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
Inrete Distribuzione Energia S P A is currently engaged in patent prosecution within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company's active portfolio includes 1 pending office action, which is currently being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner. This arrangement signifies a highly centralized prosecution process, as the company's entire active workload is directed through a single individual at the patent office.
The administrative tracking for this portfolio is confined to 1 distinct art unit. GARDNER, NICOLE is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because the total number of pending office actions is 1, GARDNER, NICOLE is responsible for the full extent of the company's current interactions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
For patent practitioners, this concentration in 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner suggests a streamlined communication model. The prosecution strategy does not currently require coordination across different technical divisions or examination styles. Success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area for Inrete Distribuzione Energia S P A is presently tied to the specific requirements and feedback provided by GARDNER, NICOLE for the 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, NICOLE | 1 | 69.4% | +14.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18251610 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC OPERATION AND FUNCTIONAL VERIFICATION OF LINE VALVES INSTALLED IN FLUID DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS | GARDNER, NICOLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18251610 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC OPERATION AND FUNCTIONAL VERIFICATION OF LINE VALVES INSTALLED IN FLUID DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialInrete Distribuzione Energia S P A has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nicole Gardner has the most, with 1 of Inrete Distribuzione Energia S P A's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
