Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Zhejiang Shuyou Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd.

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 • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Zhejiang Shuyou Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, DANG, ANH TIEU, within 1 distinct art unit. This represents a narrow and focused prosecution profile, with all current activity centered on one application. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the success of the company's current prosecution depends entirely on this single relationship.

DANG, ANH TIEU is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding the 1 pending office action. Practitioners should focus on the specific precedents and preferences of this examiner to move the pending action toward allowance. The presence of only 1 pending office action means that any delay or advancement in this case significantly impacts the overall timeline for the portfolio. Counsel must navigate the specific standards of the 1 distinct art unit without the benefit of comparing results across other pending applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DANG, ANH TIEU 1 65.7% +34.8%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19266113 MULTIFUNCTIONAL INTEGRATED SURGICAL FORCEPS DANG, ANH TIEU —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19266113 MULTIFUNCTIONAL INTEGRATED SURGICAL FORCEPS DANG, ANH TIEU —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3771 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19266113 MULTIFUNCTIONAL INTEGRATED SURGICAL FORCEPS DANG, ANH TIEU 3771 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Zhejiang Shuyou Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd. have?

Zhejiang Shuyou Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Zhejiang Shuyou Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd. applications?

Anh Tieu Dang has the most, with 1 of Zhejiang Shuyou Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Zhejiang Shuyou Surgical Instrument Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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