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
Sabaf S P A is currently managing its patent prosecution within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company has 1 pending office action, representing a singular focus in its current dealings with the USPTO. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK, who is responsible for evaluating the technical merits of the application. By having only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company can tailor its responses to a single set of expectations and feedback, which can lead to a more efficient prosecution process.
The prosecution is situated within 1 distinct art unit, ensuring that the legal and technical review stays within a consistent regulatory framework. GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK is also the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action currently under review. This means the entirety of the company's active patent prosecution is concentrated under this 1 individual. Such a streamlined arrangement allows the applicant to focus their resources on overcoming the specific hurdles presented in this 1 pending office action without the distraction of multiple competing deadlines or varying examiner interpretations.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18532616 | Induction Cooktop and Method for Controlling an Induction Cooktop | GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18532616 | Induction Cooktop and Method for Controlling an Induction Cooktop | GAUTHIER, NICHOLAS FREDRICK | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSabaf S P A has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nicholas Fredrick Gauthier has the most, with 1 of Sabaf S P A's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
