Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Limflow GmbH is managing 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All 4 of these actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This represents an extremely high level of concentration for the company's current patent prosecution. The focus on the identified art unit allows the company to develop a consistent prosecution strategy tailored to the specific standards of that unit.
The busiest examiner, LAUER, CHRISTINA C, is responsible for the 4 pending office actions. Because the entire active portfolio is handled by the individual, the company's success is heavily dependent on the specific examination style and preferences of this examiner. This allows for a focused and consistent communication strategy within the single art unit. Practitioners can concentrate their efforts on building a relationship with this examiner to resolve the 4 pending office actions efficiently. This centralized approach is beneficial for maintaining a uniform prosecution history within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 4 | 68.6% | +14.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656575 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 21d |
| 19031525 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| 19031509 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18656575 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 21d |
| 19031525 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| 19031509 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| 19031500 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19031525 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19031509 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19031500 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 18656575 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING LOWER EXTREMITY VASCULATURE | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialLimflow GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Christina C Lauer has the most, with 4 of Limflow GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
