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
Lukas-Erzett GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The concentration of the portfolio in a single art unit simplifies the administrative oversight required for these filings. For a company with a single active matter, this focus allows for a highly targeted prosecution strategy that does not require managing disparate examiner expectations across different office divisions.
SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending office action in total, this examiner handles the entire active prosecution load for the company. This singular focus allows for a direct relationship with the examining office, where the applicant can focus all resources on the specific requirements of 1 distinct examiner. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit further streamlines the process, as the procedural rules and internal cultures of that specific unit will govern the entirety of the company's current patent office interactions.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 1 | 53.4% | +25.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18565438 | GRINDING TOOL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A GRINDING TOOL | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18565438 | GRINDING TOOL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A GRINDING TOOL | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLukas-Erzett GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Christopher Ashley Soto has the most, with 1 of Lukas-Erzett GmbH & Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
