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
Uster S R L currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, which reflects a highly focused prosecution effort at this time. Because the company is only dealing with 1 examiner, the immediate success of their patent strategy depends entirely on the dialogue with this specific individual.
The prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector simplifies the administrative burden for practitioners, as they only need to navigate the specific procedural norms and technical standards of one division. There is no need to reconcile different examination styles across multiple units, allowing for a more streamlined response strategy.
MELARAGNO, MICHAEL is the busiest examiner for Uster S R L, currently managing 1 pending office action. This 1 action constitutes the entire pending workload for the company. Practitioners should carefully analyze the past decisions and examination patterns of MELARAGNO, MICHAEL to ensure that the response to the pending office action is optimized for a favorable outcome. The focused nature of this portfolio means that every interaction with this examiner is of high importance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | 1 | 67.5% | +11.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18873147 | MICRODOSING VALVE | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18873147 | MICRODOSING VALVE | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18873147 | MICRODOSING VALVE | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialUster S R L has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael Melaragno has the most, with 1 of Uster S R L's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
