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
Piller Blowers & Compressors GmbH has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE. The application is being processed within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a clear and singular technical focus. This structure allows for a concentrated prosecution effort within a specific USPTO division.
HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. As the sole examiner for the portfolio, his individual review will dictate the outcome of the current prosecution. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit simplifies the administrative and technical oversight required for this matter. The 1 pending office action will be evaluated based on the specific standards and precedents relevant to this single examiner and art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 1 | 69.6% | +47.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19109876 | IMPELLER FOR A FLOW MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IMPELLER | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19109876 | IMPELLER FOR A FLOW MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IMPELLER | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19109876 | IMPELLER FOR A FLOW MACHINE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IMPELLER | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialPiller Blowers & Compressors GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael Wayne Hotchkiss has the most, with 1 of Piller Blowers & Compressors GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
