Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Gesellschaft m.b.H. is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This shows that the company's current filings are being reviewed independently in different technical groups. The 2 pending office actions represent two separate technical and procedural paths within the patent office.
OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This accounts for half of the 2 pending office actions, with the other half being handled by the second of the 2 distinct examiners. The 2 distinct art units suggest that the technology involved is categorized into two separate classifications. This distribution means that there is no concentration of workload under a single examiner or within a single art unit.
Practitioners must handle two separate prosecution tracks for these 2 pending office actions. Since there is no overlap between the 2 distinct examiners or the 2 distinct art units, each case requires its own specific approach. The small volume of 2 pending office actions makes this fragmentation easy to manage, but it prevents the leveraging of examiner specific insights across cases. Strategy should be tailored to the individual tendencies of OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE and the other assigned examiner.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | 1 | 14.3% | +85.7% |
| BERTRAM, ERIC D | 1 | 81.3% | +12.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19108714 | MAGNETIC SAFETY MODULE AND METHODOLOGY TO AVOID TRAUMA DURING COCHLEAR IMPLANT INSERTIONS | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | — |
| 18810303 | Fixation of a Removable Magnet or a Similar Element in an Elastic Implant Material | BERTRAM, ERIC D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19108714 | MAGNETIC SAFETY MODULE AND METHODOLOGY TO AVOID TRAUMA DURING COCHLEAR IMPLANT INSERTIONS | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | — |
| 18810303 | Fixation of a Removable Magnet or a Similar Element in an Elastic Implant Material | BERTRAM, ERIC D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19108714 | MAGNETIC SAFETY MODULE AND METHODOLOGY TO AVOID TRAUMA DURING COCHLEAR IMPLANT INSERTIONS | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 18810303 | Fixation of a Removable Magnet or a Similar Element in an Elastic Implant Material | BERTRAM, ERIC D | 3796 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Gesellschaft m.b.H. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Elizabeth Louise Okonak has the most, with 1 of MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Gesellschaft m.b.H.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
