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
Klingspor AG has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The company's prosecution activity is centralized, involving 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This level of concentration is typical for smaller portfolios or specific technological components that fall under a single classification within the patent office's organizational structure.
The busiest examiner, DO, NHAT CHIEU Q, is assigned 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 action constitutes the total pending workload for the company, making the examiner's specific feedback the primary focus for the legal team. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution environment is stable and lacks the complexity of multi-unit filings. Practitioners can dedicate their resources to understanding the specific preferences of DO, NHAT CHIEU Q, rather than managing diverse examiner behaviors.
The data indicates a streamlined prosecution path where the success of the 1 pending office action is the current priority for the portfolio's growth. Practitioners should consider the examiner's typical response times and citation patterns within the 1 distinct art unit. By focusing on the requirements of DO, NHAT CHIEU Q, the company can more effectively navigate the 1 pending office action and advance its intellectual property goals.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 1 | 64.0% | +48.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17293747 | DISK-SHAPED TOOL AND METHOD FOR MACHINING WORKPIECES, CUTTING DEVICE, AND USE OF A CUTTING, GRINDING AND POLISHING DISK TO PRODUCE A SURF ACE STRUCTURE ON A WORKPIECE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 105d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17293747 | DISK-SHAPED TOOL AND METHOD FOR MACHINING WORKPIECES, CUTTING DEVICE, AND USE OF A CUTTING, GRINDING AND POLISHING DISK TO PRODUCE A SURF ACE STRUCTURE ON A WORKPIECE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 105d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17293747 | DISK-SHAPED TOOL AND METHOD FOR MACHINING WORKPIECES, CUTTING DEVICE, AND USE OF A CUTTING, GRINDING AND POLISHING DISK TO PRODUCE A SURF ACE STRUCTURE ON A WORKPIECE | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 105d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialKlingspor AG has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nhat Chieu Q Do has the most, with 1 of Klingspor AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
