Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
The company patent portfolio for Dürr Dental SE currently has 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y, is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action, which is consistent with the distribution across the rest of the portfolio.
For a practitioner, the fact that 4 pending office actions are spread across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units indicates a fragmented prosecution environment. There is no examiner or art unit concentration to provide a unified baseline for strategy. Each of the distinct examiners will bring a unique perspective to the 4 pending office actions, requiring the practitioner to adapt to four different examining styles within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector.
The workload is evenly distributed, as evidenced by LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y having only 1 busiest examiner pending action. This suggests that no single examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio's current trajectory. Practitioners must carefully monitor the 4 distinct art units involved, as each may have its own specific trends and requirements that could affect the outcome of the individual cases in this technology area.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y | 1 | 77.7% | +1.5% |
| MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 1 | 14.8% | +40.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18908695 | DETECTION OF JAW ARCH GEOMETRY | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18908695 | DETECTION OF JAW ARCH GEOMETRY | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3991 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19201284 | System And Method For Providing Imaging Parameters | LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y | 3991 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 18908695 | DETECTION OF JAW ARCH GEOMETRY | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDürr Dental SE has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Christina Y Leung has the most, with 1 of Dürr Dental SE's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
