Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

MASIMO Corporation

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

50 pending office actions • 17 art units • 40 examiners • 0 of 50 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

MASIMO Corporation has 49 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio includes 39 distinct examiners and 16 distinct art units, showing substantial examiner dispersion alongside recurring activity in a more concentrated set of technical units.

LIU, CHU CHUAN is the busiest examiner, with 5 pending matters. This repeated assignment merits examiner-specific analysis, but counsel should also coordinate positions across the broader art-unit structure to manage recurring medical-device issues.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

50
Total Pending OAs
34
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

23
Hard (46%)
20
Medium (40%)
7
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (4%)
§101 + other9 (18%)
§103 only16 (32%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting only6 (12%)
Double-patenting + other4 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (24%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
2% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
6
Communications
12% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
40
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
1
Business / Other
2% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

500 h
Manual time on pending OAs
100 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
175 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, CHU CHUAN 5 71.3% +14.9%
WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 3 79.3% +13.8%
FARDANESH, MARJAN 3 72.6% +19.0%
JIANG, YONG HANG 2 61.5% +20.6%
MUSTANSIR, ABID A 2 78.3% +10.7%
PARK, EVELYN GRACE 1 51.6% +40.5%
BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 1 62.8% +24.3%
SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. 1 30.3% +29.7%
HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R 1 82.4% +14.0%
BRUCE, FAROUK A 1 49.1% +38.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19174212 REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R —

Hard Cases (23)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18528600 CLIP-ON OPTICAL OR ECG LIGHT BASED PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW 46d overdue
18464181 WEARABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM 42d overdue
17816869 MULTIPLE MEASUREMENT MODE IN A PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR AUGER, NOAH ANDREW 8d
17651554 WELLNESS ANALYSIS SYSTEM HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 15d
18584550 PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS WALKER, OLIVIA 20d
17671278 FLUID TITRATION SYSTEM KOO, BENJAMIN K 28d
18584891 WEARABLE MONITORING DEVICE MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN 29d
18651153 ACOUSTIC RESPIRATORY MONITORING SENSOR WITH PROBE-OFF DETECTION STEINBERG, AMANDA L 35d

