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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fischer Automotive Systems GmbH & Co. Kg operates within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently has 1 pending office action. Prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, showing a singular focus for the company's active patent applications. This concentration suggests that the company's current innovation efforts are being evaluated within a narrow technical classification at the USPTO.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since the total number of pending office actions is 1, the prosecution strategy is currently dependent on the review of this individual examiner. This arrangement simplifies the tracking of the portfolio's progress but places significant weight on the interactions within the distinct art unit. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of this examiner to advance the company's intellectual property goals.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | 1 | 79.2% | +33.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18606855 | DRIVE UNIT FOR A KINEMATIC SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE | CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18606855 | DRIVE UNIT FOR A KINEMATIC SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE | CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18606855 | DRIVE UNIT FOR A KINEMATIC SYSTEM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE | CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | 3762 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFischer Automotive Systems GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Amy Elizabeth Carter has the most, with 1 of Fischer Automotive Systems GmbH & Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
