Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

CSP Technologies Inc.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

CSP Technologies Inc. has 8 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 8 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner dispersion with limited overlap among technical groups.

NGUYEN, JOHN P is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No individual examiner carries a repeated concentration in the available profile.

The close alignment between examiner and art-unit coverage suggests that most matters are proceeding in separate examination contexts. Counsel can maintain consistent medical-device disclosures and claim themes while tailoring prior-art analysis and amendment strategy to each examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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.

6
Hard (75%)
2
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
38% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
62% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, JOHN P 1 43.9% +41.8%
TAWFIK, SAMEH 1 63.1% +31.5%
LAN, YAN 1 63.1% +22.0%
RUDDIE, ELLIOT S 1 66.0% +41.7%
DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA 1 68.6% +38.0%
KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 1 62.9% +27.3%
OYER, ANDREW J 1 79.2% +16.8%
ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D 1 47.7% +53.2%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17250295 LOW ODOR OR NO ODOR INHALER DESICCANT POLYMER ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D 127d overdue
19043903 BLOW MOLDED CONTAINERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME LAN, YAN 16d overdue
19085472 ONE OR MORE BLISTER PACKAGES CONTAINING ACTIVE MATERIAL AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME TAWFIK, SAMEH —
19100312 SECONDARY PACKAGING CONFIGURED TO HOLD AT LEAST ONE DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A DRUG, AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME RUDDIE, ELLIOT S —
19011017 SECONDARY PACKAGING CONFIGURED TO HOLD AND/OR PREVENT INADVERTENT ACTUATION OF A DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A DRUG DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA —
18462125 ACTIVE POLYMER LINER FOR INDUCTION SEAL, AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN —

Interview Candidates (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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17250295 LOW ODOR OR NO ODOR INHALER DESICCANT POLYMER ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D 127d overdue
19043903 BLOW MOLDED CONTAINERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME LAN, YAN 16d overdue
19345725 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING THE PRESENCE OF NITROSAMINES IN PACKAGING USING ACTIVATED CARBON OR A DERIVATIVE THEREOF NGUYEN, JOHN P —
19085472 ONE OR MORE BLISTER PACKAGES CONTAINING ACTIVE MATERIAL AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME TAWFIK, SAMEH —
19100312 SECONDARY PACKAGING CONFIGURED TO HOLD AT LEAST ONE DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A DRUG, AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME RUDDIE, ELLIOT S —
19011017 SECONDARY PACKAGING CONFIGURED TO HOLD AND/OR PREVENT INADVERTENT ACTUATION OF A DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A DRUG DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA —
18462125 ACTIVE POLYMER LINER FOR INDUCTION SEAL, AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN —
18053793 ANTIMICROBIAL GAS RELEASING AGENTS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME OYER, ANDREW J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3735 2
1619 1
3731 1
1782 1
3781 1
1767 1
3785 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19345725 MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING THE PRESENCE OF NITROSAMINES IN PACKAGING USING ACTIVATED CARBON OR A DERIVATIVE THEREOF NGUYEN, JOHN P 1619 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 30, 2025
19085472 ONE OR MORE BLISTER PACKAGES CONTAINING ACTIVE MATERIAL AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2025
19043903 BLOW MOLDED CONTAINERS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME LAN, YAN 1782 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2025
19100312 SECONDARY PACKAGING CONFIGURED TO HOLD AT LEAST ONE DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A DRUG, AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME RUDDIE, ELLIOT S 3735 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
19011017 SECONDARY PACKAGING CONFIGURED TO HOLD AND/OR PREVENT INADVERTENT ACTUATION OF A DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING A DRUG DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA 3735 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2025
18462125 ACTIVE POLYMER LINER FOR INDUCTION SEAL, AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING SAME KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 3781 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2023
18053793 ANTIMICROBIAL GAS RELEASING AGENTS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME OYER, ANDREW J 1767 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 09, 2022
17250295 LOW ODOR OR NO ODOR INHALER DESICCANT POLYMER ZIEGLER, MATTHEW D 3785 §103§112 Final Rejection 127d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does CSP Technologies Inc. have?

CSP Technologies Inc. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most CSP Technologies Inc. applications?

John P Nguyen has the most, with 1 of CSP Technologies Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are CSP Technologies Inc.'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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