Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Geka GmbH has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, showing a concentrated technical focus for the current portfolio. The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners, meaning some examiners are handling multiple matters.
The busiest examiner, STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING, is managing 2 pending actions. This individual is responsible for 2 of the 4 pending actions currently active for the company. The remaining actions are split between the other 3 distinct examiners, all within the same 1 distinct art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 2 | 54.4% | +26.1% |
| WOODHOUSE, SARAH ANN | 1 | 29.3% | +65.0% |
| TO, HOLLY T | 1 | 47.9% | +32.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18993997 | CONVENIENTLY REFILLABLE APPLICATOR SYSTEM | WOODHOUSE, SARAH ANN | 75d |
| 19144818 | COSMETIC APPLICATOR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | — |
| 18869760 | APPLICATOR WITHOUT BRISTLES OR PROJECTIONS | TO, HOLLY T | — |
| 18267778 | COSMETIC APPLICATOR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18993997 | CONVENIENTLY REFILLABLE APPLICATOR SYSTEM | WOODHOUSE, SARAH ANN | 75d |
| 19144818 | COSMETIC APPLICATOR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | — |
| 18869760 | APPLICATOR WITHOUT BRISTLES OR PROJECTIONS | TO, HOLLY T | — |
| 18267778 | COSMETIC APPLICATOR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19144818 | COSMETIC APPLICATOR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 3772 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 18993997 | CONVENIENTLY REFILLABLE APPLICATOR SYSTEM | WOODHOUSE, SARAH ANN | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18869760 | APPLICATOR WITHOUT BRISTLES OR PROJECTIONS | TO, HOLLY T | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18267778 | COSMETIC APPLICATOR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
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