Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Chien-Chung Su currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that each pending application is being treated as a separate technical specialty within the field.
ANDERSON, CATHARINE L is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Because the workload is split between 2 distinct examiners, there is no single individual who controls the majority of the portfolio's outcomes. Practitioners must develop independent strategies for each examiner to address the specific requirements of their respective art units.
With 2 distinct art units involved, the applications are subject to different sets of examination guidelines and technical standards. The lack of overlap between the 2 distinct examiners means that prosecution progress in one matter may not necessarily predict the timeline or results of the other. Success requires a tailored approach for each of the 2 pending office actions to navigate the unique preferences of the assigned officials.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 1 | 65.2% | +20.9% |
| LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | 1 | 71.2% | +32.8% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18979712 | URINARY BAG REDUCING URINE BLOCKAGE | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — |
| 18678614 | MEDICAL-TUBE AFFIXING DEVICE | LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18979712 | URINARY BAG REDUCING URINE BLOCKAGE | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 3781 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18678614 | MEDICAL-TUBE AFFIXING DEVICE | LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | 3783 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialChien-Chung Su has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Catharine L Anderson has the most, with 1 of Chien-Chung Su's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
