Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
The patent prosecution profile for Fangkai Han shows activity in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently includes 1 pending office action. This single action is the primary focus for the applicant's current efforts to secure patent rights. In the field of medical devices, this pending matter represents a critical stage where the technical merits of the invention are being scrutinized by the patent office.
The prosecution process is highly concentrated, with 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved. This indicates that the technical review is being handled by a specific specialist within the office. HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action represents the total pending workload for the applicant, as there is only 1 pending office action in the entire portfolio.
The use of 1 distinct art unit provides a stable technical framework for the current filings. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the specific requirements and examination style of HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the communication can be very targeted. Successfully addressing the concerns raised in the 1 pending office action is essential for advancing the applicant's position in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18700008 | DENTAL IMAGING TEACHING APPARATUS | HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ | 33d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18700008 | DENTAL IMAGING TEACHING APPARATUS | HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
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