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
Mato GmbH & Co. Kg currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, which points to a very specific and singular technical focus for the company's current patent activity. Because only 1 action is pending, the company's immediate legal strategy is entirely concentrated on this specific case.
BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, as they are responsible for the 1 pending office action currently on record. This examiner's individual review process will determine the outcome for the company's current efforts in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The alignment of the examiner and the art unit for the pending work suggests a highly focused prosecution environment. Practitioners can dedicate their resources to understanding the specific tendencies of the assigned examiner within that single art unit. This lack of diversity in examiners and art units simplifies the administrative burden but places high importance on the single case.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 1 | 68.6% | +41.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728721 | Fixing device and method for fixing a belt connector to a belt band end of a transport belt | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18728721 | Fixing device and method for fixing a belt connector to a belt band end of a transport belt | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18728721 | Fixing device and method for fixing a belt connector to a belt band end of a transport belt | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 3726 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMato GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Christopher James Besler has the most, with 1 of Mato 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.
