Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nalu Medical Inc. has 5 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 5 examiners across 3 art units, and STICE, PAULA J is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action.
Each action has a distinct examiner, while several matters share art-unit coverage. Counsel should use centralized review to identify recurring device issues, but responses should remain tailored to each examination assignment and application.
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 (40%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STICE, PAULA J | 1 | 82.0% | +21.8% |
| PORTER, JR, GARY A | 1 | 68.9% | +25.0% |
| DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 1 | 87.3% | +16.1% |
| DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 1 | 81.1% | +8.8% |
| HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 1 | 49.2% | +40.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18976997 | STIMULATION APPARATUS | STICE, PAULA J | — |
| 18490419 | APPARATUS WITH SEQUENTIALLY IMPLANTED STIMULATORS | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | — |
| 18174557 | APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING CUSTOMIZED STIMULATION WAVEFORMS | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18969783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEUROMODULATION TREATMENTS OF PAIN AND OTHER CONDITIONS | PORTER, JR, GARY A | — |
| 17383985 | STIMULATION ENERGY SYSTEMS WITH CURRENT STEERING | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18976997 | STIMULATION APPARATUS | STICE, PAULA J | — |
| 18969783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEUROMODULATION TREATMENTS OF PAIN AND OTHER CONDITIONS | PORTER, JR, GARY A | — |
| 18490419 | APPARATUS WITH SEQUENTIALLY IMPLANTED STIMULATORS | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | — |
| 17383985 | STIMULATION ENERGY SYSTEMS WITH CURRENT STEERING | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 3 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18976997 | STIMULATION APPARATUS | STICE, PAULA J | 3796 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18969783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEUROMODULATION TREATMENTS OF PAIN AND OTHER CONDITIONS | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18490419 | APPARATUS WITH SEQUENTIALLY IMPLANTED STIMULATORS | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18174557 | APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING CUSTOMIZED STIMULATION WAVEFORMS | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 17383985 | STIMULATION ENERGY SYSTEMS WITH CURRENT STEERING | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 3700 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialNalu Medical Inc. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
Paula J Stice has the most, with 1 of Nalu Medical Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
