Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Maag Germany GmbH currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, ensuring that each of the 4 pending office actions is reviewed by a different individual at the USPTO. This broad distribution across examiners helps the company gain multiple perspectives on its patent applications.
The company's prosecution activity is concentrated within 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while the examiners are different, the technical subject matter is grouped into two main areas of mechanical engineering. RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action for the company.
With 4 distinct examiners each handling 1 pending office action, the company's workload is perfectly balanced across its personnel. RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR manages 1 pending office action, which is consistent with the distribution across the other three examiners. This strategy of engaging 4 distinct examiners within only 2 distinct art units indicates a high level of scrutiny for the company's mechanical innovations.
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 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR | 1 | — | — |
| ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 1 | 73.8% | +24.6% |
| NORRIS, CLAIRE A | 1 | 66.0% | +27.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18985753 | Strand Pelletizer | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | — |
| 18705279 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FILTER DEVICE AND FILTER DEVICE | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18983960 | STRAND PELLETIZER | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18705279 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FILTER DEVICE AND FILTER DEVICE | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 3 |
| 1778 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18990939 | Strand Pelletizer | RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR | 3725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18985753 | Strand Pelletizer | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18983960 | STRAND PELLETIZER | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18705279 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FILTER DEVICE AND FILTER DEVICE | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | 1778 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMaag Germany GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Md Arifur Rahman has the most, with 1 of Maag Germany GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
