Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Still GmbH currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit. The distribution of 2 distinct examiners within 1 art unit indicates that while the workload is shared, the technical focus remains concentrated for the 2 pending office actions. This can be advantageous for a practitioner, as the 1 distinct art unit likely follows a consistent set of internal guidelines.
GARCIA, SANTIAGO is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. Because there are 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending office actions, the company must manage two separate examiner relationships. However, since both examiners are in the same art unit, the technical arguments used in 1 case may be highly relevant to the other. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit simplifies the technical landscape even as the workload is split between 2 distinct examiners for the 2 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARCIA, SANTIAGO | 1 | 87.9% | +13.6% |
| TAWFIK, SAMEH | 1 | 63.1% | +31.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843173 | Automatic Production of a Digital Twin | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18281103 | Method and Device for Controlling a Hydraulic Lifting Drive of a Mobile Work Machine | TAWFIK, SAMEH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843173 | Automatic Production of a Digital Twin | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | — |
| 18281103 | Method and Device for Controlling a Hydraulic Lifting Drive of a Mobile Work Machine | TAWFIK, SAMEH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18843173 | Automatic Production of a Digital Twin | GARCIA, SANTIAGO | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18281103 | Method and Device for Controlling a Hydraulic Lifting Drive of a Mobile Work Machine | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
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