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 • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Harley-Davidson Motor Company Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This workload is distributed across 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The presence of only 1 pending office action indicates a limited volume of active prosecution at this specific interval. This single pending action represents the total active workload for the company at this time.
HOANG, GIAO QT is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This single action accounts for the total pending volume for the portfolio. With 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution is confined to a specific technical niche within the broader mechanical engineering field. The alignment of 1 distinct examiner with 1 pending action suggests that the company is not currently facing a high volume of simultaneous challenges from multiple USPTO officials. This concentration allows for a very direct line of communication between the applicant and the patent office.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOANG, GIAO QT | 1 | 25.8% | +40.3% |
| CHEN, KUANGYUE | 1 | 63.2% | +45.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18411876 | HOODED GARMENT HAVING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL RIDING HOOD | HOANG, GIAO QT | — |
| 18353516 | HEATED SURFACE CONTROL VIA MULTIPLE INPUT DEVICES | CHEN, KUANGYUE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18411876 | HOODED GARMENT HAVING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL RIDING HOOD | HOANG, GIAO QT | — |
| 18353516 | HEATED SURFACE CONTROL VIA MULTIPLE INPUT DEVICES | CHEN, KUANGYUE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18411876 | HOODED GARMENT HAVING A MULTIFUNCTIONAL RIDING HOOD | HOANG, GIAO QT | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18353516 | HEATED SURFACE CONTROL VIA MULTIPLE INPUT DEVICES | CHEN, KUANGYUE | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHarley-Davidson Motor Company Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Giao Qt Hoang has the most, with 1 of Harley-Davidson Motor Company Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
