Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dornbracht AG & Co. Kg has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit. ZHOU, QINGZHANG is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending action. This arrangement shows that the company's mechanical filings are being reviewed by multiple officials within a single administrative section.
The concentration of 2 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit indicates a focused technical area for the company's mechanical filings. While there are 2 distinct examiners involved, the workload is split, with the busiest examiner handling 1 pending case. This arrangement means that each pending action is being reviewed by a different examiner within the same art unit. Practitioners should expect consistent technical standards from the 1 distinct art unit, even while navigating the specific preferences of 2 distinct examiners. This 1 distinct art unit serves as the primary hub for the company's current prosecution efforts in the mechanical engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 1 | 67.3% | +24.5% |
| KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 1 | 63.3% | +21.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18397289 | SHOWER DEVICE FOR GENERATING AT LEAST TWO WATER JET IMAGES | ZHOU, QINGZHANG | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18089184 | SHOWER DEVICE | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 15d |
| 18397289 | SHOWER DEVICE FOR GENERATING AT LEAST TWO WATER JET IMAGES | ZHOU, QINGZHANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18397289 | SHOWER DEVICE FOR GENERATING AT LEAST TWO WATER JET IMAGES | ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 3752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18089184 | SHOWER DEVICE | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 3752 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
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