Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sfc Global Supply Chain Inc. has 2 pending office actions concentrated in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are split between 2 distinct art units, reflecting the technical breadth of the company's mechanical and medical intellectual property. The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, creating a diversified review process. By spreading the 2 pending actions across different officials, the company avoids the risks associated with a highly centralized examination path.
Examiner NGUYEN, PHONG H is identified as the busiest official, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because the total volume consists of 2 pending actions across 2 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly divided. This structure requires the applicant to navigate the specific preferences of 2 different art units simultaneously. Effective prosecution in this environment depends on tailoring arguments to the unique technical requirements of each art unit while maintaining a consistent overall strategy for the company's mechanical engineering portfolio.
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%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, PHONG H | 1 | 70.8% | +20.6% |
| ATTEL, NINA KAY | 1 | 41.5% | +28.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17501849 | SEMI-RIGID CARTON POUCH PACKAGE | ATTEL, NINA KAY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18170058 | ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR HANDLING FOOD | NGUYEN, PHONG H | — |
| 17501849 | SEMI-RIGID CARTON POUCH PACKAGE | ATTEL, NINA KAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18170058 | ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR HANDLING FOOD | NGUYEN, PHONG H | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 17501849 | SEMI-RIGID CARTON POUCH PACKAGE | ATTEL, NINA KAY | 3734 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSfc Global Supply Chain Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Phong H Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Sfc Global Supply Chain Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
