Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Simon Fraser University has 6 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Each matter is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, producing a fully distributed prosecution profile.
VAZQUEZ, ANA M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should emphasize consistent internal review and docket controls because no examiner concentration is indicated.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAZQUEZ, ANA M | 1 | 80.0% | +17.7% |
| LEE, HOI YAN NMN | 1 | 37.5% | +76.2% |
| CHEN, TSE W | 1 | 55.0% | +25.4% |
| LUARCA, MARGARET M | 1 | 74.2% | +19.2% |
| WARD, PAUL V | 1 | 83.2% | -12.2% |
| POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1 | 12.5% | +18.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18000423 | INHIBITORS OF PROTEIN FUCOSYLATION AND USES THEREOF | WARD, PAUL V | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19115748 | SORPTION HEAT TRANSFORMER AND THERMAL STORAGE | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
| 18714811 | SUBSTRATES FOR IMAGING GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE ACTIVITY | LEE, HOI YAN NMN | — |
| 18701064 | ELECTRICAL SENSOR AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM | CHEN, TSE W | — |
| 18549751 | VENTILATOR AND AIRBAG FOR A VENTILATOR | LUARCA, MARGARET M | — |
| 17616841 | METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION | POHNERT, STEVEN C | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19115748 | SORPTION HEAT TRANSFORMER AND THERMAL STORAGE | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | — |
| 18714811 | SUBSTRATES FOR IMAGING GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE ACTIVITY | LEE, HOI YAN NMN | — |
| 18701064 | ELECTRICAL SENSOR AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM | CHEN, TSE W | — |
| 18549751 | VENTILATOR AND AIRBAG FOR A VENTILATOR | LUARCA, MARGARET M | — |
| 17616841 | METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION | POHNERT, STEVEN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 1622 | 1 |
| 1683 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19115748 | SORPTION HEAT TRANSFORMER AND THERMAL STORAGE | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 18714811 | SUBSTRATES FOR IMAGING GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE ACTIVITY | LEE, HOI YAN NMN | 1759 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18701064 | ELECTRICAL SENSOR AND BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM | CHEN, TSE W | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18549751 | VENTILATOR AND AIRBAG FOR A VENTILATOR | LUARCA, MARGARET M | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18000423 | INHIBITORS OF PROTEIN FUCOSYLATION AND USES THEREOF | WARD, PAUL V | 1622 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2022 |
| 17616841 | METHODS AND REAGENTS FOR NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION AND/OR DETECTION | POHNERT, STEVEN C | 1683 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSimon Fraser University has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Ana M Vazquez has the most, with 1 of Simon Fraser University's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
