Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Leybold GmbH has 4 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, showing separate examination tracks across a compact portfolio.
TRAN, BINH Q is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. No examiner concentration appears in the data, so counsel should tailor each response while monitoring the separate files for shared mechanical issues.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, BINH Q | 1 | 88.2% | +6.6% |
| REID JR, CHARLES H | 1 | 69.4% | +23.9% |
| PATEL, SHARDUL D | 1 | 87.5% | +12.2% |
| COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 1 | 57.7% | +38.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19168623 | MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY AND VACUUM PUMP | TRAN, BINH Q | — |
| 19101795 | VACUUM PUMP WITH AN EDDY CURRENT DAMPER | REID JR, CHARLES H | — |
| 18877154 | METHOD FOR A VACUUM PUMP SYSTEM | PATEL, SHARDUL D | — |
| 18550046 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VACUUM PUMP AND VACUUM PUMP | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19101795 | VACUUM PUMP WITH AN EDDY CURRENT DAMPER | REID JR, CHARLES H | — |
| 18877154 | METHOD FOR A VACUUM PUMP SYSTEM | PATEL, SHARDUL D | — |
| 18550046 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VACUUM PUMP AND VACUUM PUMP | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 2 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19168623 | MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY AND VACUUM PUMP | TRAN, BINH Q | 3746 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19101795 | VACUUM PUMP WITH AN EDDY CURRENT DAMPER | REID JR, CHARLES H | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 18877154 | METHOD FOR A VACUUM PUMP SYSTEM | PATEL, SHARDUL D | 3664 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18550046 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VACUUM PUMP AND VACUUM PUMP | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLeybold GmbH has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Binh Q Tran has the most, with 1 of Leybold GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
