Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Leica Mikrosysteme GmbH currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are spread across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is MACFARLANE, EVAN H, who is responsible for 1 pending action.
With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the company's current prosecution efforts are split between different reviewers. This lack of concentration requires the applicant to manage separate prosecution tracks for each of the 2 pending office actions. Each matter is being handled in a unique administrative context.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 1 | 50.7% | +42.3% |
| EOM, ROBERT J | 1 | 57.4% | +34.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19023448 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING SLICES OF A SAMPLE AND METHOD TO OPERATE SUCH A DEVICE | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | — |
| 18460717 | SAMPLE HOLDER FOR HOLDING A SAMPLE CARRIER, LOADING STATION, KNIFE HOLDER, MICROTOME, AND CORRESPONDING METHODS | EOM, ROBERT J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19023448 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING SLICES OF A SAMPLE AND METHOD TO OPERATE SUCH A DEVICE | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | — |
| 18460717 | SAMPLE HOLDER FOR HOLDING A SAMPLE CARRIER, LOADING STATION, KNIFE HOLDER, MICROTOME, AND CORRESPONDING METHODS | EOM, ROBERT J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19023448 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING SLICES OF A SAMPLE AND METHOD TO OPERATE SUCH A DEVICE | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 3724 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18460717 | SAMPLE HOLDER FOR HOLDING A SAMPLE CARRIER, LOADING STATION, KNIFE HOLDER, MICROTOME, AND CORRESPONDING METHODS | EOM, ROBERT J | 1797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLeica Mikrosysteme GmbH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Evan H Macfarlane has the most, with 1 of Leica Mikrosysteme GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
