Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 4 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
TC1 LLC has 13 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 13 actions are handled by 13 distinct examiners, indicating a unique examiner for every pending matter. Despite this examiner diversity, the workload is concentrated within only 3 distinct art units. DINH, PHUONG K is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The ratio of 13 examiners to 3 distinct art units suggests that while the technical focus is narrow, the prosecution experience will be varied due to the number of individual examiners involved.
The concentration of 13 pending office actions within just 3 distinct art units is a feature of this portfolio. It implies that the company's innovations are tightly clustered within specific technical niches of Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. However, the use of 13 distinct examiners means that the applicant cannot rely on a single relationship to move the portfolio forward. Since DINH, PHUONG K is the busiest examiner with only 1 pending action, every case is essentially being reviewed by a different person. This requires the practitioner to develop 13 separate examiner-specific strategies while maintaining a consistent technical narrative across the 3 distinct art units. The lack of examiner overlap across the 13 actions makes the role of the art unit's supervisory patent examiners potentially more significant.
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 (8%) |
| §103 only | 5 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (31%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DINH, PHUONG K | 1 | 87.3% | +9.0% |
| LAU, MICHAEL J | 1 | 72.0% | +23.4% |
| DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 1 | 87.4% | +15.2% |
| MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 1 | 78.2% | +9.6% |
| DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 1 | 80.8% | +8.6% |
| SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | 1 | 83.4% | +20.3% |
| HARRIS, WESLEY G | 1 | 73.3% | +22.0% |
| VAUGHAN, JASON L | 1 | 78.7% | +20.3% |
| GEDEON, BRIAN T | 1 | 86.9% | +7.2% |
| EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 1 | 85.1% | +15.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18431097 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR CATHETER PUMP | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 26d overdue |
| 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 | — |
| 18734980 | Communication Methods and Architecture for Heart Treatment Systems | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | — |
| 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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18088019 | FILTER FOR PARTICLES IN CATHETER PUMP SYSTEM | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 131d overdue |
| 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18431097 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR CATHETER PUMP | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 26d overdue |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 6 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | §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 |
| 18770398 | Systems and Methods for Inertial Sensing for VAD Diagnostics and Closed Loop Control | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 3792 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18734980 | Communication Methods and Architecture for Heart Treatment Systems | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 3796 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18712491 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS POWER RESONATORS WITH OPEN CORE | SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18663283 | FLUID SEALS FOR CATHETER PUMP MOTOR ASSEMBLY | HARRIS, WESLEY G | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 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 |
| 18431097 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY FOR CATHETER PUMP | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 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 |
| 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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