Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Viega Technology GmbH & Co. Kg manages 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This workload is distributed across 5 distinct examiners, indicating a fragmented prosecution landscape where each examiner handles a single matter.
The company also interfaces with 5 distinct art units, suggesting that its mechanical and medical innovations span diverse classification silos. Craig James Price is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, though he currently oversees only 1 pending office action. This distribution across 5 examiners and 5 art units ensures that no single official or unit dominates the company's current USPTO activity.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | 1 | 69.0% | +22.0% |
| DUNWOODY, AARON M | 1 | 75.2% | +11.2% |
| WILSON, LEE D | 1 | 80.0% | +18.8% |
| DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 1 | 58.4% | +48.7% |
| BYRD, EUGENE G | 1 | 70.1% | +8.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19083913 | Adapter for Connecting an Actuator to a Manually Operable Shut-Off Valve and System Comprising Such an Adapter and a Manually Operable Shut-Off Valve | PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | — |
| 18955249 | Clamping Ring for a Fitting and Fitting with a Clamping Ring | WILSON, LEE D | — |
| 18811428 | WC Device With a WC Body Having a Porous Inner Surface | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19083913 | Adapter for Connecting an Actuator to a Manually Operable Shut-Off Valve and System Comprising Such an Adapter and a Manually Operable Shut-Off Valve | PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | — |
| 18870821 | Clamping Ring for a Fitting and Fitting With a Clamping Ring | DUNWOODY, AARON M | — |
| 18955249 | Clamping Ring for a Fitting and Fitting with a Clamping Ring | WILSON, LEE D | — |
| 18811428 | WC Device With a WC Body Having a Porous Inner Surface | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19083913 | Adapter for Connecting an Actuator to a Manually Operable Shut-Off Valve and System Comprising Such an Adapter and a Manually Operable Shut-Off Valve | PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 18870821 | Clamping Ring for a Fitting and Fitting With a Clamping Ring | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18955249 | Clamping Ring for a Fitting and Fitting with a Clamping Ring | WILSON, LEE D | 3723 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18811428 | WC Device With a WC Body Having a Porous Inner Surface | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 3754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18797739 | Pipe Connector for Tightly Connecting Two Pipe Ends, Use Thereof and Method | BYRD, EUGENE G | 3675 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialViega Technology GmbH & Co. Kg has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Craig James Price has the most, with 1 of Viega Technology GmbH & Co. Kg's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
