Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guangzhou Red Pine Medical Instrument Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each examiner is currently reviewing 1 matter. Both actions are situated within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a unified technical focus for the pending applications. The use of 1 distinct art unit implies that the examiners likely share a similar technical background relevant to medical devices and mechanical engineering.
WU, PAMELA F is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. The presence of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending actions means the workload is evenly split. Because both matters are within 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution strategy can remain technically consistent even while addressing the specific concerns of 2 distinct examiners. This concentration in a single art unit may allow for more predictable prior art landscapes across the 2 pending office actions. However, the involvement of 2 distinct examiners means that the company must still satisfy 2 different individual reviewers. Each examiner is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action, ensuring that no single individual dominates the current prosecution phase for the company.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WU, PAMELA F | 1 | 57.6% | +22.5% |
| FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 1 | 79.3% | +20.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18689300 | BENDING SECTION AND INSERTION TUBE CONNECTING STRUCTURE, AND ENDOSCOPE | WU, PAMELA F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18575052 | ENDOSCOPE KNOB DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE HANDLE, AND ENDOSCOPE | FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 56d |
| 18689300 | BENDING SECTION AND INSERTION TUBE CONNECTING STRUCTURE, AND ENDOSCOPE | WU, PAMELA F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18689300 | BENDING SECTION AND INSERTION TUBE CONNECTING STRUCTURE, AND ENDOSCOPE | WU, PAMELA F | 3795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18575052 | ENDOSCOPE KNOB DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE HANDLE, AND ENDOSCOPE | FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 3795 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialGuangzhou Red Pine Medical Instrument Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Pamela F Wu has the most, with 1 of Guangzhou Red Pine Medical Instrument Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
