Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Physio-control Inc. is managing 9 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 9 distinct examiners, meaning each pending case is being reviewed by a different person. This ensures a wide range of examiner perspectives across the company's current medical device filings. The portfolio is active in 7 distinct art units, indicating that the 9 pending office actions cover several different specialized technical groups within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
NGUYEN, TRAN N is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. Because the 9 pending office actions are spread across 9 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, practitioners must manage a decentralized prosecution process with no single point of examiner focus. Counsel should prepare for 9 different examination styles, as the 7 distinct art units will likely apply a diverse range of technical standards and prior art searches to the pending applications. This distribution requires a highly individualized approach to each matter in the portfolio.
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 | 2 (22%) |
| §103 only | 4 (44%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (11%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, TRAN N | 1 | 61.8% | +16.9% |
| COLLINS, RAVEN | 1 | 62.6% | +10.2% |
| DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 1 | 81.1% | +8.8% |
| ALI, AFAQ | 1 | 89.0% | +10.3% |
| KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | 1 | 66.7% | +37.2% |
| VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 1 | 83.6% | +13.9% |
| PHAM, QUANG | 1 | 54.4% | +57.0% |
| SHAHINIAN, LEVON J | 1 | 85.7% | -6.5% |
| SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 1 | 83.7% | +8.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19027936 | Automatic Lead Switching | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | — |
| 18982105 | External Device Authentication | ALI, AFAQ | — |
| 18384374 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF DEFIBRILLATION PAD LOCATION ON PATIENT'S CHEST | SHAHINIAN, LEVON J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18781949 | DETERMINING POST-SHOCK TREATMENT BASED ON HEART VIABILITY | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 22d |
| 19266528 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-DEVICE REAL-TIME ACCESS AND REVIEW OF EVENTS DURING A PATIENT TREATMENT EPISODE | NGUYEN, TRAN N | — |
| 17725488 | CONTEXT SCORES TO ENHANCE ACCURACY OF ECG READINGS | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18781949 | DETERMINING POST-SHOCK TREATMENT BASED ON HEART VIABILITY | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 22d |
| 19266528 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-DEVICE REAL-TIME ACCESS AND REVIEW OF EVENTS DURING A PATIENT TREATMENT EPISODE | NGUYEN, TRAN N | — |
| 19030071 | PEELABLE LID FOR CONTAINER WITH MULTI-POINT PEEL SYSTEM | COLLINS, RAVEN | — |
| 18982105 | External Device Authentication | ALI, AFAQ | — |
| 18882614 | LIGHTING FOR MECHANICAL CPR DEVICE | KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | — |
| 18777248 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING ADAPTER FACILITATED CONVERSIONS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DEVICES | PHAM, QUANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 3 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 2434 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19266528 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-DEVICE REAL-TIME ACCESS AND REVIEW OF EVENTS DURING A PATIENT TREATMENT EPISODE | NGUYEN, TRAN N | 3685 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19030071 | PEELABLE LID FOR CONTAINER WITH MULTI-POINT PEEL SYSTEM | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027936 | Automatic Lead Switching | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 3796 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18982105 | External Device Authentication | ALI, AFAQ | 2434 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18882614 | LIGHTING FOR MECHANICAL CPR DEVICE | KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18781949 | DETERMINING POST-SHOCK TREATMENT BASED ON HEART VIABILITY | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18777248 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING ADAPTER FACILITATED CONVERSIONS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DEVICES | PHAM, QUANG | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18384374 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF DEFIBRILLATION PAD LOCATION ON PATIENT'S CHEST | SHAHINIAN, LEVON J | 1711 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 17725488 | CONTEXT SCORES TO ENHANCE ACCURACY OF ECG READINGS | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 3796 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialPhysio-control Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 9 examiners.
Tran N Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Physio-control Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
