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
Extrutec GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being reviewed by a distinct examiner and is situated in a distinct art unit. The company's active prosecution is currently concentrated in this single pending action, reflecting a narrow scope of immediate examination activity. In the mechanical engineering sector, this 1 pending office action represents the company's current primary engagement with the USPTO to protect its technological innovations, making the outcome of this single matter highly significant for its portfolio.
WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action under their authority. This examiner handles the entirety of the company's active prosecution. The presence of only a single distinct art unit indicates that the company's current mechanical engineering filings are being processed through a single specialized examination group. With a single distinct examiner reviewing the 1 pending office action, the company's current patenting success is dependent on the feedback and decisions of this individual within that specific art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON | 1 | 50.3% | +51.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18284144 | HEATING DEVICE FOR A ROD-SHAPED WORKPIECE | WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18284144 | HEATING DEVICE FOR A ROD-SHAPED WORKPIECE | WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18284144 | HEATING DEVICE FOR A ROD-SHAPED WORKPIECE | WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialExtrutec GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Franklin Jefferson Wang has the most, with 1 of Extrutec GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
