Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
Dosen-Zentrale Zweigniederlassung Der Kölner Blechwarenfabrik Züchner GmbH currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This figure of 1 also represents the number of distinct examiners and art units involved. This singular focus indicates a very specific point of interaction with the USPTO for the company's current mechanical engineering assets. The prosecution strategy is likely highly specialized given the narrow technical and administrative scope.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is BRANDT, DAVID NELSON, who is responsible for the single busiest examiner pending action. As there is only 1 pending office action in total, BRANDT, DAVID NELSON manages the entire current workload. Practitioners should observe that the centralized environment means all current outcomes depend on this individual's review. Effective communication with the examiner is essential for resolving the pending matter successfully within the solitary art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRANDT, DAVID NELSON | 1 | 70.1% | +49.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18580860 | AIR PUMP WITH PRESSURE INDICATION | BRANDT, DAVID NELSON | 62d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18580860 | AIR PUMP WITH PRESSURE INDICATION | BRANDT, DAVID NELSON | 62d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18580860 | AIR PUMP WITH PRESSURE INDICATION | BRANDT, DAVID NELSON | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
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