Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Singulus Technologies AG has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. These actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units. LAW, NGA LEUNG V, is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Each of the 4 pending actions is being reviewed by a different examiner, indicating a broad distribution of the company's technical claims.
The distribution of 4 pending office actions across 4 distinct art units suggests that the company's mechanical or medical device technologies span several specialized classifications. LAW, NGA LEUNG V, being the busiest examiner with only 1 pending action, confirms that no single examiner holds a majority of the current workload. This distribution means that the outcomes of the 4 pending actions are independent of one another. Practitioners must navigate 4 different examiner perspectives and 4 sets of art unit guidelines simultaneously. This decentralized approach requires a versatile prosecution strategy to address the unique requirements of each distinct art unit. Because there are 4 distinct examiners involved, the company is exposed to a variety of examination styles, which may lead to different timelines for each of the 4 pending actions. The presence of 4 pending office actions shows a significant level of ongoing engagement with the patent office across the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1 | 56.4% | +19.8% |
| PRICE, LYTESHIA M | 1 | — | — |
| JENNISON, BRIAN W | 1 | 71.9% | +22.2% |
| MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 1 | 44.0% | +33.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18294883 | SPACER DEVICE FOR A HEATING SYSTEM FOR HEATING LARGE-AREA SUBSTRATES, HEATING SYSTEM, AND HEATING METHOD | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18711083 | COATING SOURCE, COATING INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR COATING SUBSTRATES | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 37d overdue |
| 17720226 | SUBSTRATE CARRIER WITH CENTERING FUNCTION | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 12d |
| 18294883 | SPACER DEVICE FOR A HEATING SYSTEM FOR HEATING LARGE-AREA SUBSTRATES, HEATING SYSTEM, AND HEATING METHOD | JENNISON, BRIAN W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1717 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18711083 | COATING SOURCE, COATING INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR COATING SUBSTRATES | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1717 | §103 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18705688 | METHOD AND WET BENCH FOR THE IN-LINE PROCESSING OF SOLAR-CELL SUBSTRATES | PRICE, LYTESHIA M | 2818 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18294883 | SPACER DEVICE FOR A HEATING SYSTEM FOR HEATING LARGE-AREA SUBSTRATES, HEATING SYSTEM, AND HEATING METHOD | JENNISON, BRIAN W | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 17720226 | SUBSTRATE CARRIER WITH CENTERING FUNCTION | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Apr 13, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSingulus Technologies AG has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Nga Leung V Law has the most, with 1 of Singulus Technologies AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
