Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 5 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
TC1 LLC has 15 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio includes 14 examiners across 5 art units, combining substantial examiner dispersion with recurring art-unit placement.
LAU, MICHAEL J is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The repeated examiner assignment offers a limited opportunity to identify common examination themes, while the broader distribution requires tracking different examiner practices.
The art-unit concentration may support centralized technical preparation for related device issues. Counsel should still tailor amendments and interview objectives to the individual examiner handling each matter.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (7%) |
| §103 only | 7 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAU, MICHAEL J | 2 | 72.3% | +23.2% |
| FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN | 1 | 79.5% | +18.2% |
| DINH, PHUONG K | 1 | 87.3% | +8.9% |
| DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 1 | 87.3% | +16.1% |
| ROBLES, EILEEN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | 1 | 83.5% | +20.2% |
| HARRIS, WESLEY G | 1 | 73.4% | +21.7% |
| VAUGHAN, JASON L | 1 | 78.7% | +20.3% |
| GEDEON, BRIAN T | 1 | 87.0% | +7.2% |
| BAYS, PAMELA M | 1 | 71.8% | +37.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18434543 | SELECTIVE STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PARAMETERS FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS | GEDEON, BRIAN T | 13d |
| 18827046 | PERCUTANEOUS HEART PUMP TRANSITIONABLE BETWEEN SEPARATED AND OPERATIONAL CONFIGURATIONS | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | — |
| 18672702 | Blood Pump Connectors | ROBLES, EILEEN | — |
| 18712491 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS POWER RESONATORS WITH OPEN CORE | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18088019 | FILTER FOR PARTICLES IN CATHETER PUMP SYSTEM | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 131d overdue |
| 19005903 | Blood Pump Controllers Having Daisy-Chained Batteries | FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN | — |
| 18962218 | Implanted Connector Booster Sealing for Implantable Medical Devices | DINH, PHUONG K | — |
| 18663283 | FLUID SEALS FOR CATHETER PUMP MOTOR ASSEMBLY | HARRIS, WESLEY G | — |
| 18652430 | CLAMPING DEVICE | VAUGHAN, JASON L | — |
| 18498765 | Assessment and Management of Adverse Event Risks in Mechanical Circulatory Support Patients | BAYS, PAMELA M | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18653382 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH HEAT EXCHANGER FOR CATHETER PUMP | LAU, MICHAEL J | 76d |
| 19005903 | Blood Pump Controllers Having Daisy-Chained Batteries | FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN | — |
| 18959115 | Tri-Axis Accelerometers for Patient Physiologic Monitoring and Closed Loop Control of Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices | LAU, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18827046 | PERCUTANEOUS HEART PUMP TRANSITIONABLE BETWEEN SEPARATED AND OPERATIONAL CONFIGURATIONS | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | — |
| 18712491 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS POWER RESONATORS WITH OPEN CORE | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | — |
| 18663283 | FLUID SEALS FOR CATHETER PUMP MOTOR ASSEMBLY | HARRIS, WESLEY G | — |
| 18652430 | CLAMPING DEVICE | VAUGHAN, JASON L | — |
| 18498765 | Assessment and Management of Adverse Event Risks in Mechanical Circulatory Support Patients | BAYS, PAMELA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 7 |
| 3792 | 4 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19005903 | Blood Pump Controllers Having Daisy-Chained Batteries | FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN | 3792 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18962218 | Implanted Connector Booster Sealing for Implantable Medical Devices | DINH, PHUONG K | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18959115 | Tri-Axis Accelerometers for Patient Physiologic Monitoring and Closed Loop Control of Implantable Ventricular Assist Devices | LAU, MICHAEL J | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18827046 | PERCUTANEOUS HEART PUMP TRANSITIONABLE BETWEEN SEPARATED AND OPERATIONAL CONFIGURATIONS | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 3796 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18672702 | Blood Pump Connectors | ROBLES, EILEEN | 3792 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18712491 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS POWER RESONATORS WITH OPEN CORE | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18663283 | FLUID SEALS FOR CATHETER PUMP MOTOR ASSEMBLY | HARRIS, WESLEY G | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18653382 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH HEAT EXCHANGER FOR CATHETER PUMP | LAU, MICHAEL J | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18652430 | CLAMPING DEVICE | VAUGHAN, JASON L | 3726 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18434543 | SELECTIVE STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND SIGNAL PARAMETERS FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS | GEDEON, BRIAN T | 3796 | §102Other | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18498765 | Assessment and Management of Adverse Event Risks in Mechanical Circulatory Support Patients | BAYS, PAMELA M | 3796 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18268276 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEAT MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS | NORRIS, JEREMY C | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2023 |
| 18154417 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR CATHETER PUMP | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2023 |
| 18088019 | FILTER FOR PARTICLES IN CATHETER PUMP SYSTEM | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 131d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialTC1 LLC has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 13 examiners.
Michael J Lau has the most, with 2 of TC1 LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
