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
Dr Mark L Anderson has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit, representing a singular point of engagement with the USPTO. This profile suggests a highly specific or individual-led patent strategy where prosecution is focused on a single innovation within the medical devices field.
The busiest examiner, DOAN, HY KHANH, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the busiest examiner pending count of 1 matches the total number of pending office actions, DOAN, HY KHANH is the only examiner currently influencing the portfolio's progress. This concentration means that the outcome of the company's current patent efforts is tied to the specific examination style and technical interpretations of this one individual.
Practitioners should note that the presence of only 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner leaves no room for diversifying prosecution risks across the portfolio. Every communication with DOAN, HY KHANH is critical, as there are no other pending actions to balance the portfolio's overall success rate. The focus on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering ensures that the prosecution remains within a well-defined technical domain, albeit through a very narrow administrative channel.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOAN, HY KHANH | 1 | 63.6% | +42.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18823205 | Dairy Cattle Breeding Status Indicator Technology | DOAN, HY KHANH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18823205 | Dairy Cattle Breeding Status Indicator Technology | DOAN, HY KHANH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18823205 | Dairy Cattle Breeding Status Indicator Technology | DOAN, HY KHANH | 3791 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDr Mark L Anderson has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Hy Khanh Doan has the most, with 1 of Dr Mark L Anderson's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
