Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
OpenTV Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating separate examination contexts. Counsel should avoid assuming that the arguments or amendments used in one matter will carry over without review.
HUYNH, AN SON PHI is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. The limited concentration makes matter-specific preparation more important than an examiner-centered portfolio approach. Consistent technical terminology can still support efficiency across the separate records.
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 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUYNH, AN SON PHI | 1 | 54.0% | +45.5% |
| HUANG, JAY | 1 | 52.9% | +20.9% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19312393 | SMART PLAYLIST | HUYNH, AN SON PHI | — |
| 18399279 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR RESELLING DIGITAL MEDIA RIGHTS | HUANG, JAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 1 |
| 3600 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19312393 | SMART PLAYLIST | HUYNH, AN SON PHI | 3795 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 18399279 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR RESELLING DIGITAL MEDIA RIGHTS | HUANG, JAY | 3600 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialOpenTV Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
An Son Phi Huynh has the most, with 1 of OpenTV Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
