Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hydrafacial LLC has 10 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters span 9 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating high examiner dispersion within a more limited set of technical groupings.
STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Since most matters are handled by different examiners, counsel may benefit from centralizing claim themes and response practices while preserving examiner-specific analysis.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (10%) |
| §103 only | 4 (40%) |
| §102 only | 2 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (10%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (10%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 2 | 75.6% | +14.9% |
| CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P | 1 | 62.0% | +22.3% |
| SU, SUSAN SHAN | 1 | 72.0% | +23.7% |
| RASSAVONG, ERIC | 1 | 70.7% | +35.4% |
| ROANE, AARON F | 1 | 73.4% | +9.8% |
| ARBLE, JESSICA R | 1 | 66.6% | +25.0% |
| KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 1 | 62.9% | +27.3% |
| AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | 1 | 43.7% | +16.3% |
| SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 1 | 65.6% | +38.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19031277 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SCALP HEALTH | SU, SUSAN SHAN | — |
| 19031102 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SKIN TREATMENT | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18035723 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING THE SKIN | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 85d overdue |
| 16363310 | SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING NEEDLES | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 75d |
| 19054667 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING THE SKIN | CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P | — |
| 19031277 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SCALP HEALTH | SU, SUSAN SHAN | — |
| 19031009 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING SKIN | RASSAVONG, ERIC | — |
| 19031102 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SKIN TREATMENT | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
| 18984829 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SKIN TREATMENT | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
| 18393501 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SKIN TREATMENT | ARBLE, JESSICA R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 7 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19054667 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING THE SKIN | CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P | 3781 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19031277 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SCALP HEALTH | SU, SUSAN SHAN | 3781 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19031009 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING SKIN | RASSAVONG, ERIC | 3781 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19031267 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING THE SKIN | ROANE, AARON F | 3792 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19031102 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SKIN TREATMENT | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18984829 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SKIN TREATMENT | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18393501 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SKIN TREATMENT | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 3781 | §102DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18035723 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING THE SKIN | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 85d overdue | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 17952676 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING THE SKIN | AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 16363310 | SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING NEEDLES | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Mar 25, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialHydrafacial LLC has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 9 examiners.
Jacqueline F Stephens has the most, with 2 of Hydrafacial LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
