Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
Gerhard Schubert GmbH currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to a distinct examiner, SEIF, DARIUSH, who is also the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending action. The prosecution is occurring within a single art unit.
The presence of the pending office action in the art unit suggests a targeted approach for the current patent applications. By interacting with SEIF, DARIUSH, the company can develop a clear understanding of the technical requirements in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. This concentration minimizes the complexity often found in portfolios that are spread across multiple examiners.
For the practitioner, the 1 pending office action represents a primary area of attention for the company's intellectual property efforts. The involvement of the sole examiner for the matter allows for a direct and efficient communication channel. This structure is ideal for ensuring that the specific technical nuances of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering application are clearly addressed.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEIF, DARIUSH | 1 | 70.5% | +6.2% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18644862 | CUTTING SUPPLY UNIT AND METHOD FOR ITS OPERATION | SEIF, DARIUSH | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
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