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
Pipeline Design & Engineering LLC currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This active matter is assigned to examiner BUI, ANDREW THANH, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The concentration of work under this examiner suggests a highly focused prosecution effort for this company. This arrangement allows the applicant to concentrate their resources on a point of contact within the patent office.
The portfolio is distributed across 1 distinct art unit and involves 1 distinct examiner. Because the busiest examiner handles 1 pending office action, the prosecution strategy relies entirely on the interactions with BUI, ANDREW THANH. Practitioners should monitor this specific examiner's historical trends to anticipate the likely trajectory of the application. Understanding the specific procedural preferences of the 1 distinct art unit involved will also be critical for achieving a favorable outcome. Addressing the specific requirements of the 1 pending office action will be the primary focus of the next prosecution phase.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUI, ANDREW THANH | 1 | 80.9% | +9.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18297480 | HEAT-STAKING DEVICES AND METHODS | BUI, ANDREW THANH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18297480 | HEAT-STAKING DEVICES AND METHODS | BUI, ANDREW THANH | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPipeline Design & Engineering LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Andrew Thanh Bui has the most, with 1 of Pipeline Design & Engineering LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
