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
Food Industry Research And Development Institute currently manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This filing is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, showing a centralized prosecution environment. This focus ensures that the company's technical arguments are tailored to a specific set of examiner expectations, which can lead to a more efficient and consistent review process. Such a strategy is beneficial for protecting specialized mechanical innovations where technical precision is key.
The portfolio is active in a distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the pending matter. SEMER, DANIEL ROBERT HETRI, is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing the pending office action. The company's current patenting efforts are entirely focused on the resolution of this case. Practitioners should focus on the examiner's specific requirements and past decisions to effectively navigate the pending matter and ensure that the company's intellectual property goals are successfully met.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEMER, DANIEL ROBERT HETRI | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18426532 | BEVERAGE PREPARATION EQUIPMENT | SEMER, DANIEL ROBERT HETRI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18426532 | BEVERAGE PREPARATION EQUIPMENT | SEMER, DANIEL ROBERT HETRI | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialFood Industry Research And Development Institute has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Daniel Robert Hetri Semer has the most, with 1 of Food Industry Research And Development Institute's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
