Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gühring Kg currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 pending office actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The 2 distinct examiners indicate that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The 2 distinct art units suggest that the portfolio is located within these specific administrative groups.
FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 busiest_examiner_pending action. This examiner is one of the 2 distinct examiners assigned to the company's cases. The art units provide the technical focus for the 2 pending office actions. Practitioners should note that while there are examiners, they are grouped within the 2 distinct art units. FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER manages 1 busiest_examiner_pending action.
The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area covers the pending office actions. The 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units create an administrative structure for these filings. This distribution requires coordination across the art units to manage the prosecution. The 2 pending office actions represent the entirety of the active workload reported in this data set for the company.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.2% | +39.4% |
| ADDISU, SARA | 1 | 85.4% | +10.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19181285 | FLAT DRILL | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 19075614 | HYDRAULIC EXPANSION CHUCK | ADDISU, SARA | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19181285 | FLAT DRILL | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 19075614 | HYDRAULIC EXPANSION CHUCK | ADDISU, SARA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19181285 | FLAT DRILL | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3726 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19075614 | HYDRAULIC EXPANSION CHUCK | ADDISU, SARA | 3722 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialGühring Kg has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Darrell Christopher Ford has the most, with 1 of Gühring Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
