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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. Matthew Thomas Largi is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing the 1 pending office action. The company's current prosecution activity is limited to this single point of examination.
The 1 pending office action represents the current workload in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the examination is confined to a specific technical group. Matthew Thomas Largi handles the 1 pending office action, making him the primary point of contact for the company's active matters. This concentration means that the prosecution results are tied to the findings of this single examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 1 | 77.0% | +15.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19105983 | HEATING ELEMENT HAVING AN INTEGRATED ELECTRODE | LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19105983 | HEATING ELEMENT HAVING AN INTEGRATED ELECTRODE | LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 3746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialTenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Matthew Thomas Largi has the most, with 1 of Tenneco Automotive Operating Company LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
