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
Noras Holding GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to examiner DANIEL A MILLER, who is the only distinct examiner currently listed for the company. This indicates a focused prosecution effort where a single individual is responsible for reviewing the company's active application.
The portfolio's activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit. DANIEL A MILLER is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 pending action and 1 distinct examiner, the entire prosecution workload is managed by this individual. This concentration within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area suggests a specific technical focus for the company's current patenting activity.
Practitioners should note that the company's current prosecution success relies on the relationship with a single examiner in a single art unit. With only 1 pending office action, there is no broader portfolio activity to provide comparative data on examiner behavior. The strategy must be tailored specifically to the requirements of DANIEL A MILLER and the norms of the individual art unit involved.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, DANIEL A | 1 | 33.9% | +58.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683927 | STERILE DRAPE PREPARED FOR OR WITH AN MRI LOCAL COIL AS WELL AS PRODUCTION AND USE OF SUCH A STERILE DRAPE | MILLER, DANIEL A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18683927 | STERILE DRAPE PREPARED FOR OR WITH AN MRI LOCAL COIL AS WELL AS PRODUCTION AND USE OF SUCH A STERILE DRAPE | MILLER, DANIEL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18683927 | STERILE DRAPE PREPARED FOR OR WITH AN MRI LOCAL COIL AS WELL AS PRODUCTION AND USE OF SUCH A STERILE DRAPE | MILLER, DANIEL A | 3786 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNoras Holding GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Daniel A Miller has the most, with 1 of Noras Holding GmbH & Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
