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
Epff Electrical Pipe For Fluid Transport AB currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which indicates a highly concentrated prosecution effort for the company's current intellectual property. The portfolio's immediate future at the patent office is tied to the outcome of this specific case.
The pending matter is situated within a distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the technical subject matter of the company's current filing is focused within a single specialized group at the patent office. For a patent practitioner, the technical standards and examination culture of this specific art unit will be the primary environment for the company's current prosecution.
GINA MCCARTHY is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing the pending action. As the only individual involved in the portfolio's current pending matters, GINA MCCARTHY's individual examination style and precedents are the most critical factors for the company's legal representatives to consider. The success of the prosecution depends entirely on the interactions with this distinct examiner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCARTHY, GINA | 1 | 50.5% | +54.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19134683 | WOUND DRESSING WITH REDUCED MICROBIOLOGICAL GROWTH | MCCARTHY, GINA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19134683 | WOUND DRESSING WITH REDUCED MICROBIOLOGICAL GROWTH | MCCARTHY, GINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19134683 | WOUND DRESSING WITH REDUCED MICROBIOLOGICAL GROWTH | MCCARTHY, GINA | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialEpff Electrical Pipe For Fluid Transport AB has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Gina Mccarthy has the most, with 1 of Epff Electrical Pipe For Fluid Transport AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
