Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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 • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG currently manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by a distinct examiner, WONG, ELTON K, who holds the 1 pending action as the busiest examiner. The matter is located within a distinct art unit, representing the entire technical focus of the company's current pending applications.
With only a single pending office action and a distinct examiner, the current prosecution activity is extremely focused. There is no variance in examiners or art units to analyze, as the entire active portfolio resides with WONG, ELTON K. The technical requirements of the distinct art unit will dictate the immediate prosecution path for the company. This singular focus simplifies the monitoring of pending matters within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Successful prosecution depends on addressing the specific concerns of the distinct examiner assigned to the case.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WONG, ELTON K | 1 | 78.1% | +19.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19410348 | PUMP SYSTEM WITH ELECTRICALLY OPERATED COOLING DEVICE | WONG, ELTON K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19410348 | PUMP SYSTEM WITH ELECTRICALLY OPERATED COOLING DEVICE | WONG, ELTON K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19410348 | PUMP SYSTEM WITH ELECTRICALLY OPERATED COOLING DEVICE | WONG, ELTON K | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
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