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
Stephane Krumenacker maintains a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio is currently navigating 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action is the only active matter for the portfolio, suggesting a focused effort on a specific technical filing.
The prosecution is overseen by 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration indicates that the innovations are being reviewed within a single technical division by a single individual. For the practitioner, the 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit provide a consistent environment where the prosecution strategy can be refined for a single audience without competing procedural requirements.
BROOME, SHARRIEF I is the busiest examiner, managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Because BROOME, SHARRIEF I is the only examiner involved, the success of the 1 pending office action depends entirely on this individual's assessment. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination patterns of BROOME, SHARRIEF I to move the portfolio forward effectively.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOME, SHARRIEF I | 1 | 81.5% | +4.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18723103 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING COMPUTERIZED AMSLER GRID FOR EVALUATION OF VISUAL DISTURBANCES | BROOME, SHARRIEF I | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18723103 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING COMPUTERIZED AMSLER GRID FOR EVALUATION OF VISUAL DISTURBANCES | BROOME, SHARRIEF I | 3792 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialStephane Krumenacker has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sharrief I Broome has the most, with 1 of Stephane Krumenacker's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
