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
Sentec AG currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 pending office actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners. The workload is distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating a diverse technical focus. WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK is the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This constitutes part of the 2 pending office actions for the company. The other action is assigned to the second of the 2 distinct examiners.
With 2 pending office actions in 2 distinct art units, Sentec AG must navigate two different sets of art unit practices. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners means the company must also tailor its prosecution strategy to two different individual styles within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This distribution across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units requires a versatile approach to prosecution. Practitioners should be mindful that each of the 2 pending office actions is being evaluated in a unique environment. By addressing the specific concerns of both WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK and the other examiner, Sentec AG can navigate the 2 distinct art units effectively. The lack of overlap between the 2 pending office actions ensures that each case is treated as a distinct technical challenge.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 1 | 79.3% | +13.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18994263 | ELECTROLYTE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR AND BLOOD GAS MONITORING | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18994263 | ELECTROLYTE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR AND BLOOD GAS MONITORING | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18994263 | ELECTROLYTE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR AND BLOOD GAS MONITORING | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSentec AG has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Eric Frank Winakur has the most, with 1 of Sentec AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
