Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Azova, Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Azova, Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and are distributed across 2 distinct art units. This structure indicates that each of the company's pending matters is being handled by a different official in a different USPTO division. The busiest examiner, CHNG, JOY POH AI, is responsible for 1 pending action.

For a practitioner, this means there is no concentration of work that would allow for a unified prosecution strategy. Each of the 2 pending office actions must be managed independently, accounting for the unique preferences of the 2 distinct examiners. The 2 distinct art units suggest that the company's transportation and e-commerce technologies are being reviewed under different specialized guidelines. With 2 actions and 2 examiners, the company's current prosecution experience is entirely varied. The outcome of the 2 pending matters will depend on the specific interactions within these 2 separate examiner and art unit pairings. This decentralized approach requires the legal team to adapt to two different sets of examiner expectations and procedural nuances within the mechanical systems category.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (50%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (50%)
Double-patenting only1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHNG, JOY POH AI 1 60.6% +19.0%
PRESTON, JOHN O 1 28.4% +7.7%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18787015 TELEMEDICINE PRACTITIONER ONBOARDING WITH ON-DEMAND PER ENCOUNTER MALPRACTICE LIABILITY COVERAGE PRESTON, JOHN O —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19191061 TELEMEDICINE CLINIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS CHNG, JOY POH AI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3683 1
3693 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19191061 TELEMEDICINE CLINIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS CHNG, JOY POH AI 3683 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 28, 2025
18787015 TELEMEDICINE PRACTITIONER ONBOARDING WITH ON-DEMAND PER ENCOUNTER MALPRACTICE LIABILITY COVERAGE PRESTON, JOHN O 3693 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 29, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Azova, Inc. have?

Azova, Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Azova, Inc. applications?

Joy Poh Ai Chng has the most, with 1 of Azova, Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Azova, Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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