Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 2 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Noah Medical Corporation has 9 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 7 distinct examiners. The portfolio is concentrated within 2 distinct art units. LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions.
The 7 distinct examiners provide a variety of perspectives, even though they are working within 2 art units. Practitioners should note that LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN handles 2 of the 9 actions, making his role more prominent than others. The focus on 2 art units suggests that the company's technology is concentrated in specific mechanical or medical niches.
Managing 9 actions across 7 examiners requires coordination to maintain consistency, especially since the actions are grouped in only 2 art units. The 2 art units represent the core technical focus of the current pending portfolio. Success in these units will be critical for the company's overall patent strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 2 | 47.9% | +40.6% |
| BOICE, JAMES EDWARD | 2 | 75.7% | +9.9% |
| SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 1 | 50.4% | +27.2% |
| WOO, JAE KYUN | 1 | 59.3% | +16.6% |
| SHENG, CHAO | 1 | 65.0% | +26.6% |
| HUYNH, AN SON PHI | 1 | 54.0% | +45.5% |
| STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE | 1 | 71.4% | -6.1% |
| WU, PAMELA F | 1 | 57.6% | +22.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19082739 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE BENDING SECTION | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | — |
| 19082681 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM UTILIZING TOMOSYNTHESIS AND AUGMENTED FLUOROSCOPY | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | — |
| 18971494 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC BRONCHOSCOPY NAVIGATION | WOO, JAE KYUN | — |
| 18738282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSE ESTIMATION OF IMAGING SYSTEM | SHENG, CHAO | — |
| 18652456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPE PROXIMAL END DESIGN | HUYNH, AN SON PHI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19082739 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE BENDING SECTION | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | — |
| 19082681 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM UTILIZING TOMOSYNTHESIS AND AUGMENTED FLUOROSCOPY | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | — |
| 18973406 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING VIEWING DIRECTION | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | — |
| 18971494 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC BRONCHOSCOPY NAVIGATION | WOO, JAE KYUN | — |
| 18738282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSE ESTIMATION OF IMAGING SYSTEM | SHENG, CHAO | — |
| 18652456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPE PROXIMAL END DESIGN | HUYNH, AN SON PHI | — |
| 17381105 | SINGLE USE DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED VISION CAPABILITIES | WU, PAMELA F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 9 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19082739 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE BENDING SECTION | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19082681 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM UTILIZING TOMOSYNTHESIS AND AUGMENTED FLUOROSCOPY | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 18973406 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING VIEWING DIRECTION | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18971494 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC BRONCHOSCOPY NAVIGATION | WOO, JAE KYUN | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18738282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSE ESTIMATION OF IMAGING SYSTEM | SHENG, CHAO | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18657531 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONSIVE INSERTION AND RETRACTION OF ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE | BOICE, JAMES EDWARD | 3795 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18652456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPE PROXIMAL END DESIGN | HUYNH, AN SON PHI | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18605303 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LASER-BASED MEDICAL DEVICE ILLUMINATION | STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18054810 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION | BOICE, JAMES EDWARD | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 87d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2022 |
| 17381105 | SINGLE USE DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED VISION CAPABILITIES | WU, PAMELA F | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialNoah Medical Corporation has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 8 examiners.
Timothy Tuan Luu has the most, with 2 of Noah Medical Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
