Technology areas: Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zorday Ip LLC is currently managing 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's innovations cover multiple specialized sub-sectors within the mechanical field. The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners, which provides a variety of perspectives from the patent office. This distribution across 2 distinct art units indicates the technical scope of the portfolio.
KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Since the 3 pending office actions are split among the distinct examiners, the workload is distributed across the art units. This distribution means that each of the 3 distinct examiners is responsible for a unique portion of the portfolio. Practitioners should be prepared to address the specific requirements of the examiners while navigating the 2 distinct art units involved in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The 1 pending office action assigned to KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH requires a targeted strategy based on that examiner's history. Coordinating between the distinct art units is necessary to ensure consistent prosecution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | 1 | 66.7% | +37.2% |
| SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 1 | 52.5% | +58.2% |
| WILCOX, JAMES J | 1 | 70.0% | +61.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18927264 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT VAPORIZERS | KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18396441 | NETWORK-ENABLED ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | WILCOX, JAMES J | 140d overdue |
| 18927264 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT VAPORIZERS | KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | — |
| 18905999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND MEDICATION DELIVERY | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 2 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18927264 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT VAPORIZERS | KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18905999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND MEDICATION DELIVERY | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 3785 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18396441 | NETWORK-ENABLED ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | WILCOX, JAMES J | 2439 | DP | Non-Final OA | 140d overdue | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialZorday Ip LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Brian Thai-Binh Khong has the most, with 1 of Zorday Ip LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
