Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Danco Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, LAZO, THOMAS E, is responsible for 1 pending office action, which shows that the workload is evenly divided among the assigned staff. With 3 distinct art units involved for 3 pending office actions, the company's mechanical engineering innovations are being reviewed in three different specialized groups.
For practitioners, this means there is no overlap in the current prosecution environment that would allow for a single strategy. Each of the 3 pending office actions must be handled according to the specific preferences of the 3 distinct examiners. This distribution across 3 distinct art units suggests that Danco Inc. is pursuing a variety of mechanical or medical device technologies that fall into different patent office classifications. Since each of the 3 distinct examiners handles only 1 pending office action, there is no opportunity to leverage a relationship with a single examiner to resolve multiple actions. Each of the 3 pending office actions must be treated as an independent negotiation, requiring a customized strategy that addresses the specific technical and procedural requirements of each distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAZO, THOMAS E | 1 | 86.8% | +8.9% |
| NGUYEN, TUAN N | 1 | 68.1% | +26.4% |
| CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 1 | 74.4% | +11.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19012347 | Bucket Handle Grip | LAZO, THOMAS E | — |
| 19009636 | Universal Sink Grate | NGUYEN, TUAN N | — |
| 18779626 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUPLING OF A TUB SPOUT | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19009636 | Universal Sink Grate | NGUYEN, TUAN N | — |
| 18779626 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUPLING OF A TUB SPOUT | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3651 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19012347 | Bucket Handle Grip | LAZO, THOMAS E | 3651 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19009636 | Universal Sink Grate | NGUYEN, TUAN N | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18779626 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUPLING OF A TUB SPOUT | CHOI, WILLIAM SOON | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDanco Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Thomas E Lazo has the most, with 1 of Danco Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
