Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
In the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, Naismith Systems Inc. currently has 1 pending office action. This filing is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner within the distinct art unit. This arrangement shows a centralized prosecution effort, with all current office interactions occurring within this specific technical group. This focus may reflect a strategic prioritization of the technology or the current number of active patent applications.
HUYNH, KHOA D is the busiest examiner for the company's portfolio. This individual is currently handling the busiest examiner pending office action. Because this action constitutes the entire pending workload, the company's results are dependent on the perspective of this examiner. Practitioners should note that while this allows for consistent arguments, it also focuses prosecution risk on the review of the assigned examiner and art unit. The resolution of this action will define the company's current standing at the patent office.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUYNH, KHOA D | 1 | 18.1% | +20.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16971346 | Zippered Garment Providing Selective Access | HUYNH, KHOA D | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16971346 | Zippered Garment Providing Selective Access | HUYNH, KHOA D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16971346 | Zippered Garment Providing Selective Access | HUYNH, KHOA D | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialNaismith Systems Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Khoa D Huynh has the most, with 1 of Naismith Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.