Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Hyivy Health Inc. manages 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These filings are split between 2 distinct examiners, showing a distributed workload for the company. This variety can provide multiple opportunities for patent allowance within the same technology sector, as each examiner may have a different perspective on the novelty and non-obviousness of the claims. Such a distribution ensures that the company's progress is not overly dependent on the views of a specific official.
The portfolio is active in distinct art units, reflecting a variety of technical focuses within its medical device innovations. HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA, is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. The prosecution team must tailor its responses to the specific feedback provided by each examiner to ensure a successful outcome for both applications. Practitioners should monitor the progress of each case to identify any emerging patterns in examiner feedback that could impact the company's broader intellectual property strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA | 1 | 43.2% | +79.8% |
| BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 1 | 20.0% | +63.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17549538 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PELVIC FLOOR REHABILITATION | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 31d overdue |
| 18428831 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PELVIC FLOOR REHABILITATION | HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17549538 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PELVIC FLOOR REHABILITATION | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 31d overdue |
| 18428831 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PELVIC FLOOR REHABILITATION | HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18428831 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PELVIC FLOOR REHABILITATION | HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA | 3785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 17549538 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR PELVIC FLOOR REHABILITATION | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Dec 13, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialHyivy Health Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Gwynneth Linnea Howell has the most, with 1 of Hyivy Health Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
