Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Erbe Vision GmbH

Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Erbe Vision GmbH has 2 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are divided between 2 examiners and 2 art units, so the profile reflects separate examination channels rather than a single concentrated review. Counsel may need distinct prior-art analyses and amendment positions for each matter, even if the underlying technology is related.

ABBASI, ABDUL HADI is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The examiner handles one part of the identified workload, while another examiner and art unit handle the remaining matter. A coordinated portfolio review can preserve consistent terminology while allowing responses to account for the separate examination contexts.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
50% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ABBASI, ABDUL HADI 1 0.0% +0.0%
ZHANG, WAYNE 1 59.3% +43.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17971920 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING LIVE AND SCAN IMAGES ZHANG, WAYNE 11d overdue
18613204 ENDOSCOPE WITH NON-AXIAL CAMERA ORIENTATION ABBASI, ABDUL HADI —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17971920 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING LIVE AND SCAN IMAGES ZHANG, WAYNE 11d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3795 1
2672 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18613204 ENDOSCOPE WITH NON-AXIAL CAMERA ORIENTATION ABBASI, ABDUL HADI 3795 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
17971920 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING LIVE AND SCAN IMAGES ZHANG, WAYNE 2672 §103§112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Erbe Vision GmbH have?

Erbe Vision GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Erbe Vision GmbH applications?

Abdul Hadi Abbasi has the most, with 1 of Erbe Vision GmbH's pending office actions.

What technology area are Erbe Vision GmbH's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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