Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Van Hoven Pc (Cambridge Mech. Ltd.)

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (67%)
2
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
§112 only2 (33%)

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
4
Semiconductors
67% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PHAN, MINH Q 2 75.8% -4.9%
ALMAWRI, MAGED M 1 74.7% +22.8%
MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E 1 83.0% +11.7%
AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY 1 79.7% +17.6%
PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 1 53.6% +56.7%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18279114 SMA ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E 36d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18279114 SMA ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E 36d overdue
17927310 ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY 30d
17634452 CONTROL DEVICES AND METHODS PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 33d
18286188 SMA ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY ALMAWRI, MAGED M 39d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28523
28341
37461
37811

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18286188 SMA ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY Cambridge Mechatronics Limited ALMAWRI, MAGED M 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18279114 SMA ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY Cambridge Mechatronics Limited MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E 2852 §112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
17927310 ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY Cambridge Mechatronics Limited AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY 3746 §112 Final Rejection 30d Pending Nov 22, 2022
17919027 ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY Cambridge Mechatronics Limited PHAN, MINH Q 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 14, 2022
17634452 CONTROL DEVICES AND METHODS Cambridge Mechatronics Limited PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 3781 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Feb 10, 2022
16611088 SMA ACTUATOR WITH POSITION SENSORS Cambridge Mechatronics Limited PHAN, MINH Q 2852 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2019

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