Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
21 pending office actions • 6 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 57 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ambu A/S manages 22 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 6 distinct art units, suggesting a focused technical scope with multiple applications in each unit. The company is currently engaging with 15 distinct examiners, which indicates that most examiners handle fewer than the 3 pending office actions assigned to WU, PAMELA F. This distribution indicates that while the technology is within a specific field, it is categorized into several specialized groups at the patent office.
WU, PAMELA F is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, overseeing 3 pending office actions. This concentration with a single examiner represents a notable portion of the company's active prosecution. The remaining pending office actions are spread among the other distinct examiners. The presence of 6 distinct art units indicates that practitioners can expect some consistency within specialized groups, even with 15 distinct examiners involved. However, the variety of examiners still requires a tailored approach for most cases. Navigating these 22 pending actions will involve balancing a focused strategy for the busiest examiner with individual approaches for the remaining distinct examiners across the 6 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 5 (24%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WU, PAMELA F | 3 | 57.6% | +22.5% |
| MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | 2 | 59.9% | +11.5% |
| STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE | 2 | 71.4% | -6.1% |
| LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 2 | 47.9% | +40.6% |
| ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL | 1 | 67.2% | +39.3% |
| HENDERSON, RYAN N | 1 | 63.9% | +18.7% |
| NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 1 | 78.0% | +13.2% |
| BARKER, DAYTON HYUN JIN | 1 | 71.4% | +40.0% |
| ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 1 | 50.4% | +27.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277312 | AUXILIARY COMPONENT FOR A MEDICAL VISUALISATION DEVICE | WU, PAMELA F | 72d overdue |
| 18219469 | BENDING SECTION FOR AN ENDOSCOPE | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 36d overdue |
| 18199782 | ENDOSCOPE COMPRISING A DISTAL TIP UNIT WITH A CAMERA MODULE | WU, PAMELA F | 23d overdue |
| 18746685 | ENDOSCOPE WITH WIRE PIPES FOR GUIDING STEERING WIRES | STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE | 41d |
| 19207056 | MEDICAL ELECTRODE | ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL | — |
| 19040609 | ENDOSCOPE TIP PART WITH UNIVERSAL CAMERA ASSEMBLY | MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | — |
| 19039385 | ENDOSCOPE WITH STEERING WIRE ASSEMBLY | MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18924586 | ENDOSCOPE COMPRISING A CLOT DISSECTING CHANNEL | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277312 | AUXILIARY COMPONENT FOR A MEDICAL VISUALISATION DEVICE | WU, PAMELA F | 72d overdue |
| 18219469 | BENDING SECTION FOR AN ENDOSCOPE | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 36d overdue |
| 18199782 | ENDOSCOPE COMPRISING A DISTAL TIP UNIT WITH A CAMERA MODULE | WU, PAMELA F | 23d overdue |
| 19207056 | MEDICAL ELECTRODE | ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL | — |
| 19040609 | ENDOSCOPE TIP PART WITH UNIVERSAL CAMERA ASSEMBLY | MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | — |
| 19039385 | ENDOSCOPE WITH STEERING WIRE ASSEMBLY | MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18935472 | SAMPLING DEVICE FOR THE USE WITH AN ENDOSCOPE | HENDERSON, RYAN N | — |
| 18924586 | ENDOSCOPE COMPRISING A CLOT DISSECTING CHANNEL | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 15 |
| 3797 | 2 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19207056 | MEDICAL ELECTRODE | ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19040609 | ENDOSCOPE TIP PART WITH UNIVERSAL CAMERA ASSEMBLY | MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | 3795 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19039385 | ENDOSCOPE WITH STEERING WIRE ASSEMBLY | MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18935472 | SAMPLING DEVICE FOR THE USE WITH AN ENDOSCOPE | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 3795 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2024 |
| 18924586 | ENDOSCOPE COMPRISING A CLOT DISSECTING CHANNEL | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18824592 | ENDOSCOPE WITH WIRE PIPES FOR GUIDING STEERING WIRES | STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE | 3795 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18747050 | ENDOSCOPE COMPRISING A Y-CONNECTOR WITH OFFSET SUCTION AND INSTRUMENT INSERTION CHANNELS | BARKER, DAYTON HYUN JIN | 3795 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18746685 | ENDOSCOPE WITH WIRE PIPES FOR GUIDING STEERING WIRES | STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE | 3795 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18742925 | ENDOSCOPE COMPRISING A FLUID PATHWAY SYSTEM | ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 3795 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18566694 | AN ENDOSCOPE | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 3795 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18387151 | ENDOSCOPE WITH CONTROL WHEEL AND VISUALIZATION SYSTEM | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18289610 | ENDOSCOPE WITH AN INSERTION CORD INCLUDING AN INTERSTITIAL LUMEN | WU, PAMELA F | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18373894 | ENDOSCOPE COMPRISING A FRICTION-REDUCING WORKING CHANNEL TUBE | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 1744 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18372862 | ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPY | MCDONALD, JAMES F | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18373006 | ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPY | POPESCU, GABRIEL VICTOR | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18277312 | AUXILIARY COMPONENT FOR A MEDICAL VISUALISATION DEVICE | WU, PAMELA F | 3795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18219469 | BENDING SECTION FOR AN ENDOSCOPE | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18267700 | AN ENDOSCOPE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | BOICE, JAMES EDWARD | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18207112 | VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18199782 | ENDOSCOPE COMPRISING A DISTAL TIP UNIT WITH A CAMERA MODULE | WU, PAMELA F | 3795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18027568 | MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING A TUBE | SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L | 3799 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAmbu A/S has 21 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 16 examiners.
Pamela F Wu has the most, with 3 of Ambu A/S's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
