Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
National University Of Tainan maintains a company patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The current prosecution landscape features 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners, indicating that each examiner is currently reviewing a separate matter for the university.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is KIM, PAUL D. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. Given that there are 2 pending office actions in total, KIM, PAUL D handles 1 of the active matters. The remaining pending action is managed by a second distinct examiner. This distribution ensures that the workload is split between different individuals.
Despite the involvement of 2 distinct examiners, all pending activity is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that the university's current patent applications are closely related in their technical classification. Practitioners can expect a consistent environment regarding the art unit's specific standards, even while interacting with different examiners. The balance of 2 examiners for 2 actions ensures that the university's current filings in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector are reviewed independently.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, PAUL D | 1 | 87.7% | +6.8% |
| LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18497441 | REMOVING APPARATUS FOR REMOVING A FRAME FROM A SOLAR PANEL OF A SOLAR CELL MODULE | KIM, PAUL D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18485401 | Removing Device for Removing a Junction Box From A Solar Cell Module | LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3729 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18497441 | REMOVING APPARATUS FOR REMOVING A FRAME FROM A SOLAR PANEL OF A SOLAR CELL MODULE | KIM, PAUL D | 3729 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18485401 | Removing Device for Removing a Junction Box From A Solar Cell Module | LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA | 3729 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNational University Of Tainan has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Paul D Kim has the most, with 1 of National University Of Tainan's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
