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
Michael E Nipke LLC has 1 pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, leaving the current prosecution activity concentrated in a single examination setting.
LOPEZ, MICHELLE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. That assignment covers the entire listed workload, so examiner familiarity and close review of the next office communication are central practical considerations.
The profile does not show a multi-matter allocation pattern. Counsel can therefore prioritize the individual record, including the claim language, cited art, and amendment options, rather than building a broader portfolio segmentation process.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 1 | 81.8% | +11.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19348037 | POWER TOOL SYSTEM HAVING A BATTERY PACK | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19348037 | POWER TOOL SYSTEM HAVING A BATTERY PACK | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19348037 | POWER TOOL SYSTEM HAVING A BATTERY PACK | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMichael E Nipke LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michelle Lopez has the most, with 1 of Michael E Nipke LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
