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
Helix Japan Co. Ltd. maintains 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The prosecution of this matter is handled by a distinct examiner in a distinct art unit. KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing the 1 pending office action. This distribution reflects a highly centralized prosecution strategy with no current diversification across different USPTO personnel.
The reliance on a single examiner means that the applicant's success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector is currently tied to the specific perspectives of KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH. Practitioners cannot leverage trends from other pending cases to inform their approach in this instance. This concentration suggests that the company is focusing its resources on a specific technological advancement. Navigating the procedural preferences of the assigned art unit is critical, as there are no other active matters to provide a baseline for comparison.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | 1 | 66.7% | +37.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851203 | HYDROGEN-OXYGEN MIXED GAS INHALATION DEVICE | KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851203 | HYDROGEN-OXYGEN MIXED GAS INHALATION DEVICE | KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18851203 | HYDROGEN-OXYGEN MIXED GAS INHALATION DEVICE | KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | 3785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHelix Japan Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Brian Thai-Binh Khong has the most, with 1 of Helix Japan Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
