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
Hacon Ingenieurgesellschaft Mbh currently has 1 pending office action in its patent portfolio, which is focused on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, BRIAN R KIRBY. The pending workload is situated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific technical area of interest for the company's current filings. This alignment between the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area and 1 distinct art unit suggests a highly specialized prosecution effort.
BRIAN R KIRBY is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action under review. Since there is only 1 pending office action in the entire portfolio, the prosecution effort is entirely centralized under this 1 distinct examiner. This concentration allows the company to focus its resources on a single examiner interaction within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner means that all current patent office feedback for the company originates from a single source.
The presence of 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit indicates a narrow but focused prosecution window. With 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's current patent office strategy is direct and uncomplicated by multiple examiner perspectives. Practitioners can focus on the specific feedback from BRIAN R KIRBY for the active office action. This profile reflects a small but technically focused set of active patent applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRBY, BRIAN R | 1 | 72.3% | +19.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052510 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A RAIL VEHICLE PATH | KIRBY, BRIAN R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052510 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A RAIL VEHICLE PATH | KIRBY, BRIAN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19052510 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING A RAIL VEHICLE PATH | KIRBY, BRIAN R | 3747 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialHacon Ingenieurgesellschaft Mbh has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Brian R Kirby has the most, with 1 of Hacon Ingenieurgesellschaft Mbh's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
