Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Stiebel Eltron GmbH & Co. KG has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being handled by 1 distinct examiner, GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES. Furthermore, the portfolio's current activity is restricted to 1 distinct art unit, showing a level of concentration in the examination process for the company's mechanical engineering applications. This arrangement ensures that current filings are reviewed within 1 distinct art unit.
GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This figure represents the 2 pending office actions currently active. Because the matters are under the review of 1 distinct examiner, the company's prosecution outcomes are currently dependent on the consistent application of standards. This centralized review process means that the 2 pending office actions are subject to the specific interpretations of the busiest examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | 2 | 77.6% | +19.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18267159 | EXPANSION ASSEMBLY AND HOT WATER TANK | GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | 22d |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18267159 | EXPANSION ASSEMBLY AND HOT WATER TANK | GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | 22d |
| 18267123 | COMPENSATION ASSEMBLY AND HOT WATER STORAGE TANK | GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18267159 | EXPANSION ASSEMBLY AND HOT WATER TANK | GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | 3762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18267123 | COMPENSATION ASSEMBLY AND HOT WATER STORAGE TANK | GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | 3762 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
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