Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Auckland UniServices Limited currently has 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, KUO, JONATHAN T, is responsible for 1 pending office action.
This distribution shows that every pending matter is being handled by a different examiner across a unique set of art units. With 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units involved, the portfolio lacks examiner concentration. Practitioners must navigate 5 different examiner styles simultaneously to resolve the 5 pending office actions.
The ratio of 5 pending office actions to 5 examiners suggests a diverse range of inventions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Because KUO, JONATHAN T only manages 1 pending office action, no single examiner holds a majority of the pending workload. This variety requires a flexible prosecution approach to accommodate the distinct procedural tendencies of 5 different examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 1 | 66.4% | +12.7% |
| KUO, JONATHAN T | 1 | 72.4% | +29.0% |
| PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y | 1 | 70.0% | +47.9% |
| KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | 1 | 74.8% | +23.3% |
| BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 1 | 79.6% | +7.3% |
| TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1 | 25.6% | +48.2% |
| AUDET, MAURY A | 1 | 50.1% | +23.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18261794 | DUTY CYCLE CONTROL IN POLYPHASE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 71d overdue |
| 18246100 | NOVEL AMINOPYRIDINES AND THEIR USE IN TREATING CANCER | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1d overdue |
| 19113619 | JAMMABLE APPARATUSES | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | — |
| 18860357 | HEART TISSUE IDENTIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION | KUO, JONATHAN T | — |
| 18682626 | LIPIDATED POLYMYXIN ANALOGUES | KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18246100 | NOVEL AMINOPYRIDINES AND THEIR USE IN TREATING CANCER | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1d overdue |
| 19113619 | JAMMABLE APPARATUSES | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | — |
| 18860357 | HEART TISSUE IDENTIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION | KUO, JONATHAN T | — |
| 18917188 | CATHETER | PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y | — |
| 18682626 | LIPIDATED POLYMYXIN ANALOGUES | KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | — |
| 16856784 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING EPITHELIAL AND BARRIER INTEGRITY | AUDET, MAURY A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3618 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 1658 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 1629 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19113619 | JAMMABLE APPARATUSES | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 3618 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 18860357 | HEART TISSUE IDENTIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION | KUO, JONATHAN T | 3792 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18917188 | CATHETER | PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y | 3796 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18682626 | LIPIDATED POLYMYXIN ANALOGUES | KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR | 1658 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18261794 | DUTY CYCLE CONTROL IN POLYPHASE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 2838 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18246100 | NOVEL AMINOPYRIDINES AND THEIR USE IN TREATING CANCER | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1629 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 16856784 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING EPITHELIAL AND BARRIER INTEGRITY | AUDET, MAURY A | 1654 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialAuckland UniServices Limited has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.
Victor L Macarthur has the most, with 1 of Auckland UniServices Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
