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
Digital Smile GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and the same number of art units. The portfolio's current activity is highly concentrated, reflecting a singular focus in its patenting efforts. EIDE, HEIDI MARIE is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action under review.
This examiner is responsible for the entirety of the company's active prosecution at the patent office. The one-to-one relationship between the pending action, the examiner, and the art unit suggests a streamlined and direct prosecution path. Practitioners can expect a consistent interaction with the assigned examiner without the complications of managing multiple active files. This structure is typical for companies with a very specific technical advancement currently undergoing review in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The lack of additional pending actions means that the relationship with this specific examiner is the primary factor in the company's immediate intellectual property outcomes.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 1 | 50.6% | +32.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18946390 | Orthodontic Apparatus and Method for Producing an Orthodontic Apparatus | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18946390 | Orthodontic Apparatus and Method for Producing an Orthodontic Apparatus | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 3772 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDigital Smile GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Heidi Marie Eide has the most, with 1 of Digital Smile GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
