Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Benhua Wu

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

Analysis

Benhua Wu has 1 pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matter is before 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit, with a single examination channel for the pending work.

LE, MINH Q is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action and therefore handles the full matter. Counsel can focus on the examiner’s particular claim interpretation and on addressing the office action without balancing divergent examiner practices.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (100%)

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
1
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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, MINH Q 1 80.7% +16.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18635304 OBJECT SURFACE STRUCTURE FOR RESISTANCE REDUCTION/RECTIFICATION, PREPARATION METHOD AND DEVICE LE, MINH Q —

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
18635304 OBJECT SURFACE STRUCTURE FOR RESISTANCE REDUCTION/RECTIFICATION, PREPARATION METHOD AND DEVICE LE, MINH Q —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3753 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18635304 OBJECT SURFACE STRUCTURE FOR RESISTANCE REDUCTION/RECTIFICATION, PREPARATION METHOD AND DEVICE LE, MINH Q 3753 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Benhua Wu have?

Benhua Wu has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Benhua Wu applications?

Minh Q Le has the most, with 1 of Benhua Wu's pending office actions.

What technology area are Benhua Wu's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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