Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Transonic Systems Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions involve 2 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while different examiners are reviewing the work, they are all part of the same specialized technical group.
DEAK, LESLIE R is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners handling the 2 pending office actions, the company must account for different individual review styles within the 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates a focused technical area with multiple points of examiner contact.
The presence of 2 pending office actions within 1 distinct art unit allows for technical consistency in prosecution. However, the involvement of 2 distinct examiners means that the company cannot rely on a single relationship at the USPTO. Practitioners should monitor how each of the 2 distinct examiners interprets the technology within the shared art unit to ensure a cohesive strategy for the 2 pending office actions.
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 only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEAK, LESLIE R | 1 | 75.4% | +17.8% |
| KLEIN, BENJAMIN JACOB | 1 | 78.2% | +20.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18135257 | CALCULATING CARDIAC OUTPUT OF A PATIENT UNDERGOING VENO-VENOUS EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD OXYGENATION | DEAK, LESLIE R | — |
| 17387391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING DISRUPTION OF A FLUID CONNECTION BETWEEN AN EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCUIT AND A PATIENT CIRCULATORY SYSTEM | KLEIN, BENJAMIN JACOB | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18135257 | CALCULATING CARDIAC OUTPUT OF A PATIENT UNDERGOING VENO-VENOUS EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD OXYGENATION | DEAK, LESLIE R | — |
| 17387391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING DISRUPTION OF A FLUID CONNECTION BETWEEN AN EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCUIT AND A PATIENT CIRCULATORY SYSTEM | KLEIN, BENJAMIN JACOB | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3700 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18135257 | CALCULATING CARDIAC OUTPUT OF A PATIENT UNDERGOING VENO-VENOUS EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD OXYGENATION | DEAK, LESLIE R | 3700 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
| 17387391 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING DISRUPTION OF A FLUID CONNECTION BETWEEN AN EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCUIT AND A PATIENT CIRCULATORY SYSTEM | KLEIN, BENJAMIN JACOB | 3700 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialTransonic Systems Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Leslie R Deak has the most, with 1 of Transonic Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
