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
Technology Applications Inc. currently faces 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to examiner DUONG, THO V, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending case. The company's current prosecution activity is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests a singular focus in their mechanical engineering developments.
Practitioners must tailor their approach specifically to the preferences of this examiner. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate patent outcomes depend entirely on the individual discretion of DUONG, THO V. This lack of examiner diversity means the prosecution strategy must be precisely tailored to the specific requirements of the assigned art unit. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's research and development in this area is highly specialized. Success in this pending action will require a thorough understanding of the specific examination standards applied within this technical group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18622652 | STACKED GRAPHITE HEAT EXCHANGER | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18622652 | STACKED GRAPHITE HEAT EXCHANGER | DUONG, THO V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18622652 | STACKED GRAPHITE HEAT EXCHANGER | DUONG, THO V | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialTechnology Applications Inc. 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 Technology Applications Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
