOT FOR PERFORMING TASKS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 3656 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 97d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18713741 | CONTINUOUS CLEANING SYSTEM FOR HALOGEN SALTS | CHU, YONG LIANG | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18432164 | AUTONOMOUSLY OPERABLE BATTERY MODULE FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM AND BATTERY SYSTEM | HENZE, DAVID V | 2859 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18425696 | COCKPIT WITH VIRTUAL CONTROL ELEMENTS | BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N | 3715 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18001645 | HEAT STORAGE DEVICE FOR SENSIBLE HEAT STORAGE IN MOLTEN SALTS | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | 3700 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialDEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E.V. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 8 examiners.
Emily Nicole Cirulnick has the most, with 1 of DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E.V.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