Interview Candidates (20)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18595168 MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEM JIANG, YONG HANG 32d overdue
18803387 MEDICAL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL TRANSLATOR JIANG, YONG HANG 6d
19273853 HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM FOR LIMITING THE SPREAD OF AN INFECTION PARK, EVELYN GRACE —
19180882 ELECTRONIC DEVICE NETWORK WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O —
19174715 PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DATA INTEGRATION SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. —
19174212 REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R —
19092862 CONTINUOUS NONINVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT BRUCE, FAROUK A —
19029990 MULTI-SITE NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER LIU, CHU CHUAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 21
3792 6
3796 4
2689 3
2685 2
3785 2
3684 1
3797 1
2688 1
2858 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19273853 HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM FOR LIMITING THE SPREAD OF AN INFECTION PARK, EVELYN GRACE 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2025
19180882 ELECTRONIC DEVICE NETWORK WITHIN AN ENVIRONMENT BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 2685 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2025
19174715 PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DATA INTEGRATION SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. 3684 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19174212 REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R 2689 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19092862 CONTINUOUS NONINVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT BRUCE, FAROUK A 3797 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19060504 MONITORING A HEMODYNAMIC STATUS OF A PATIENT PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2025
19030899 BIDIRECTIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY WEARE, MEREDITH H 3791 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19029990 MULTI-SITE NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER LIU, CHU CHUAN — §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19025501 CORE BODY TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT ROBERTS, ANNA L 3791 §102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19014104 ROBUST FRACTIONAL SATURATION DETERMINATION WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 3791 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2025
18987619 SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING MEDICAL MONITORING DATA HAILE, BENYAM 2688 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18979259 TOTAL HEMOGLOBIN SCREENING SENSOR FARDANESH, MARJAN 3791 §102DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18975845 FOLD FLEX CIRCUIT FOR LNOP MORALES, JON ERIC C 3796 §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18963166 MOBILE PATIENT ALARM DISPLAY PREVIL, DANIEL 2685 DP Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2024
18944506 HYPERSATURATION INDEX WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 3791 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18929360 TISSUE PROFILE WELLNESS MONITOR WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 3791 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18911870 HAEMODYNAMIC MONITOR WITH IMPROVED FILTERING KRETZER, KYLE W. 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18901533 SOFT BOOT PULSE OXIMETRY SENSOR LIU, CHU CHUAN 3791 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18883261 VEHICLE OPERATION WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING SCHINDLER, DAVID M 2858 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18882092 USER-WORN DEVICE FOR NONINVASIVELY MEASURING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF A USER LIU, CHU CHUAN 3791 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 11, 2024
18803387 MEDICAL COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL TRANSLATOR JIANG, YONG HANG 2689 §103Other Final Rejection 6d Pending Aug 13, 2024
18787964 ASSISTIVE CAPNOGRAPHY DEVICE MURPHY, VICTORIA 3785 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18780258 MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING 3792 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 22, 2024
18765634 LOW NOISE OXIMETRY CABLE LIU, CHU CHUAN 3791 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Jul 08, 2024
18750980 REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS BARR, MARY EVANGELINE 3682 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18667442 PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE FARDANESH, MARJAN 3791 DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2024
18662172 WEARABLE DEVICE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS MONITORING MUSTANSIR, ABID A 3791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18651153 ACOUSTIC RESPIRATORY MONITORING SENSOR WITH PROBE-OFF DETECTION STEINBERG, AMANDA L 3792 §101§112 Final Rejection 35d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18626915 RESPIRATION PROCESSOR JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 3791 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2024
18625126 OPIOID OVERDOSE DETECTION USING PATTERN RECOGNITION LIU, CHU CHUAN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 02, 2024
18606807 WIRELESS PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 3792 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18595899 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING A STABLE OPTICAL INTERFACE FARDANESH, MARJAN 3791 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2024
18595168 MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEM JIANG, YONG HANG 2689 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18584891 WEARABLE MONITORING DEVICE MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN 3792 §102§103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Feb 22, 2024
18584550 PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS WALKER, OLIVIA 3796 §102§112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Feb 22, 2024
18535816 FOOT WORN PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING SAME MUSTANSIR, ABID A 3791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2023
18530852 INTELLIGENT MEDICAL ESCALATION PROCESS RAHMAN, SHAH M 2413 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 06, 2023
18528600 CLIP-ON OPTICAL OR ECG LIGHT BASED PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW 3791 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18464181 WEARABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM 3792 §102§103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18448834 WEARABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DEVICE HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18365030 PERMISSION-BASED TRANSFERRING OF WIRELESS PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 03, 2023
18342286 PATIENT POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM WOO, JAE KYUN 3795 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18177418 Headgear Assembly for Securing a Fluid Tube LEDERER, SARAH B 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 02, 2023
17816869 MULTIPLE MEASUREMENT MODE IN A PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR AUGER, NOAH ANDREW 1687 §101§103§112Other Final Rejection 8d Pending Aug 02, 2022
17657933 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM DEVICE CHA, CASEY GEORGE 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2022
17651554 WELLNESS ANALYSIS SYSTEM HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 3796 §101 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Feb 17, 2022
17671278 FLUID TITRATION SYSTEM KOO, BENJAMIN K 3783 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 14, 2022
17518010 PNEUMONIA SCREENER NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Nov 03, 2021
17233206 PHYSIOLOGICAL ACOUSTIC MONITORING SYSTEM SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3791 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 16, 2021
16594803 PATIENT DATABASE ANALYTICS NGUYEN, TRAN N 3685 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 07, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does MASIMO Corporation have?

MASIMO Corporation has 50 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 17 art units and 40 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most MASIMO Corporation applications?

Chu Chuan Liu has the most, with 5 of MASIMO Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are MASIMO Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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