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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Apr Technologies AB has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, TRAN, BINH Q. The prosecution is taking place within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a specific focus for this patent application.
TRAN, BINH Q is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action is the only one currently active for the company. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's patent strategy is focused on a single point of review. The 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area will be subject to the examination practices of that 1 distinct art unit. This 1 pending office action represents the company's current active engagement with the patent office.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, BINH Q | 1 | 88.2% | +6.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19478097 | AN ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC PUMP FOR PUMPING A DIELECTRIC FLUID | TRAN, BINH Q | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19478097 | AN ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC PUMP FOR PUMPING A DIELECTRIC FLUID | TRAN, BINH Q | 3746 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialApr Technologies AB has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Binh Q Tran has the most, with 1 of Apr Technologies AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
