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
Zwo17 GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to SALONE, BAYAN, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. The prosecution is localized within a distinct art unit, representing a single point of contact for the company's current patent office activity.
Because the pending matter is handled by a distinct examiner in a distinct art unit, the company's current patent office engagement is highly focused. The results for this portfolio depend entirely on the specific requirements of SALONE, BAYAN. Practitioners can dedicate their resources to understanding the norms of this art unit, as there are no other active matters or examiners listed in the current data. This concentration simplifies the prosecution strategy for the company's current medical device filings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALONE, BAYAN | 1 | 76.1% | +17.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19179673 | A DRIVE DEVICE, A VICE, AN ASSEMBLY WITH A DRIVE DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN ASSEMBLY | SALONE, BAYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19179673 | A DRIVE DEVICE, A VICE, AN ASSEMBLY WITH A DRIVE DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN ASSEMBLY | SALONE, BAYAN | 3726 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialZwo17 GmbH & Co. Kg has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Bayan Salone has the most, with 1 of Zwo17 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.
