Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cionic Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 4 pending office actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners, meaning that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The prosecution involves 3 distinct art units, which reflects the technical variety of the company's medical and mechanical innovations. MA, CALVIN is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending action. This distribution indicates that the portfolio is not concentrated under any single examiner, as 4 distinct examiners are involved in the process.
The presence of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's patent applications are being reviewed by several different specialized technical groups within the medical device sector. With 4 distinct examiners, the company faces a high degree of variability in examiner behavior and interpretation. MA, CALVIN, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, handles only 1 of the 4 pending office actions. This decentralized prosecution landscape requires a coordinated legal strategy to manage the 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units effectively. The diversity of the 3 art units involved highlights the technical scope of Cionic Inc.'s current patenting efforts in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA, CALVIN | 1 | 76.1% | +13.0% |
| JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 1 | 87.4% | +7.3% |
| GEDEON, BRIAN T | 1 | 87.0% | +7.2% |
| DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | 1 | 52.0% | +14.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18943116 | ADAPTIVE STIMULATION ARRAY FOR MOTOR CONTROL | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | — |
| 18419180 | ADAPTIVE STIMULATION ARRAY CALIBRATION | GEDEON, BRIAN T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17411968 | ELECTRONICALLY ASSISTED CHEMICAL STIMULUS FOR SYMPTOM INTERVENTION | DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19405882 | IMPROVED MOBILITY BASED ON MACHINE-LEARNED MOVEMENT DETERMINATION | MA, CALVIN | — |
| 17411968 | ELECTRONICALLY ASSISTED CHEMICAL STIMULUS FOR SYMPTOM INTERVENTION | DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 2 |
| 2629 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19405882 | IMPROVED MOBILITY BASED ON MACHINE-LEARNED MOVEMENT DETERMINATION | MA, CALVIN | 2629 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2025 |
| 18943116 | ADAPTIVE STIMULATION ARRAY FOR MOTOR CONTROL | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18419180 | ADAPTIVE STIMULATION ARRAY CALIBRATION | GEDEON, BRIAN T | 3796 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 17411968 | ELECTRONICALLY ASSISTED CHEMICAL STIMULUS FOR SYMPTOM INTERVENTION | DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialCionic Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Calvin Ma has the most, with 1 of Cionic Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
