Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 11 art units • 16 examiners • 5 of 16 (31%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
ResMed currently manages 13 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 13 distinct examiners, indicating a highly decentralized prosecution environment where no single examiner holds a dominant share of the workload. This distribution suggests that the company's legal strategy must account for a wide variety of examiner behaviors rather than focusing on a few key individuals. The equal count of actions and examiners implies that most matters are being handled in isolation from one another.
The portfolio spans 9 distinct art units, reflecting a broad technological footprint. Bruce, Farouk A is identified as the busiest examiner, yet currently oversees only 1 pending action. This low concentration at the examiner level reinforces the need for a versatile approach to patent prosecution. Practitioners should prepare for diverse examination styles given the variety of the 9 distinct art units involved. The lack of concentration across examiners and art units means that successful arguments in one case may not necessarily translate to others in the portfolio. Navigating this landscape requires a case-by-case tactical focus to address the specific requirements of each examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 6 (38%) |
| §103 only | 4 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (31%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH | 1 | 2.5% | +0.7% |
| LHYMN, SARAH | 1 | 66.1% | +14.2% |
| BRUCE, FAROUK A | 1 | 49.1% | +38.3% |
| BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE | 1 | 51.9% | +30.5% |
| SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | 1 | 86.3% | +20.6% |
| TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | 1 | 49.5% | +47.6% |
| ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K | 1 | 33.1% | +41.9% |
| LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE | 1 | 28.6% | -33.3% |
| LETT, THOMAS J | 1 | 84.0% | -34.9% |
| NG, JONATHAN K | 1 | 35.6% | +14.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18658854 | SENSOR-INTEGRATED MEDICAMENT DEVICE FOR DATA TRANSFER INTO A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT | LETT, THOMAS J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18687788 | BIOFEEDBACK COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR INSOMNIA | NG, JONATHAN K | 77d overdue |
| 19104141 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A RISK FACTOR FOR A CONDITION | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 49d |
| 19118214 | MACHINE LEARNING TO PREDICT THERAPY PROGRESSION | HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH | — |
| 19019696 | Apparatus, System and Method for Diagnosing Sleep | BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE | — |
| 18879472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA RECONCILIATION FOR TRANSFER TO CLOUD STORAGE | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | — |
| 18797938 | ACCELEROMETER-BASED USER INTERFACE LEAKAGE DETECTION | TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | — |
| 18673279 | Systems And Methods For Controlled Sleep Environment | LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE | — |
| 18574684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING A CONDUIT IN A RESPIRATORY THERAPY SYSTEM | MURPHY, VICTORIA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18687788 | BIOFEEDBACK COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR INSOMNIA | NG, JONATHAN K | 77d overdue |
| 19104141 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A RISK FACTOR FOR A CONDITION | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 49d |
| 19104946 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING DYNAMIC AVATARS | LHYMN, SARAH | — |
| 19019696 | Apparatus, System and Method for Diagnosing Sleep | BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE | — |
| 18879472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA RECONCILIATION FOR TRANSFER TO CLOUD STORAGE | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | — |
| 18797938 | ACCELEROMETER-BASED USER INTERFACE LEAKAGE DETECTION | TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | — |
| 18783748 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND PROVIDING AN INDICATION OF WELLBEING OF A USER | ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 5 |
| 3797 | 2 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| 2613 | 1 |
| 2166 | 1 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 2611 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19118214 | MACHINE LEARNING TO PREDICT THERAPY PROGRESSION | HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH | 3686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19104946 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING DYNAMIC AVATARS | LHYMN, SARAH | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19104141 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A RISK FACTOR FOR A CONDITION | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 49d | AI Ready | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19019696 | Apparatus, System and Method for Diagnosing Sleep | BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE | 3797 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18879472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA RECONCILIATION FOR TRANSFER TO CLOUD STORAGE | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | 2166 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18797938 | ACCELEROMETER-BASED USER INTERFACE LEAKAGE DETECTION | TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18783748 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND PROVIDING AN INDICATION OF WELLBEING OF A USER | ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K | 3682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18673279 | Systems And Methods For Controlled Sleep Environment | LANDEEN, BROGAN RANE | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18658854 | SENSOR-INTEGRATED MEDICAMENT DEVICE FOR DATA TRANSFER INTO A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT | LETT, THOMAS J | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | May 08, 2024 |
| 18687788 | BIOFEEDBACK COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR INSOMNIA | NG, JONATHAN K | 3619 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 77d overdue | AI Ready | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18574684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING A CONDUIT IN A RESPIRATORY THERAPY SYSTEM | MURPHY, VICTORIA | 3785 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18391121 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TREATED AIR FOR A USER OF A RESPIRATORY THERAPY SYSTEM | STUART, COLIN W | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18494760 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING FIT OF A USER INTERFACE | RHEE, KELSEY | 3785 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18492779 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A DEGREE OF DEGRADATION OF A USER INTERFACE | BALLER, KELSEY E | 3785 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18473754 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF APP USE AND WAKE-UP TIMES TO DETERMINE USER ACTIVITY | ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | 3715 | §102 | Final Rejection | 12d | AI Ready | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18086280 | MACHINE LEARNING TO MONITOR NETWORK CONNECTIVITY | HWANG, JOON H | 2455 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Dec 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialResMed has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 11 art units and 16 examiners.
Dawn Trinah Haynes has the most, with 1 of ResMed's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
