Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hyperice Ip Subco LLC has 8 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending matter is being evaluated by a different individual. The portfolio spans 4 distinct art units, showing that the company's mechanical and medical innovations are being evaluated by several different specialized teams at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the company is ALBERS, KEVIN S, who is responsible for 1 pending case. This distribution suggests that no single examiner has a disproportionate impact on the overall portfolio, as the 8 pending office actions are spread widely. Practitioners must manage a variety of examination styles and art unit cultures, given that the 4 distinct art units likely have varying allowance rates and procedural tendencies.
The presence of 8 distinct examiners for 8 pending office actions indicates that the company's prosecution strategy must be highly adaptable. There is no central examiner figure to influence the majority of the outcomes, which may reduce the risk of a single biased perspective affecting the entire portfolio. The 4 distinct art units involved suggest that the company's innovations are being reviewed by several different specialized groups, requiring a nuanced approach to each technical sub-field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALBERS, KEVIN S | 1 | 25.4% | +50.4% |
| CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 1 | 52.2% | +66.9% |
| HURLEY, SHAUN R | 1 | 77.6% | +17.7% |
| BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 1 | 58.5% | +59.0% |
| WOLFF, ARIELLE R | 1 | 46.3% | +34.7% |
| AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | 1 | 43.7% | +16.3% |
| EKRAMI, YASAMIN | 1 | 41.6% | +46.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17384501 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING INELASTIC COMPONENTS TO A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL TO APPLY COMPRESSIVE AND THERMAL THERAPY | AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | 72d overdue |
| 18452274 | Percussive Massage Device | HURLEY, SHAUN R | 8d overdue |
| 18932123 | VIBRATING ROLLER WITH INTEGRATED THERAPY ELEMENTS | ALBERS, KEVIN S | — |
| 18466702 | MASSAGE DEVICE HAVING VARIABLE STROKE LENGTH | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | — |
| 16525407 | WEARABLE TEMPERATURE THERAPY SYSTEM AND METHOD | EKRAMI, YASAMIN | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17972421 | PERCUSSIVE MASSAGE DEVICE WITH SELECTABLE STROKE LENGTH | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 105d overdue |
| 17727084 | PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WOLFF, ARIELLE R | 74d overdue |
| 17384501 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING INELASTIC COMPONENTS TO A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL TO APPLY COMPRESSIVE AND THERMAL THERAPY | AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | 72d overdue |
| 18452274 | Percussive Massage Device | HURLEY, SHAUN R | 8d overdue |
| 18932123 | VIBRATING ROLLER WITH INTEGRATED THERAPY ELEMENTS | ALBERS, KEVIN S | — |
| 18466702 | MASSAGE DEVICE HAVING VARIABLE STROKE LENGTH | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | — |
| 16525407 | WEARABLE TEMPERATURE THERAPY SYSTEM AND METHOD | EKRAMI, YASAMIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 3 |
| 3794 | 2 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18932123 | VIBRATING ROLLER WITH INTEGRATED THERAPY ELEMENTS | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 3786 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18466702 | MASSAGE DEVICE HAVING VARIABLE STROKE LENGTH | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 3785 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18452274 | Percussive Massage Device | HURLEY, SHAUN R | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 17972421 | PERCUSSIVE MASSAGE DEVICE WITH SELECTABLE STROKE LENGTH | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 105d overdue | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
| 17727084 | PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WOLFF, ARIELLE R | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 74d overdue | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 17384501 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING INELASTIC COMPONENTS TO A FLEXIBLE MATERIAL TO APPLY COMPRESSIVE AND THERMAL THERAPY | AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | Jul 23, 2021 |
| 16525407 | WEARABLE TEMPERATURE THERAPY SYSTEM AND METHOD | EKRAMI, YASAMIN | 3794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialHyperice Ip Subco LLC has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 7 examiners.
Kevin S Albers has the most, with 1 of Hyperice Ip Subco LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
