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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shenzhen Luxci Industrial Co. Ltd. is currently navigating 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This active matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This reflects a consolidated prosecution profile where all current patent office interactions are funneled through a single point of review. This approach indicates that the company's current intellectual property focus is highly specialized within the mechanical engineering field. Practitioners can expect a streamlined communication process due to the lack of multiple departmental contacts.
THO V DUONG is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action. Because this 1 pending matter represents the total active workload, the company's immediate prosecution outcomes are subject to the specific scrutiny of this examiner. This centralized workload means that the company's current patent strategy is focused on satisfying the requirements of a single examiner in a single art unit. Practitioners should evaluate the examiner's history to develop a response that addresses the specific concerns of this 1 pending office action. The timeline for the portfolio is currently dependent on the specific docket and review speed of this one examiner.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUONG, THO V | 1 | 67.0% | +17.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18211330 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH TWO OPPOSITE AIRFLOWS | DUONG, THO V | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18211330 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH TWO OPPOSITE AIRFLOWS | DUONG, THO V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18211330 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH TWO OPPOSITE AIRFLOWS | DUONG, THO V | 3763 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialShenzhen Luxci Industrial Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Tho V Duong has the most, with 1 of Shenzhen Luxci Industrial Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
