Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days
Neoperl GmbH is currently managing 8 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These cases are assigned to 7 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. This indicates that the 8 actions are being reviewed within a relatively small number of specialized USPTO groups. The presence of 8 pending office actions across only 4 art units suggests that the company's mechanical engineering technologies fall into a few specific clusters at the USPTO.
BOECKMANN, JASON J is the busiest examiner, holding 2 pending actions. With 7 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, there is some overlap in the organizational units handling the portfolio. This concentration within 4 distinct art units may allow the company to identify common themes or requirements that apply across multiple pending cases. While the 7 distinct examiners will each have their own individual styles, the shared art unit environment provides a level of procedural consistency. Practitioners should leverage the insights gained from the 8 pending office actions to develop a more unified prosecution strategy within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area.
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 | 2 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOECKMANN, JASON J | 2 | 49.0% | +28.7% |
| CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 1 | 74.4% | +11.5% |
| BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | 1 | 77.0% | +20.7% |
| ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC | 1 | 45.8% | +43.2% |
| GANEY, STEVEN J | 1 | 82.2% | +10.4% |
| KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 1 | 63.3% | +21.6% |
| KLOTZ, WILLIAM R | 1 | 39.4% | +54.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847500 | SANITARY OUTFLOW UNIT | ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC | — |
| 18780750 | AERATOR AND SANITARY OUTLET ARRANGEMENT | GANEY, STEVEN J | — |
| 17910854 | AERATOR IN WHICH PARTS ARE ROTATIONALLY LOCKED | BOECKMANN, JASON J | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17913326 | SANITARY INSERT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SANITARY INSERT | BOECKMANN, JASON J | 15d overdue |
| 19145252 | FLUIDIC DEFLECTION UNIT AND USE OF A TUBE | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | — |
| 18956239 | TOOL FOR SANITARY INSERT PART | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
| 18847500 | SANITARY OUTFLOW UNIT | ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC | — |
| 18780750 | AERATOR AND SANITARY OUTLET ARRANGEMENT | GANEY, STEVEN J | — |
| 18036104 | JET REGULATOR | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | — |
| 17910854 | AERATOR IN WHICH PARTS ARE ROTATIONALLY LOCKED | BOECKMANN, JASON J | — |
| 17641580 | OPERATING DEVICE, USE OF AN OPERATING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPERATING DEVICE | KLOTZ, WILLIAM R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 5 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19145252 | FLUIDIC DEFLECTION UNIT AND USE OF A TUBE | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 3679 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 18956239 | TOOL FOR SANITARY INSERT PART | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | 3753 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18847500 | SANITARY OUTFLOW UNIT | ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC | 3752 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18780750 | AERATOR AND SANITARY OUTLET ARRANGEMENT | GANEY, STEVEN J | 3752 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18036104 | JET REGULATOR | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 3752 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 17913326 | SANITARY INSERT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SANITARY INSERT | BOECKMANN, JASON J | 3752 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Sep 21, 2022 |
| 17910854 | AERATOR IN WHICH PARTS ARE ROTATIONALLY LOCKED | BOECKMANN, JASON J | 3752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2022 |
| 17641580 | OPERATING DEVICE, USE OF AN OPERATING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPERATING DEVICE | KLOTZ, WILLIAM R | 3754 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNeoperl GmbH has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 7 examiners.
Jason J Boeckmann has the most, with 2 of Neoperl GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
