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
Tts Microcell GmbH is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a focused prosecution effort, likely centered on a single device or a specific mechanical innovation.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HUANG, STEVEN, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. As this 1 busiest examiner pending action is the only one currently pending for the company, the entire outcome of the current prosecution cycle depends on this single examiner. The lack of multiple examiners means the company cannot compare the difficulty of this 1 pending office action against other concurrent filings.
With 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit, the company's intellectual property strategy appears highly targeted. The involvement of only 1 distinct examiner, HUANG, STEVEN, simplifies the communication and tracking for the legal team. However, the concentration of the entire 1 action workload under one person means there is no internal diversity in the patent office's current review of the company's technology.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUANG, STEVEN | 1 | 47.2% | +36.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18687095 | GRINDING DISC FOR A GRINDING DEVICE AND GRINDING SYSTEM | HUANG, STEVEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18687095 | GRINDING DISC FOR A GRINDING DEVICE AND GRINDING SYSTEM | HUANG, STEVEN | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTts Microcell GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Steven Huang has the most, with 1 of Tts Microcell GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
