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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Smiics GmbH is currently navigating 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The prosecution data reveals a singular focus, with the portfolio being handled by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This arrangement suggests that the company's current patent efforts are concentrated on a specific mechanical or medical innovation that fits within a single regulatory category.
The busiest examiner for Smiics GmbH is WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J, who is managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This individual is responsible for the only active examination for the company, meaning their specific interpretation of the prior art will be the deciding factor for this application. Because there is only 1 distinct art unit, the company avoids the complications of differing examination standards across multiple units.
The prosecution strategy is therefore simplified, focusing on the 1 pending office action and the specific requirements of WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J. Practitioners should evaluate the examiner's history of allowing claims in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area to better anticipate potential rejections. Resolving the 1 pending office action with this 1 examiner is the critical path for the company's current patent prosecution.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 1 | 42.3% | +40.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17293778 | DEVICE FOR METERING AND/OR FOR PREPARING A MEDIUM TO BE PREPARED, CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING AND METERING A COMPONENT, CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING AND METERING FLUID, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 85d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17293778 | DEVICE FOR METERING AND/OR FOR PREPARING A MEDIUM TO BE PREPARED, CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING AND METERING A COMPONENT, CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING AND METERING FLUID, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 85d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17293778 | DEVICE FOR METERING AND/OR FOR PREPARING A MEDIUM TO BE PREPARED, CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING AND METERING A COMPONENT, CONTAINER FOR RECEIVING AND METERING FLUID, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2021 |
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