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
Vivonic GmbH currently has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is being reviewed within 1 distinct art unit. The company's focus on medical devices and mechanical engineering is reflected in this concentrated examination environment. The presence of only 1 pending matter indicates a streamlined prosecution phase for the company's current patent filings.
The portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner, ensuring a single point of contact for the current prosecution. TSANG, HENRY is the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. This examiner is responsible for the company's entire current pending workload at the patent office. This concentration of 1 pending office action under 1 distinct examiner in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field allows for a very focused legal strategy.
Because TSANG, HENRY is the sole examiner, his specific history and preferences will determine the success of the 1 busiest examiner pending action. This lack of examiner diversity reduces the complexity of managing the portfolio's current active matters. Practitioners can focus their resources on addressing the specific concerns of this 1 distinct examiner within the 1 distinct art unit. This targeted approach is essential for resolving the current 1 pending office action efficiently.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSANG, HENRY | 1 | 80.1% | +17.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18714100 | IT ARCHITECTURE FOR BLOOD TREATMENT SYSTEMS | TSANG, HENRY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18714100 | IT ARCHITECTURE FOR BLOOD TREATMENT SYSTEMS | TSANG, HENRY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18714100 | IT ARCHITECTURE FOR BLOOD TREATMENT SYSTEMS | TSANG, HENRY | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVivonic GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Henry Tsang has the most, with 1 of Vivonic GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
