Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Protechna S A is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, requiring the company to address different sets of examiner preferences.
The prosecution is also divided across 2 distinct art units. This means each pending action is being handled by a different examiner in a different technical group. The busiest examiner, KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
For practitioners, this distribution means there is no overlap between the current active matters. With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, each case must be treated as a separate strategic effort. The involvement of 2 distinct art units further emphasizes the need for specialized technical arguments for each individual action. The presence of 2 pending office actions suggests a manageable but diverse workload.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 1 | 50.6% | +34.6% |
| COLLINS, RAVEN | 1 | 62.6% | +10.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19260184 | TRANSPORT AND STORAGE CONTAINER FOR LIQUIDS | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19260184 | TRANSPORT AND STORAGE CONTAINER FOR LIQUIDS | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | — |
| 17189616 | INNER CONTAINER MADE OF PLASTIC AND TRANSPORT AND STORAGE CONTAINER FOR LIQUIDS HAVING AN INNER CONTAINER MADE OF PLASTIC | COLLINS, RAVEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19260184 | TRANSPORT AND STORAGE CONTAINER FOR LIQUIDS | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 3733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 17189616 | INNER CONTAINER MADE OF PLASTIC AND TRANSPORT AND STORAGE CONTAINER FOR LIQUIDS HAVING AN INNER CONTAINER MADE OF PLASTIC | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialProtechna S A has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Andrew Thomas Kirsch has the most, with 1 of Protechna S A's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
