Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kurin Inc. has 5 pending office actions currently active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 5 actions are being reviewed by only 3 distinct examiners, showing a narrow distribution of personnel involved in the prosecution process. All of these matters are contained within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a highly focused technical and procedural environment for the company's patent applications.
The examiner Nguyen, Huong Q is the busiest for this portfolio, handling 3 of the pending office actions. Because 3 out of the 5 total actions are assigned to this single individual, Nguyen, Huong Q's decisions will have a substantial impact on the overall portfolio. The concentration of all 5 actions within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company can expect a consistent application of examination standards and internal policies across its pending Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering cases.
For a practitioner, the involvement of only 3 distinct examiners and a single art unit simplifies the coordination of prosecution efforts. However, with Nguyen, Huong Q managing 3 of the 5 pending office actions, the relationship with this specific examiner becomes the primary factor in the portfolio's progress. This centralized prosecution environment in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector allows for a more uniform strategy compared to portfolios spread across multiple art units.
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 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (20%) |
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 | 3 | 45.7% | +43.9% |
| ABOUELELA, MAY A | 1 | 75.3% | +36.1% |
| 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18783173 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION DEVICE | 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 5 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 | — |
| 18783173 | BLOOD SAMPLE OPTIMIZATION DEVICE | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | — |
| 17696860 | BLOOD OPTIMIZATION SET WITH TRANSFER DEVICE | BAVA, JANKI MAHESH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 5 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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