Technology area: Networking & Security
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Staubli currently has 1 pending office action under review. This single matter is handled by examiner ORTIZ, ELIM, who serves as the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The data indicates 1 distinct examiner and 0 distinct art units are involved in the current prosecution. For a practitioner, this means the success of the company's active patenting efforts depends on a single examiner's review. No other examiners or units are currently providing feedback on the company's applications. With 1 distinct examiner and 0 distinct art units, the administrative process is highly centralized on this one pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRIBBS, MALCOLM | 1 | 88.8% | +14.9% |
| ORTIZ, ELIM | 1 | 79.4% | +22.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997342 | CONNECTOR | CRIBBS, MALCOLM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997342 | CONNECTOR | CRIBBS, MALCOLM | — |
| 18706444 | ACTUATION DEVICE FOR A CONNECTOR | ORTIZ, ELIM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2497 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18997342 | CONNECTOR | CRIBBS, MALCOLM | 2497 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18706444 | ACTUATION DEVICE FOR A CONNECTOR | ORTIZ, ELIM | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialStaubli has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Malcolm Cribbs has the most, with 1 of Staubli's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
