Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Mactec Corp.

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Mactec Corp. is currently overseeing 1 pending office action at the USPTO. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which indicates a focused prosecution effort with 1 point of contact. The data also shows that this activity is taking place within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the company's current patent interests are confined to a specific technical area and 1 examiner's review. The presence of 1 pending office action indicates a streamlined approach to securing patent rights in this field.

The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG, who is handling 1 pending office action. With the busiest examiner pending count at 1, this individual is responsible for the entirety of the company's active prosecution. The presence of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner means there is no fragmentation in the current workload. For practitioners, the outcome of this portfolio is dependent on the 1 pending office action and the specific examination environment of the identified art unit. This lack of multiple examiners or art units simplifies the administrative burden of prosecution.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 1 72.5% +47.4%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18440913 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE LIFESPAN OF A PRESSURE VESSEL AND LIFESPAN DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18440913 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE LIFESPAN OF A PRESSURE VESSEL AND LIFESPAN DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
4100 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18440913 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING THE LIFESPAN OF A PRESSURE VESSEL AND LIFESPAN DIAGNOSIS SOLUTION KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 4100 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 13, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Mactec Corp. have?

Mactec Corp. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Mactec Corp. applications?

John Chunyang Kuan has the most, with 1 of Mactec Corp.'s pending office actions.

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