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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mapal Fabrik Für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr Kress Kg maintains a focused patent portfolio with 1 pending office action currently active. This activity is situated within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, which indicates a singular point of contact for the company's current legal proceedings. This examiner, Michael Wayne Hotchkiss, is responsible for 1 pending office action, representing the entirety of the portfolio's current workload.
The distribution of work is limited to 1 distinct art unit, showing that the company's recent filings are concentrated in a specific regulatory environment. Michael Wayne Hotchkiss acts as the busiest examiner, managing the 1 pending office action that constitutes the active portion of the portfolio. Because only 1 distinct examiner is involved, the examiner's specific preferences and history will likely dictate the outcome of the current prosecution. The alignment of the pending matter within the 1 distinct art unit suggests a streamlined but narrow engagement with the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 1 | 69.6% | +47.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579059 | TOOL | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18579059 | TOOL | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18579059 | TOOL | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMapal Fabrik Für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr Kress Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael Wayne Hotchkiss has the most, with 1 of Mapal Fabrik Für Präzisionswerkzeuge Dr Kress Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
