Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Autobio Labtec Instruments Co. Ltd.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Autobio Labtec Instruments Co. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are handled by 5 examiners across 5 art units, indicating five separate examination paths.

DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate portfolio messaging while preparing responses that reflect the distinct examiner and art-unit context of each case.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

4
Hard (80%)
1
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (80%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 1 65.3% +30.9%
CHIU, MAY LEUNG 1 43.3% +26.1%
KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1 64.3% +35.5%
NGUYEN, KIET TUAN 1 88.8% +0.1%
THOMPSON, CURTIS A 1 61.2% +51.6%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18038230 AUTOMATIC LOADING SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION STRIP THOMPSON, CURTIS A 31d overdue
18845900 SAMPLE REFRIGERATION STORAGE DEVICE AND SAMPLE FLOW-LINE ANALYSIS SYSTEM DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO —
18725128 ONLINE CENTRIFUGAL SYSTEM CHIU, MAY LEUNG —
18552695 ION SCREENING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MASS SPECTROMETER, HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE CIRCUIT, AND SELECTION CIRCUIT NGUYEN, KIET TUAN —

Interview Candidates (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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18038230 AUTOMATIC LOADING SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION STRIP THOMPSON, CURTIS A 31d overdue
18845900 SAMPLE REFRIGERATION STORAGE DEVICE AND SAMPLE FLOW-LINE ANALYSIS SYSTEM DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO —
18725128 ONLINE CENTRIFUGAL SYSTEM CHIU, MAY LEUNG —
18560381 IN-VITRO DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND BASKET THEREOF KRCHA, MATTHEW D —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 1
1758 1
1796 1
2881 1
1798 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18845900 SAMPLE REFRIGERATION STORAGE DEVICE AND SAMPLE FLOW-LINE ANALYSIS SYSTEM DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 2024
18725128 ONLINE CENTRIFUGAL SYSTEM CHIU, MAY LEUNG 1758 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18560381 IN-VITRO DIAGNOSIS DEVICE AND BASKET THEREOF KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1796 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 11, 2023
18552695 ION SCREENING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MASS SPECTROMETER, HIGH-VOLTAGE PULSE CIRCUIT, AND SELECTION CIRCUIT NGUYEN, KIET TUAN 2881 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2023
18038230 AUTOMATIC LOADING SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTION STRIP THOMPSON, CURTIS A 1798 §103§112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending May 23, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Autobio Labtec Instruments Co. Ltd. have?

Autobio Labtec Instruments Co. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Autobio Labtec Instruments Co. Ltd. applications?

Dario Antonio Deleon has the most, with 1 of Autobio Labtec Instruments Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Autobio Labtec Instruments Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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