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
Schubeler GmbH manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The current prosecution for this portfolio is concentrated on a single case and a single administrative path, which reduces the need for complex coordination across different departments. This focus allows the applicant to develop a strategy that is highly specific to the technical requirements of the assigned art unit.
MARIEN, ANDREW JAMES is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. As the only examiner involved in the pending matters, MARIEN, ANDREW JAMES's specific examination style and history are the primary factors for the applicant to consider. Practitioners should prioritize a thorough review of the examiner's past work in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field to better understand his perspective. The alignment of 1 examiner and 1 art unit for the single pending case provides a direct and efficient channel for resolving the current office action.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARIEN, ANDREW JAMES | 1 | 80.0% | +15.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19139146 | ROTOR, IN PARTICULAR FOR A TURBOMACHINE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR, AND TURBOMACHINE | MARIEN, ANDREW JAMES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19139146 | ROTOR, IN PARTICULAR FOR A TURBOMACHINE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR, AND TURBOMACHINE | MARIEN, ANDREW JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19139146 | ROTOR, IN PARTICULAR FOR A TURBOMACHINE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A ROTOR, AND TURBOMACHINE | MARIEN, ANDREW JAMES | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
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