Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gemü Gebr Müller Apparatebau GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft is managing 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are all concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a very specific technical focus for the company's current filings. The prosecution involves 4 distinct examiners, meaning most pending actions are assigned to different individuals.
Chaudry, Atif H is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 2 pending office actions. Although there are 4 distinct examiners, the fact that they all operate within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the examination criteria and prior art references may be relatively consistent across the 5 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 2 | 70.7% | +16.5% |
| COLON MORALES, DAVID | 1 | 79.0% | +17.6% |
| REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 1 | 78.9% | +19.7% |
| DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE | 1 | 73.9% | +16.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19138089 | METHOD, PROCESS VALVE, VALVE ASSEMBLY | COLON MORALES, DAVID | — |
| 19223648 | VALVE BODY FOR A DIAPHRAGM VALVE, AND DIAPHRAGM VALVE | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
| 18997920 | DEVICE FOR A VALVE IN PROCESS FLUID TECHNOLOGY | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | — |
| 18709102 | CONNECTION DEVICE AND DIAPHRAGM VALVE | DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19138089 | METHOD, PROCESS VALVE, VALVE ASSEMBLY | COLON MORALES, DAVID | — |
| 19223648 | VALVE BODY FOR A DIAPHRAGM VALVE, AND DIAPHRAGM VALVE | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
| 18997920 | DEVICE FOR A VALVE IN PROCESS FLUID TECHNOLOGY | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | — |
| 18709102 | CONNECTION DEVICE AND DIAPHRAGM VALVE | DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE | — |
| 18834336 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A PROCESS VALVE SHUT-OFF BODY | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 5 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19138089 | METHOD, PROCESS VALVE, VALVE ASSEMBLY | COLON MORALES, DAVID | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19223648 | VALVE BODY FOR A DIAPHRAGM VALVE, AND DIAPHRAGM VALVE | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 18997920 | DEVICE FOR A VALVE IN PROCESS FLUID TECHNOLOGY | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 3753 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18709102 | CONNECTION DEVICE AND DIAPHRAGM VALVE | DO, HAILEY KYUNG AE | 3753 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18834336 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A PROCESS VALVE SHUT-OFF BODY | CHAUDRY, ATIF H | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
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