Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Noctrix Health, Inc. maintains 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's patent applications span multiple specialized groups within the patent office. This distribution requires the company to manage different examination standards across its 2 distinct examiners.
EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. This concentration means that 2 of the company's 3 pending office actions are being reviewed by this examiner. The remaining workload is handled by another of the 2 distinct examiners, providing variety in the prosecution experience.
The focus on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering suggests a portfolio centered on healthcare technologies. With the pending office actions, the company is in an active phase of its intellectual property development. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that while the technology area is consistent, the specific applications may involve different mechanical or medical sub-specialties.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 2 | 85.1% | +15.2% |
| LAU, MICHAEL J | 1 | 72.0% | +23.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18395057 | TRIGGERING PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR RLS OR PLMD BASED ON SLEEP-RELATED DATA | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 28d overdue |
| 18960396 | PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | — |
| 18702139 | REHYDRATABLE ELECTRODE FOR NEUROSTIMULATION | LAU, MICHAEL J | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18395057 | TRIGGERING PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR RLS OR PLMD BASED ON SLEEP-RELATED DATA | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 28d overdue |
| 18960396 | PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | — |
| 18702139 | REHYDRATABLE ELECTRODE FOR NEUROSTIMULATION | LAU, MICHAEL J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18960396 | PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18702139 | REHYDRATABLE ELECTRODE FOR NEUROSTIMULATION | LAU, MICHAEL J | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18395057 | TRIGGERING PERIPHERAL NERVE STIMULATION FOR RLS OR PLMD BASED ON SLEEP-RELATED DATA | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
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