Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 1 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Henke-Sass Wolf GmbH has 7 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, indicating a one-to-one ratio of pending matters to examiners. The portfolio is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, showing that while the examiners are diverse, the technical review is centralized within a single group at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the company is FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL, who is responsible for 1 pending case. This distribution suggests that no single examiner has a disproportionate impact on the overall portfolio, as the 7 pending office actions are spread widely. Practitioners must manage a variety of examination styles, but they can expect a consistent set of art unit policies given that all 7 pending matters reside in 1 distinct art unit.
The presence of 7 distinct examiners for 7 pending office actions indicates that the company's prosecution strategy must be adaptable to different individual preferences. However, the focus on 1 distinct art unit allows for a deep understanding of that specific group's examination culture. The 7 pending office actions represent a significant level of activity within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, requiring careful coordination across the different examiners involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 1 | 73.2% | +20.5% |
| BRANDT, DAVID NELSON | 1 | 70.4% | +49.7% |
| BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 1 | 69.1% | +28.6% |
| THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| GOLOVAN, MARK | 1 | 66.7% | +50.0% |
| NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 1 | 63.6% | +15.0% |
| GONZALEZ, LEI NMN | 1 | 42.9% | +51.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18127646 | DEVICE FOR NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION OF A FLUID INTO AN ANIMAL | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18127653 | DEVICE FOR NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION OF A FLUID | GOLOVAN, MARK | 15d |
| 17640263 | DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A FLUID | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 15d |
| 18719730 | VETERINARY SYRINGE | BRANDT, DAVID NELSON | — |
| 18719669 | VETERINARY SYRINGE | BOSWORTH, KAMI A | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18127653 | DEVICE FOR NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION OF A FLUID | GOLOVAN, MARK | 15d |
| 17640263 | DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A FLUID | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 15d |
| 17640239 | DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A FLUID | GONZALEZ, LEI NMN | 69d |
| 18930696 | BIPOLAR ELECTRODE FOR A RESECTOSCOPE AND RESECTOSCOPE WITH SUCH A BIPOLAR ELECTRODE | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | — |
| 18719730 | VETERINARY SYRINGE | BRANDT, DAVID NELSON | — |
| 18719669 | VETERINARY SYRINGE | BOSWORTH, KAMI A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18930696 | BIPOLAR ELECTRODE FOR A RESECTOSCOPE AND RESECTOSCOPE WITH SUCH A BIPOLAR ELECTRODE | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18719730 | VETERINARY SYRINGE | BRANDT, DAVID NELSON | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18719669 | VETERINARY SYRINGE | BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18127646 | DEVICE FOR NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION OF A FLUID INTO AN ANIMAL | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18127653 | DEVICE FOR NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION OF A FLUID | GOLOVAN, MARK | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 17640263 | DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A FLUID | NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
| 17640239 | DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A FLUID | GONZALEZ, LEI NMN | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialHenke-Sass Wolf GmbH has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 7 examiners.
Beverly Meindl Flanagan has the most, with 1 of Henke-Sass Wolf GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
