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
Phd Inc. is managing 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio involves 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, meaning each pending case is being handled by a different person in a different technical division. This lack of overlap suggests that the 2 pending applications cover distinct mechanical or medical concepts. Practitioners should treat each application as an independent effort, as the 2 distinct art units will likely have different examination priorities and timelines.
TEKA, ABIY is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is split between the 2 distinct examiners. Counsel should prepare for two different examination styles, as the 2 distinct art units may apply different standards to the mechanical engineering claims. The presence of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions ensures that the company receives a variety of perspectives on its medical device innovations during the prosecution process.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEKA, ABIY | 1 | 84.9% | +10.1% |
| KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19268085 | ELECTRO-FLUIDIC DRIVE SYSTEM | TEKA, ABIY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18609616 | DOUBLE-ACTING MODULAR ARTICULATING GRIPPER | KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19268085 | ELECTRO-FLUIDIC DRIVE SYSTEM | TEKA, ABIY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19268085 | ELECTRO-FLUIDIC DRIVE SYSTEM | TEKA, ABIY | 3745 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 18609616 | DOUBLE-ACTING MODULAR ARTICULATING GRIPPER | KIO, MICHAEL TAMUNOELEKIM | 3654 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPhd Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Abiy Teka has the most, with 1 of Phd Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
