Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wafios Aktiengesellschaft currently has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 4 distinct examiners, which introduces multiple perspectives into the prosecution of the company's mechanical innovations. The involvement of 3 distinct art units further indicates that the pending applications are categorized into several different technical specialties within the medical device sector.
The workload is evenly split, with the busiest examiner, PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are a matching number of distinct examiners for the 4 pending office actions, each examiner is responsible for an equal portion of the current pending volume. The presence of 3 distinct art units requires the company to adapt its strategy to the specific guidelines of different examination groups while addressing the individual styles of the assigned examiners. This distribution suggests a diverse range of technical challenges for the pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 1 | 59.1% | +29.3% |
| YOO, JUN S | 1 | 78.7% | +20.1% |
| CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU | 1 | 62.9% | +24.9% |
| GUTHRIE, TERESA A | 1 | 67.0% | +36.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18030293 | BENDING MACHINE, AND WIRE-PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING A BENDING MACHINE | GUTHRIE, TERESA A | 26d |
| 18705214 | FEEDING SYSTEM | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 56d |
| 18435412 | METHOD AND WIRE PROCESSING MACHINE THAT PRODUCES SHAPED PARTS FROM INSULATED FLAT MATERIAL | YOO, JUN S | — |
| 18264905 | METHOD AND WIRE PROCESSING MACHINE THAT PRODUCES SHAPED PARTS FROM INSULATED FLAT MATERIAL | CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18030293 | BENDING MACHINE, AND WIRE-PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING A BENDING MACHINE | GUTHRIE, TERESA A | 26d |
| 18705214 | FEEDING SYSTEM | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 56d |
| 18435412 | METHOD AND WIRE PROCESSING MACHINE THAT PRODUCES SHAPED PARTS FROM INSULATED FLAT MATERIAL | YOO, JUN S | — |
| 18264905 | METHOD AND WIRE PROCESSING MACHINE THAT PRODUCES SHAPED PARTS FROM INSULATED FLAT MATERIAL | CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 2 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18705214 | FEEDING SYSTEM | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18435412 | METHOD AND WIRE PROCESSING MACHINE THAT PRODUCES SHAPED PARTS FROM INSULATED FLAT MATERIAL | YOO, JUN S | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18264905 | METHOD AND WIRE PROCESSING MACHINE THAT PRODUCES SHAPED PARTS FROM INSULATED FLAT MATERIAL | CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU | 3729 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 18030293 | BENDING MACHINE, AND WIRE-PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING A BENDING MACHINE | GUTHRIE, TERESA A | 3725 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Apr 05, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialWafios Aktiengesellschaft has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Paul Derek Pressley has the most, with 1 of Wafios Aktiengesellschaft's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
