Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Etablissements Georges Renault has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are spread across 2 distinct art units. The portfolio is being reviewed by 4 distinct examiners, which means every pending action is assigned to a different individual. This distribution across 2 distinct art units suggests that the 4 pending office actions are concentrated in specific mechanical or medical sub-sectors.
LOPEZ, MICHELLE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action. With 4 distinct examiners and 4 pending actions, the company must manage 4 separate prosecution tracks. The 2 distinct art units suggest that these 4 examiners are concentrated within specific technical areas. Practitioners must coordinate their efforts across 4 distinct examiners to ensure that the 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area are handled efficiently.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1 | 72.3% | +20.4% |
| LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 1 | 81.8% | +11.7% |
| LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 1 | 69.9% | +34.7% |
| FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 1 | 61.7% | +43.1% |
| VITALE, MICHAEL J | 1 | 67.2% | +34.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18938765 | DUAL-SPEED TIGHTENING/UNTIGHTENING DEVICE WITH FLOATING RING GEAR | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 61d |
| 19137474 | Method for performing similar operations using a tool | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722047 | Discontinuous screwdriving device with damping means | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 175d overdue |
| 18938765 | DUAL-SPEED TIGHTENING/UNTIGHTENING DEVICE WITH FLOATING RING GEAR | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 61d |
| 19137474 | Method for performing similar operations using a tool | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
| 18148093 | Two-speed screw driving device with change of speed via acceleration control | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | — |
| 18069426 | SYSTEM FOR FIXING A TOOLING BIT TO A TOOL AND CORRESPONDING FIXING METHOD | VITALE, MICHAEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 4 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19137474 | Method for performing similar operations using a tool | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 18938765 | DUAL-SPEED TIGHTENING/UNTIGHTENING DEVICE WITH FLOATING RING GEAR | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18722047 | Discontinuous screwdriving device with damping means | LEEDS, DANIEL JEREMY | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 175d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18148093 | Two-speed screw driving device with change of speed via acceleration control | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3731 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
| 18069426 | SYSTEM FOR FIXING A TOOLING BIT TO A TOOL AND CORRESPONDING FIXING METHOD | VITALE, MICHAEL J | 3722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialEtablissements Georges Renault has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 5 examiners.
Robert Franklin Long has the most, with 1 of Etablissements Georges Renault's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
