Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
LIFETECH SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. has 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, with each examiner handling exactly one case. The prosecution is spread across 3 distinct art units, suggesting that the medical device innovations involve several different mechanical or clinical sub-specialties. This variety in 3 distinct art units and 5 distinct examiners indicates that the 5 pending office actions are receiving a broad range of technical reviews.
Jocelin C Tanner is identified as the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This single action is part of the 5 pending office actions total for the portfolio. With 5 distinct examiners working across 3 distinct art units, the company must navigate a variety of examiner styles while maintaining a consistent strategy for its medical device claims. The presence of 3 distinct art units indicates that the 5 pending office actions are not all being reviewed by the same technical division. This distribution requires a coordinated approach across the 5 distinct examiners to ensure procedural consistency.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TANNER, JOCELIN C | 1 | 72.3% | +34.7% |
| DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 1 | 48.1% | +45.2% |
| PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 1 | 55.4% | +35.9% |
| PATEL, AREN | 1 | 77.6% | +17.2% |
| KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 1 | 64.4% | +55.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18724570 | Resection Apparatus | TANNER, JOCELIN C | — |
| 18724816 | LUMEN STENT | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | — |
| 18721287 | BRANCH STENT | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18268132 | Covered Stent | PATEL, AREN | 36d overdue |
| 18256705 | OCCLUDING DEVICE | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 9d overdue |
| 18724570 | Resection Apparatus | TANNER, JOCELIN C | — |
| 18724816 | LUMEN STENT | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | — |
| 18721287 | BRANCH STENT | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3774 | 2 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18724570 | Resection Apparatus | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18724816 | LUMEN STENT | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18721287 | BRANCH STENT | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18268132 | Covered Stent | PATEL, AREN | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18256705 | OCCLUDING DEVICE | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLIFETECH SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
Jocelin C Tanner has the most, with 1 of LIFETECH SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
