Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Oetiker Schweiz AG has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. MOY, JOSHUA NGOUHSEUHG is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. Because there are 3 pending actions and 3 examiners, each examiner is responsible for exactly one matter.
The distribution across 3 distinct art units indicates that the company's applications are spread across different specialized groups within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This 1 to 1 ratio between pending actions and distinct examiners ensures that no single examiner has a disproportionate influence over the portfolio. MOY, JOSHUA NGOUHSEUHG is the busiest examiner, yet his 1 pending office action represents only a portion of the total pending workload. This lack of concentration across examiners and art units suggests a diversified prosecution approach where each matter is reviewed by a unique official in a unique unit. Practitioners can observe that the 3 pending actions are handled by 3 different examiners across 3 different art units.
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) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOY, JOSHUA NGOUHSEUHG | 1 | — | — |
| LANDRUM, EDWARD F | 1 | 37.0% | +19.3% |
| SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 1 | 62.9% | +22.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18905231 | Centering feature in low profile clamp | MOY, JOSHUA NGOUHSEUHG | — |
| 18844428 | PINCER TOOL WITH ASYMMETRICAL WEDGE | LANDRUM, EDWARD F | — |
| 18764237 | LOW PROFILE CLAMP WITH TOLERANCE COMPENSATION | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18844428 | PINCER TOOL WITH ASYMMETRICAL WEDGE | LANDRUM, EDWARD F | — |
| 18764237 | LOW PROFILE CLAMP WITH TOLERANCE COMPENSATION | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18905231 | Centering feature in low profile clamp | MOY, JOSHUA NGOUHSEUHG | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18844428 | PINCER TOOL WITH ASYMMETRICAL WEDGE | LANDRUM, EDWARD F | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18764237 | LOW PROFILE CLAMP WITH TOLERANCE COMPENSATION | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialOetiker Schweiz AG has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Joshua Ngouhseuhg Moy has the most, with 1 of Oetiker Schweiz AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
