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
Standard Instruments GmbH Gesellschaft Für Medizintechnik Mess- Und Regeltechnik Steuerungstechnik has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. The prosecution is localized within a single art unit, indicating a concentrated technical review process. This narrow focus means that the company's current patent efforts in this area are tied to a single administrative decision.
The examiner HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT is responsible for the pending office action. The presence of a single distinct art unit suggests that the subject matter is tightly defined within the medical and mechanical engineering categories. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific requirements of HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT, as this distinct examiner is the only official currently reviewing the company's pending office action. The specialized nature of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area may require detailed technical disclosures to satisfy the examiner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 1 | 68.8% | +17.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18996320 | CONNECTION CABLE AND DETACHMENT DEVICE | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18996320 | CONNECTION CABLE AND DETACHMENT DEVICE | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18996320 | CONNECTION CABLE AND DETACHMENT DEVICE | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialStandard Instruments GmbH Gesellschaft Für Medizintechnik Mess- Und Regeltechnik Steuerungstechnik has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kathleen Sonnett Holwerda has the most, with 1 of Standard Instruments GmbH Gesellschaft Für Medizintechnik Mess- Und Regeltechnik Steuerungstechnik's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
