Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Alpheus Medical, Inc. currently has 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This suggests some overlap in the personnel reviewing the company's applications, as the number of actions exceeds the number of examiners.
NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC is the busiest examiner for Alpheus Medical, Inc., managing 2 pending office actions. This means that one examiner is responsible for a portion of the 5 pending office actions. The 3 distinct art units involved indicate that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings are concentrated in a few specialized groups. With 4 distinct examiners for 5 pending office actions, there is a moderate level of examiner variety. Practitioners should focus on the 3 distinct art units to understand the technical standards being applied, while also noting that NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC has a significant influence on the portfolio's overall progress across their 2 pending office actions. This concentration under one of the 4 distinct examiners may allow for a more unified strategy in those specific cases.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 2 | 52.7% | +40.8% |
| DAVIS, AMELIE R | 1 | 65.1% | +33.2% |
| ZHANG, LEI | 1 | 13.3% | +100.0% |
| FLICK, JASON E | 1 | 80.5% | +13.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18648807 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING ACOUSTIC WAVES FOR NON-INVASIVE SONODYNAMIC THERAPY | FLICK, JASON E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19320368 | METHODS OF SONODYNAMIC TREATMENT USING ULTRASOUND | DAVIS, AMELIE R | — |
| 18868081 | ULTRASOUND ARRAYS FOR ENHANCED TISSUE THERAPY | ZHANG, LEI | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18215515 | ULTRASOUND ARRAYS FOR ENHANCED SONODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR TREATING CANCER | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 1d overdue |
| 19343971 | ULTRASOUND ARRAYS FOR ENHANCED SONODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR TREATING CANCER | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | — |
| 19320368 | METHODS OF SONODYNAMIC TREATMENT USING ULTRASOUND | DAVIS, AMELIE R | — |
| 18868081 | ULTRASOUND ARRAYS FOR ENHANCED TISSUE THERAPY | ZHANG, LEI | — |
| 18648807 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING ACOUSTIC WAVES FOR NON-INVASIVE SONODYNAMIC THERAPY | FLICK, JASON E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 2 |
| 3798 | 2 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19343971 | ULTRASOUND ARRAYS FOR ENHANCED SONODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR TREATING CANCER | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 3797 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19320368 | METHODS OF SONODYNAMIC TREATMENT USING ULTRASOUND | DAVIS, AMELIE R | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 18868081 | ULTRASOUND ARRAYS FOR ENHANCED TISSUE THERAPY | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18648807 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING ACOUSTIC WAVES FOR NON-INVASIVE SONODYNAMIC THERAPY | FLICK, JASON E | 3783 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18215515 | ULTRASOUND ARRAYS FOR ENHANCED SONODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR TREATING CANCER | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 3797 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAlpheus Medical, Inc. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Hien Ngoc Nguyen has the most, with 2 of Alpheus Medical, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
