Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner working in 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a specific focus for the company's current patent applications. The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit defines the prosecution strategy, as there is no requirement to manage different examiner behaviors or art unit standards.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is PHAM, LONG, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. As the examiner involved, PHAM, LONG serves as the primary point of contact for the applicant. For a patent practitioner, this environment allows for a direct relationship with the patent office. The practitioner can tailor their responses specifically to the expectations of the experts within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. This structure involves administrative tracking of the 1 pending matter assigned to the busiest examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE, TUNG X | 1 | 87.0% | +3.3% |
| ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | 1 | 47.3% | +46.7% |
| CAMBY, RICHARD M | 1 | 89.2% | +6.5% |
| SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | 1 | 74.9% | +17.8% |
| TAYLOR, LIA ELAN | 1 | 64.2% | +29.5% |
| SERGENT, RABON A | 1 | 55.1% | +24.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18992456 | A MULTI-BEAM ANTENNA AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MULTI-BEAM ANTENNA | LE, TUNG X | — |
| 18877446 | CATHETER FOR THE LOCAL TREATMENT OF TUMOUR TISSUE IN INTRAVASCULAR AND INTRALUMINAL SPACES | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | — |
| 18869414 | Method and System for Monitoring a Slide Bearing | CAMBY, RICHARD M | — |
| 18249694 | NKD2 AS TARGET FOR TREATING RENAL FIBROSIS | TAYLOR, LIA ELAN | — |
| 18041237 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE PEDOT:PSS PARTICLES | SERGENT, RABON A | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18256757 | IMPLANT AND ASSEMBLY HAVING A RADIATION SOURCE AND AN IMPLANT | SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | 45d overdue |
| 18877446 | CATHETER FOR THE LOCAL TREATMENT OF TUMOUR TISSUE IN INTRAVASCULAR AND INTRALUMINAL SPACES | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | — |
| 18249694 | NKD2 AS TARGET FOR TREATING RENAL FIBROSIS | TAYLOR, LIA ELAN | — |
| 18041237 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE PEDOT:PSS PARTICLES | SERGENT, RABON A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 2 |
| 2844 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 1641 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18992456 | A MULTI-BEAM ANTENNA AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A MULTI-BEAM ANTENNA | LE, TUNG X | 2844 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18877446 | CATHETER FOR THE LOCAL TREATMENT OF TUMOUR TISSUE IN INTRAVASCULAR AND INTRALUMINAL SPACES | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18869414 | Method and System for Monitoring a Slide Bearing | CAMBY, RICHARD M | 3661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18256757 | IMPLANT AND ASSEMBLY HAVING A RADIATION SOURCE AND AN IMPLANT | SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | 3794 | §112 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18249694 | NKD2 AS TARGET FOR TREATING RENAL FIBROSIS | TAYLOR, LIA ELAN | 1641 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 18041237 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTIVE PEDOT:PSS PARTICLES | SERGENT, RABON A | 1765 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialRheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Tung X Le has the most, with 1 of Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
