Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kurin Inc. maintains a company patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio currently has 7 pending office actions. These actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners, indicating that some examiners are managing multiple actions for the company. Prosecution activity is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, which suggests that the company's medical device and mechanical engineering innovations are being reviewed by a single specialized group within the USPTO.
NGUYEN, HUONG Q is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 4 busiest examiner pending office actions. This means that one examiner is responsible for 4 out of the 7 pending office actions, representing a primary point of contact in the company's prosecution strategy. The distribution of 7 pending office actions across 4 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit shows a concentrated effort where NGUYEN, HUONG Q handles a large portion of the current workload. This arrangement requires the company to maintain close communication with this specific examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 4 | 46.2% | +44.4% |
| ABOUELELA, MAY A | 1 | 75.4% | +35.9% |
| PORTILLO, JAIRO H | 1 | 53.4% | +30.7% |
| BAVA, JANKI MAHESH | 1 | 11.1% | +50.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19186406 | NON-VENTING BODILY FLUID SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM | PORTILLO, JAIRO H | — |
| 18783173 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION DEVICE | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | — |
| 17730118 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND BLOOD CONTAMINANT SEQUESTRATION DEVICE AND METHOD | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | — |
| 17696860 | BLOOD OPTIMIZATION SET WITH TRANSFER DEVICE | BAVA, JANKI MAHESH | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17336178 | FLUID OPTIMIZATION AND CONTAMINANT CONTAINMENT DEVICE AND METHOD USING DISPLACEABLE PLUG | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 1d overdue |
| 17893079 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND BLOOD CONTAMINANT SEQUESTRATION DEVICE AND METHOD | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 15d |
| 19643488 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION DEVICE | ABOUELELA, MAY A | — |
| 19186406 | NON-VENTING BODILY FLUID SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM | PORTILLO, JAIRO H | — |
| 18783173 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION DEVICE | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | — |
| 17730118 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND BLOOD CONTAMINANT SEQUESTRATION DEVICE AND METHOD | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | — |
| 17696860 | BLOOD OPTIMIZATION SET WITH TRANSFER DEVICE | BAVA, JANKI MAHESH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 7 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19643488 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION DEVICE | ABOUELELA, MAY A | 3791 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2026 |
| 19186406 | NON-VENTING BODILY FLUID SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM | PORTILLO, JAIRO H | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 18783173 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION DEVICE | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 17893079 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND BLOOD CONTAMINANT SEQUESTRATION DEVICE AND METHOD | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 3791 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Aug 22, 2022 |
| 17730118 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND BLOOD CONTAMINANT SEQUESTRATION DEVICE AND METHOD | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2022 |
| 17696860 | BLOOD OPTIMIZATION SET WITH TRANSFER DEVICE | BAVA, JANKI MAHESH | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2022 |
| 17336178 | FLUID OPTIMIZATION AND CONTAMINANT CONTAINMENT DEVICE AND METHOD USING DISPLACEABLE PLUG | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jun 01, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialKurin Inc. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 4 examiners.
Huong Q Nguyen has the most, with 4 of Kurin Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
