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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ferrosan Medical Devices A/S is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company has 1 pending office action currently under review. This workload is handled by 1 distinct examiner, which shows that the count of pending actions matches the number of examiners involved in the company's prosecution. This concentration of work indicates that the company's current patent office interaction is limited to this specific matter.
The prosecution activity is situated within 1 distinct art unit. GEIGER, RACHAEL L is the busiest examiner for the company and is currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because the total number of pending actions is 1, GEIGER, RACHAEL L is responsible for all of the company's current examiner-level engagement. This means the outcome of the portfolio's current prosecution depends on the decisions of this individual within the specified art unit. Legal counsel should observe that the prosecution approach is focused on the specific standards of GEIGER, RACHAEL L within this sector.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEIGER, RACHAEL L | 1 | 82.3% | +18.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18259419 | Applicator for robot-assisted surgery | GEIGER, RACHAEL L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18259419 | Applicator for robot-assisted surgery | GEIGER, RACHAEL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18259419 | Applicator for robot-assisted surgery | GEIGER, RACHAEL L | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFerrosan Medical Devices A/S has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Rachael L Geiger has the most, with 1 of Ferrosan Medical Devices A/S's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
