Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
NxStage Medical Inc. has 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows a higher concentration of cases per art unit compared to the number of examiners involved, suggesting that the company's technology is focused within a few specific administrative groups.
KOO, BENJAMIN K is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 2 pending office actions. This busiest examiner pending count of 2 accounts for 2 of the 4 pending office actions. The remaining actions are split among the other distinct examiners, indicating that KOO, BENJAMIN K is a primary point of contact for the company's current prosecution efforts. This concentration suggests that his specific examination style will significantly impact the overall success rate of the current portfolio.
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 | 3 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOO, BENJAMIN K | 2 | 57.3% | +49.7% |
| JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 1 | 62.1% | +27.5% |
| RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM | 1 | 33.3% | +45.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17702206 | Medicament Preparation Devices, Methods, and Systems | RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17836164 | Drain Electrical Devices, Methods, and Systems | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | — |
| 17778316 | Peritoneal Dialysis Systems, Devices, and Methods | KOO, BENJAMIN K | — |
| 17702206 | Medicament Preparation Devices, Methods, and Systems | RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM | — |
| 17695176 | Medicament Preparation Devices, Methods, and Systems | KOO, BENJAMIN K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 3 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17836164 | Drain Electrical Devices, Methods, and Systems | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2022 |
| 17778316 | Peritoneal Dialysis Systems, Devices, and Methods | KOO, BENJAMIN K | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2022 |
| 17702206 | Medicament Preparation Devices, Methods, and Systems | RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2022 |
| 17695176 | Medicament Preparation Devices, Methods, and Systems | KOO, BENJAMIN K | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNxStage Medical Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Benjamin K Koo has the most, with 2 of NxStage Medical Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
