Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jura Elektroapparate AG is currently managing 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Each of these 3 pending office actions is assigned to a different examiner, resulting in 3 distinct examiners for the portfolio. Furthermore, these actions are spread across 3 distinct art units. STEPHENS, MATTHEW is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.
This one-to-one ratio between pending office actions, examiners, and art units indicates a highly diversified prosecution landscape. No two applications are being reviewed by the same person or within the same art unit. For practitioners, this means there is no opportunity to consolidate arguments or rely on a single examiner's familiarity with the company's technology. Each of the 3 pending office actions requires a unique strategy tailored to the specific requirements of 3 distinct art units. With STEPHENS, MATTHEW handling 1 pending office action, the practitioner must address 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units to resolve the 3 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 1 | 65.1% | +21.6% |
| HATTEN, DANIEL WARD | 1 | 74.2% | +37.1% |
| ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 1 | 66.5% | +63.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18565128 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE GRINDING OF GRINDING MATERIAL | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | — |
| 18286036 | METHOD FOR CLEANING AND/OR DISINFECTING AND/OR RINSING A MILK-CONDUCTING SYSTEM OF A COFFEE MACHINE, AND ASSOCIATED CLEANING DEVICE | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18565128 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE GRINDING OF GRINDING MATERIAL | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | — |
| 18565155 | METHOD FOR GRINDING MATERIAL TO BE GROUND | HATTEN, DANIEL WARD | — |
| 18286036 | METHOD FOR CLEANING AND/OR DISINFECTING AND/OR RINSING A MILK-CONDUCTING SYSTEM OF A COFFEE MACHINE, AND ASSOCIATED CLEANING DEVICE | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 1714 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18565128 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE GRINDING OF GRINDING MATERIAL | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18565155 | METHOD FOR GRINDING MATERIAL TO BE GROUND | HATTEN, DANIEL WARD | 3761 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18286036 | METHOD FOR CLEANING AND/OR DISINFECTING AND/OR RINSING A MILK-CONDUCTING SYSTEM OF A COFFEE MACHINE, AND ASSOCIATED CLEANING DEVICE | ZHANG, RICHARD Z | 1714 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialJura Elektroapparate AG has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Matthew Stephens has the most, with 1 of Jura Elektroapparate AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
