Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Cocardio Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are handled by 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is CHANG, THOMAS ZHU, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. With a distributed workload among several officials, the company faces a variety of individual examination styles.
The fact that 3 distinct examiners are each reviewing a single matter suggests that no individual official has a dominant influence over the current portfolio. CHANG, THOMAS ZHU is the busiest examiner despite only having 1 pending office action, which reflects the even distribution of the 3 total actions. Because the cases are contained within 2 distinct art units, there is likely some technical overlap between the applications.
Practitioners should prepare for three different examiner perspectives while navigating the specific rules of the 2 distinct art units involved. This concentration in a small number of art units suggests the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering applications are closely related. The parity between the number of actions and the number of examiners requires a tailored approach for each official to ensure consistent progress across the portfolio.
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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 1 | 52.2% | +66.9% |
| HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | 1 | 72.0% | +30.2% |
| JONES, AISLINN MOIRA | 1 | 50.0% | +66.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18649923 | EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION DEVICE WITH EMR INTEGRATION | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | — |
| 18649898 | EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED TIMING AND CONTROL | JONES, AISLINN MOIRA | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18649923 | EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION DEVICE WITH EMR INTEGRATION | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | — |
| 18649943 | EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION DEVICE WITH EMR INTEGRATION FOR IDENTIFYING SUBJECTS | HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | — |
| 18649898 | EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED TIMING AND CONTROL | JONES, AISLINN MOIRA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 2 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18649923 | EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION DEVICE WITH EMR INTEGRATION | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 3785 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18649943 | EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION DEVICE WITH EMR INTEGRATION FOR IDENTIFYING SUBJECTS | HAWTHORNE, OPHELIA ALTHEA | 3786 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18649898 | EXTERNAL COUNTER PULSATION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED TIMING AND CONTROL | JONES, AISLINN MOIRA | 3785 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCocardio Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Thomas Zhu Chang has the most, with 1 of Cocardio Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
