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
Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, CARLEY, JEFFREY T., who holds the 1 busiest examiner pending action for the portfolio. All current activity is localized within 1 distinct art unit, showing a focused prosecution profile. The presence of 1 pending office action under 1 distinct examiner simplifies the management of the company's intellectual property in this sector.
CARLEY, JEFFREY T. is the sole decision-maker for the current pending matter, and the 1 distinct art unit designation confirms that no other technical divisions are currently involved. This concentration allows for a direct response strategy tailored to the specific examiner's standards. Because there is only 1 busiest examiner pending action, the company can dedicate its full attention to the requirements of this specific case. This focused approach in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area reduces the complexity often associated with larger, more distributed patent portfolios.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLEY, JEFFREY T. | 1 | 74.1% | +26.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17655502 | JOINING AND/OR INSPECTION UNIT | CARLEY, JEFFREY T. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17655502 | JOINING AND/OR INSPECTION UNIT | CARLEY, JEFFREY T. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17655502 | JOINING AND/OR INSPECTION UNIT | CARLEY, JEFFREY T. | 3729 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialLiebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jeffrey T. Carley has the most, with 1 of Liebherr-Verzahntechnik GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
