Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Telebrands Corp. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are split between 2 distinct examiners across a matching number of art units. This distribution indicates that the company's current patenting efforts are being reviewed by multiple specialized groups within the USPTO.
ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C is the busiest examiner for the company. This examiner is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action, which is a portion of the 2 pending office actions in the portfolio. Having multiple examiners and art units involved in the prosecution process requires the applicant to manage diverse examiner relationships and tailor their arguments to different technical standards.
Practitioners should be aware that the involvement of multiple art units may lead to different perspectives on patentability across the portfolio. The alignment of the technology area with the assigned art units suggests that the applications are being reviewed by experts in medical devices and mechanical engineering. Success in this environment requires a precise technical response that addresses the specific prior art and standards common to each art unit.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | 1 | 69.6% | +40.0% |
| HO, ANNA THI | 1 | 39.3% | +34.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18111436 | ADJUSTABLE HANDLE | HO, ANNA THI | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18326336 | Expandable and contractible garden hose | ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | — |
| 18111436 | ADJUSTABLE HANDLE | HO, ANNA THI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18326336 | Expandable and contractible garden hose | ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | 3746 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18111436 | ADJUSTABLE HANDLE | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTelebrands Corp. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Nathan C Zollinger has the most, with 1 of Telebrands Corp.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
