Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
37 pending office actions • 10 art units • 34 examiners • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days
NIHON KOHDEN Corporation manages 37 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed across 34 distinct examiners, indicating that most examiners are handling a single application. MousSA Maher Haddad is the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 2 pending office actions.
The company's prosecution efforts are concentrated within 10 distinct art units. With 37 pending office actions spread across 10 distinct art units, there is a significant amount of activity within each unit. This concentration suggests that the company's medical device innovations fall into a relatively narrow set of technical categories.
The use of 34 distinct examiners across 10 distinct art units means that while the company interacts with many individuals, it does so within a limited number of supervisory environments. Moussa Maher Haddad's 2 pending office actions represent one of the few instances of examiner overlap. Practitioners should be aware that the 37 pending office actions will likely face a variety of individual examiner preferences within the 10 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 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. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 14 (38%) |
| §103 only | 12 (32%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (24%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 2 | 27.3% | +33.9% |
| AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A | 2 | 26.7% | +29.5% |
| LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | 2 | 65.4% | +30.1% |
| MCDONALD, JAMES F | 1 | 59.1% | +42.8% |
| LI, JOHN DENNY | 1 | 63.2% | +48.4% |
| MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 1 | 31.6% | +63.1% |
| WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 1 | 68.0% | +28.7% |
| ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | 1 | — | — |
| EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 22.8% | +36.9% |
| HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | 1 | 53.5% | +61.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18501255 | VITAL SIGN OBTAINING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VITAL SIGN OBTAINING SYSTEM | PATEL, OM | 66d overdue |
| 17754154 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 46d overdue |
| 18517711 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CATTUNGAL, SANJAY | 30d overdue |
| 18587199 | PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A | 4d overdue |
| 18436849 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER, CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 1d overdue |
| 18897140 | MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | 22d |
| 17915032 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 27d |
| 17806631 | VENOUS PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND VENOUS PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 27d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18587199 | PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A | 4d overdue |
| 18897140 | MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | 22d |
| 17915032 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 27d |
| 18897717 | MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE | EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 84d |
| 19152753 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | MCDONALD, JAMES F | — |
| 19175024 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | — |
| 19068898 | MEDICAL SENSOR, AND SENSOR SUPPORTING MEMBER | LI, JOHN DENNY | — |
| 19068531 | MEDICAL SENSOR, AND SENSOR SUPPORTING MEMBER | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 9 |
| 3796 | 7 |
| 3792 | 3 |
| 3797 | 2 |
| 3683 | 2 |
| 3798 | 2 |
| 3686 | 2 |
| 3785 | 2 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 1687 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19152753 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | MCDONALD, JAMES F | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19175024 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19068898 | MEDICAL SENSOR, AND SENSOR SUPPORTING MEMBER | LI, JOHN DENNY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19068531 | MEDICAL SENSOR, AND SENSOR SUPPORTING MEMBER | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 18880810 | STIMULATING SYSTEM, STIMULATION ELECTRODE UNIT, RELAY CABLE, AND STIMULATION CONTROL DEVICE | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18974356 | DEFIBRILLATOR | ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | 3792 | §101§102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18897717 | MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE | EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 3683 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18897140 | MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | 3682 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18828369 | PREDICTION DEVICE, METHOD OF GENERATING PREDICTION MODEL, AND COMPUTING DEVICE | BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | 3798 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18790718 | BONE CONDUCTION HEARING-AID SYSTEM | REDDY, SUNITA | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18833736 | DEFIBRILLATOR AND DEFIBRILLATOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 3796 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18769661 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 3683 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18721070 | AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR | JAHAN, ISRAT | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18662571 | MUSCLE RELAXATION MONITORING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18624815 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS METHOD | HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | 3792 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18587199 | PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A | 3686 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18436849 | SPHYGMOMANOMETER, CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18397890 | DISPLAY DATA GENERATION DEVICE, DISPLAY DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | WARSI, YASMEEN S | 3791 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18532532 | CANNULA | ZHANG, TINA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18517711 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CATTUNGAL, SANJAY | 3798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18501255 | VITAL SIGN OBTAINING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VITAL SIGN OBTAINING SYSTEM | PATEL, OM | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18498532 | PROCESSING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PREDICTION MODEL | AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A | 3686 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18282742 | CIRCULATING BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION APPARATUS, CIRCULATING BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION PROGRAM, AND CIRCULATING BLOOD VOLUME DETERMINATION METHOD | XU, JUSTIN | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18460222 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | BAVA, JANKI MAHESH | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18169400 | SENSOR ATTACHMENT SYSTEM, RESPIRATORY GAS SENSOR, AND COMPATIBLE AIRWAY ADAPTOR | TOTH, KAREN E | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2023 |
| 18158840 | DEFIBRILLATOR | WALKER, OLIVIA | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 51d overdue | Pending | Jan 24, 2023 |
| 18008129 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR NOTIFICATION ABOUT ACTIVATION OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 18008118 | AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR AND METHOD FOR NOTIFICATION ABOUT ABNORMALITY OF AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 17915032 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 3796 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Sep 27, 2022 |
| 17901032 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM | 1687 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2022 |
| 17806631 | VENOUS PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND VENOUS PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD | BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
| 17754154 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | CHANG, THOMAS ZHU | 3785 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Mar 25, 2022 |
| 17650104 | AIRWAY ADAPTER | CALLISON, KEIRA EILEEN | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 57d | Pending | Feb 07, 2022 |
| 17529614 | INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | TRAN, THO Q | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2021 |
| 17441454 | PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, ARRHYTHMIA ANALYSIS SYSTEM, ARRHYTHMIA ANALYSIS METHOD, AND ARRHYTHMIA ANALYSIS PROGRAM | BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2021 |
| 17430629 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM WAVEFORM ANALYSIS APPARATUS | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 3796 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2021 |
| 17424652 | PATIENT MONITOR AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2021 |
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