Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

LIFETECH SCIENTIFIC (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

4
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
88% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN 1 65.3% +34.1%
LAUER, CHRISTINA C 1 68.4% +15.1%
FORD, RENE D 1 79.8% +23.1%
HO, TAN-UYEN THI 1 22.6% +17.4%
PATEL, AREN 1 78.3% +16.1%
KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 1 64.7% +57.9%
LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 1 73.0% +15.0%
RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM 1 30.0% +45.0%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18039149 Covered Stent LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 4d overdue
18615904 Lumen Stent and Implant LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN
18290999 MEDICAL DEVICE LAUER, CHRISTINA C
18268297 Luminal Stent HO, TAN-UYEN THI

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17786816 DELIVERY SHEATH AND MEDICAL DEVICE RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM 85d overdue
18268132 Covered Stent PATEL, AREN 36d overdue
18256705 OCCLUDING DEVICE KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 9d overdue
18039149 Covered Stent LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 4d overdue
18032782 Adjustable Bent Catheter FORD, RENE D 26d
18615904 Lumen Stent and Implant LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN
18290999 MEDICAL DEVICE LAUER, CHRISTINA C
18268297 Luminal Stent HO, TAN-UYEN THI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3771 4
3741 1
3774 1
3783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18615904 Lumen Stent and Implant LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18290999 MEDICAL DEVICE LAUER, CHRISTINA C 3771 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18032782 Adjustable Bent Catheter FORD, RENE D 3741 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Oct 10, 2023
18268297 Luminal Stent HO, TAN-UYEN THI 3771 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 19, 2023
18268132 Covered Stent PATEL, AREN 3774 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18256705 OCCLUDING DEVICE KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18039149 Covered Stent LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 3771 §102§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
17786816 DELIVERY SHEATH AND MEDICAL DEVICE RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022

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