Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Workaround GmbH has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is currently reviewing exactly one case. QUINN, RICHALE LEE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending action.
The portfolio is spread across 3 distinct art units. This means that each of the 3 pending office actions is being reviewed in a different technical division of the USPTO. The ratio of 3 distinct examiners to the 3 pending office actions shows a complete lack of examiner concentration.
With 3 distinct art units involved, the company's medical device innovations are being evaluated across several different specialized frameworks. The involvement of 3 distinct examiners ensures that each of the 3 pending office actions receives an independent review. This broad distribution across both examiners and art units suggests a decentralized prosecution environment for the company's current applications.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 1 | 51.4% | +30.3% |
| JOHNSON, SONJI N | 1 | 74.6% | +21.1% |
| SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 1 | 26.4% | +37.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19432303 | GLOVE | QUINN, RICHALE LEE | — |
| 17898431 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A WORK SYSTEM AS WELL AS SYSTEM COMPRISING A WORK SYSTEM | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18370429 | CODE READER, CODE READING SYSTEM, WORK SYSTEM AS WELL AS METHOD | JOHNSON, SONJI N | 28d |
| 19432303 | GLOVE | QUINN, RICHALE LEE | — |
| 17898431 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A WORK SYSTEM AS WELL AS SYSTEM COMPRISING A WORK SYSTEM | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19432303 | GLOVE | QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 3732 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2025 |
| 18370429 | CODE READER, CODE READING SYSTEM, WORK SYSTEM AS WELL AS METHOD | JOHNSON, SONJI N | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 17898431 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A WORK SYSTEM AS WELL AS SYSTEM COMPRISING A WORK SYSTEM | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | 3625 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialWorkaround GmbH has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Richale Lee Quinn has the most, with 1 of Workaround GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
