Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
Msa Europe GmbH is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This prosecution activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the technical subject matter is highly specialized. With 1 distinct examiner assigned to the portfolio, the applicant can maintain a consistent communication channel with the USPTO.
PHILIPS, BRADLEY H is the busiest examiner for this company and is currently responsible for 1 pending office action. Because this 1 pending office action represents the current total for the portfolio, the prosecution strategy is highly dependent on the specific preferences of PHILIPS, BRADLEY H. The 1 distinct art unit involved indicates that the prosecution does not face the challenge of differing procedural interpretations from various office branches.
Practitioners should focus on the specific examination history of PHILIPS, BRADLEY H to prepare for the 1 pending office action. The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area requires a deep understanding of relevant technical standards. By operating within 1 distinct art unit, the company can streamline its internal documentation and response strategies. This centralized structure, featuring 1 distinct examiner, allows for a specific and focused prosecution timeline.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 1 | 67.4% | +30.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17640699 | Filling Element for Filling up a Space Between at Least One Compressed Gas Bottle of a Breathing Apparatus and a Carrier Plate | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 61d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17640699 | Filling Element for Filling up a Space Between at Least One Compressed Gas Bottle of a Breathing Apparatus and a Carrier Plate | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 61d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17640699 | Filling Element for Filling up a Space Between at Least One Compressed Gas Bottle of a Breathing Apparatus and a Carrier Plate | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 3799 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
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