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
Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG Pfaeffikon currently maintains 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. SAENZ, ALBERTO is the busiest examiner, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The concentration of work with 1 distinct examiner suggests a singular focus for the company's current prosecution in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Since SAENZ, ALBERTO is the only examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action, the immediate results for this portfolio depend on the resolution of this specific pending office action. Practitioners should focus their resources on addressing the concerns of SAENZ, ALBERTO, as this individual controls the entirety of the company's active workload. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit further simplifies the prosecution landscape, allowing for a targeted approach to the 1 pending office action. Success in this matter is vital for the company's continued development within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The 1 distinct examiner holds the key to progress.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAENZ, ALBERTO | 1 | 68.9% | +30.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18382854 | CYLINDRICAL STACK OF FIXTURE RING FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF TURBINE VANES | SAENZ, ALBERTO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18382854 | CYLINDRICAL STACK OF FIXTURE RING FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF TURBINE VANES | SAENZ, ALBERTO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18382854 | CYLINDRICAL STACK OF FIXTURE RING FOR SURFACE TREATMENT OF TURBINE VANES | SAENZ, ALBERTO | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialOerlikon Surface Solutions AG Pfaeffikon has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Alberto Saenz has the most, with 1 of Oerlikon Surface Solutions AG Pfaeffikon's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
