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
Tyrolit Schleifmittelwerke Swarovski AG & Co. K.G. currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to KYLE A COOK within a distinct art unit. KYLE A COOK is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action, making the prosecution path singular and focused. The company's current USPTO activity is limited to this specific matter.
The focus on a distinct examiner in a distinct art unit means that the company's patent prospects are currently dependent on a single set of examiner interactions. Practitioners should carefully analyze the past behavior of KYLE A COOK to anticipate potential rejections or requirements. Since there is only 1 pending office action, any delays in this case will affect the entire active portfolio. This streamlined prosecution profile suggests a highly specific technical focus within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering space, requiring precise claim drafting to satisfy the examiner's criteria.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON | 1 | 59.4% | +21.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18790625 | GRINDING TOOL | CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18790625 | GRINDING TOOL | CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18790625 | GRINDING TOOL | CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTyrolit - Schleifmittelwerke Swarovski AG & Co. K G has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Joel Dillon Crandall has the most, with 1 of Tyrolit - Schleifmittelwerke Swarovski AG & Co. K G's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
