Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nyxoah SA has 2 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners within 1 distinct art unit, combining a shared technical examination setting with examiner-specific treatment. This arrangement supports consistent device terminology and art-unit awareness, while requiring separate attention to each examiner’s stated objections.
PORTER, JR, GARY A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The examiner does not handle the full identified docket, so counsel should compare response themes across applications without assuming identical outcomes. In this medical-device area, precise explanation of device structure, operation, and interaction can help preserve meaningful claim scope during amendment practice.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 1 | 67.7% | +21.7% |
| PORTER, JR, GARY A | 1 | 68.9% | +25.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18845056 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A DEGREE OF MUSCLE DISPLACEMENT AND USE OF THE METHOD AND SYSTEM IN TREATING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA | PORTER, JR, GARY A | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18845022 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING A SUBJECT'S BREATHING AND USE OF THE METHOD AND SYSTEM IN TREATING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | — |
| 18845056 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A DEGREE OF MUSCLE DISPLACEMENT AND USE OF THE METHOD AND SYSTEM IN TREATING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA | PORTER, JR, GARY A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18845022 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSING A SUBJECT'S BREATHING AND USE OF THE METHOD AND SYSTEM IN TREATING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 3796 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18845056 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A DEGREE OF MUSCLE DISPLACEMENT AND USE OF THE METHOD AND SYSTEM IN TREATING OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNyxoah SA has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Michael Joseph D Abreu has the most, with 1 of Nyxoah SA's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
