Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nitto Belgium NV currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners. Furthermore, the prosecution is taking place in 2 distinct art units. The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the company's applications are being reviewed in different technical departments at the USPTO. This requires a strategy that can adapt to the specific requirements of 2 distinct art units.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is SMITH, PETER DANIEL, who is assigned 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action is less than the total of 2 pending office actions for the company. Because there are 2 distinct examiners involved, the applicant must manage interactions with different individuals. The 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area show the current scope of the company's active prosecution. Having 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units means the feedback received may vary across the different cases.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 1 | 51.3% | +48.8% |
| DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 1 | 45.2% | -14.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17910280 | ELECTRICALLY SWITCHABLE ADHESIVES FOR APPLICATION ON SKIN AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND USES | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3700 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17910280 | ELECTRICALLY SWITCHABLE ADHESIVES FOR APPLICATION ON SKIN AND RELATED PRODUCTS AND USES | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3700 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 17416056 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE FOR PROTECTION OF COATED GLASS AND RELATED METHODS AND USES | DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D | 1788 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialNitto Belgium NV has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Peter Daniel Smith has the most, with 1 of Nitto Belgium NV's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
