Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Maquet GmbH currently has 3 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. HULS, NATALIE F is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action.
The portfolio shows a one to one ratio between 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners. This indicates that the company's current prosecution workload is evenly distributed across different personnel. The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the active matters are spread across multiple specialized technical divisions within the semiconductors sector.
Practitioners should observe that the presence of 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units minimizes the impact of any single examiner's tendencies on the overall portfolio. Because each of the 3 pending office actions is handled by a different individual, the company must manage separate prosecution tracks simultaneously. This variety in the art units suggests that the underlying technologies may span different subclasses within the broader Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field, requiring tailored strategies for each examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HULS, NATALIE F | 1 | 76.7% | +21.9% |
| THROOP, MYLES A | 1 | 58.5% | +40.1% |
| YANG, JAMES J | 1 | 57.0% | +22.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18477075 | OPERATING TABLE HAVING A LOAD SENSOR ARRANGEMENT | YANG, JAMES J | 54d |
| 18854927 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT OR ACCESSORY ON MEDICAL TABLES | HULS, NATALIE F | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18477075 | OPERATING TABLE HAVING A LOAD SENSOR ARRANGEMENT | YANG, JAMES J | 54d |
| 18854927 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT OR ACCESSORY ON MEDICAL TABLES | HULS, NATALIE F | — |
| 18580874 | A MEDICAL SYSTEM WITH AN OPERATING TABLE AND A REMOTE CONTROL, AN OPERATING TABLE, AND A REMOTE CONTROL, AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A MEDICAL SYSTEM WITH AN OPERATING TABLE | THROOP, MYLES A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18854927 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT OR ACCESSORY ON MEDICAL TABLES | HULS, NATALIE F | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18580874 | A MEDICAL SYSTEM WITH AN OPERATING TABLE AND A REMOTE CONTROL, AN OPERATING TABLE, AND A REMOTE CONTROL, AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A MEDICAL SYSTEM WITH AN OPERATING TABLE | THROOP, MYLES A | 3679 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18477075 | OPERATING TABLE HAVING A LOAD SENSOR ARRANGEMENT | YANG, JAMES J | 2686 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMaquet GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Natalie F Huls has the most, with 1 of Maquet GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
