Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Klafs GmbH has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All 3 actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, showing a highly specialized focus for their mechanical-related intellectual property. Each of the 3 pending actions is assigned to a different person, as there are 3 distinct examiners involved. This distribution means that every active matter is being reviewed by a different individual despite the narrow technical focus.
HUYEN D LE is the busiest examiner, though she is only handling 1 pending office action. This reflects the even distribution of the 3 pending actions across the 3 distinct examiners. For a small portfolio, the concentration in 1 distinct art unit simplifies the technical landscape, even if the company must still interact with multiple individual examiners. Practitioners should note that the busiest examiner handles 1 of the active matters, which is consistent with the overall distribution of the portfolio. The focus on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering ensures that the prosecution remains within a specific technical framework. With 3 pending office actions, the company maintains a targeted presence in its chosen field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE, HUYEN D | 1 | 72.9% | +8.4% |
| LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 1 | 55.3% | +29.0% |
| HELVEY, PETER N. | 1 | 54.6% | +19.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18384797 | HEAT INSULATION OF A WRIST WATCH IN A SAUNA | HELVEY, PETER N. | 26d overdue |
| 19174652 | SAUNA AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN AUTOMATIC INFUSION CEREMONY FOR A SAUNA | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18384797 | HEAT INSULATION OF A WRIST WATCH IN A SAUNA | HELVEY, PETER N. | 26d overdue |
| 19174652 | SAUNA AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN AUTOMATIC INFUSION CEREMONY FOR A SAUNA | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19174564 | COLD CHAMBER | LE, HUYEN D | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19174652 | SAUNA AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN AUTOMATIC INFUSION CEREMONY FOR A SAUNA | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 18384797 | HEAT INSULATION OF A WRIST WATCH IN A SAUNA | HELVEY, PETER N. | 3734 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
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