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 • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pipistrel D O O has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is being processed within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a focused technical area for the company's current patent application. The 1 pending action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, REITZ, MICHAEL K., who is the only examiner currently reviewing the company's workload.
REITZ, MICHAEL K. is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, as they are responsible for the 1 pending office action. This specific action represents the entirety of the company's active prosecution at the USPTO. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests a streamlined examination process within a single specialized division. For the practitioner, this means the outcome of the current portfolio is entirely dependent on the specific review and feedback of this 1 examiner within that 1 art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 1 | 69.1% | +5.1% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18441156 | Peak Efficiency Propeller Control | REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 3745 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPipistrel D O O has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael K. Reitz has the most, with 1 of Pipistrel D O O's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
