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
Early Charm Ventures LLC is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that each of the pending office actions is being handled by a different examiner in a different administrative section. Examiner WENG, KAI H is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are only responsible for 1 pending office action.
This 1 action is part of the total workload. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's filings cover different technical sub-sectors within the broader Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. Managing multiple examiners across different units requires a coordination effort to ensure consistency. The company must adapt its prosecution strategy to the specific requirements and examiner tendencies found in each separate administrative environment. Practitioners should monitor the specific habits of WENG, KAI H while also tracking the other active files. This structure means that the outcome of one case may not necessarily predict the results of the other.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WENG, KAI H | 1 | 70.0% | +17.5% |
| HAN, ROBIN | 1 | 33.5% | +61.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18747570 | LABIAL RETENTION DEVICE FOR USE IN URINARY CATHETER PLACEMENT | WENG, KAI H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18635808 | LIMB SUPPORT DEVICE | HAN, ROBIN | 56d |
| 18747570 | LABIAL RETENTION DEVICE FOR USE IN URINARY CATHETER PLACEMENT | WENG, KAI H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18747570 | LABIAL RETENTION DEVICE FOR USE IN URINARY CATHETER PLACEMENT | WENG, KAI H | 3781 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18635808 | LIMB SUPPORT DEVICE | HAN, ROBIN | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEarly Charm Ventures LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kai H Weng has the most, with 1 of Early Charm Ventures LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
