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
Günther Maschinenbau GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, representing a very focused area of active prosecution. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current mechanical claims are limited to a specific technical niche. This focus allows for a highly targeted prosecution strategy that addresses the specific technical standards of that individual art unit.
THONG, YEONG JUEN is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing the 1 pending office action. As the only examiner active for the portfolio, their individual review will determine the immediate outcome for this case. With only 1 pending office action total, the company's current administrative burden at the patent office is low, allowing for a highly specific prosecution strategy. This 1 distinct examiner represents the only active point of contact for the company's current prosecution efforts, making their specific examination style critically important.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THONG, YEONG JUEN | 1 | 48.8% | +53.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18573943 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT | THONG, YEONG JUEN | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18573943 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT | THONG, YEONG JUEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18573943 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT | THONG, YEONG JUEN | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialGünther Maschinenbau GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Yeong Juen Thong has the most, with 1 of Günther Maschinenbau GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.