Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 6 art units • 16 examiners • 9 of 16 (56%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Resmed Sensor Technologies Limited currently manages 15 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 15 distinct examiners, indicating that each application is being reviewed by a different individual. The prosecution is organized across 6 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's filings in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector are grouped into several technical sub-categories.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is TU, AURELIE H, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This confirms that the workload is perfectly distributed, as each of the 15 distinct examiners is handling exactly one of the company's pending matters. No single examiner currently manages more than one of the 15 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
The use of 6 distinct art units for 15 pending office actions indicates a degree of technical focus within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. However, with 15 distinct examiners involved, the company must still account for a variety of examination styles. The presence of 15 distinct examiners for 15 pending office actions requires the company to maintain several simultaneous dialogues with the patent office while following the standards of 6 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 7 (44%) |
| §103 only | 3 (19%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TU, AURELIE H | 1 | 56.4% | +60.0% |
| HUH, VYNN V | 1 | 62.2% | +44.3% |
| NASSER, ROBERT L | 1 | 72.9% | +11.2% |
| AGAHI, PUYA | 1 | 49.2% | +24.4% |
| LUAN, SCOTT | 1 | 65.2% | +12.7% |
| WEARE, MEREDITH H | 1 | 50.4% | +31.7% |
| MURPHY, VICTORIA | 1 | 62.2% | +46.1% |
| VO, TU A | 1 | 60.6% | +58.9% |
| TRAN, JULIE THI | 1 | 33.3% | +70.5% |
| KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 1 | 37.5% | +92.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18388624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CARDIO-PULMONARY HEALTH | WEARE, MEREDITH H | 44d overdue |
| 17999981 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING USER ACTIVITY | BALSECA, FRANKLIN D | 15d overdue |
| 18026062 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIDING A RESPIRATORY THERAPY SYSTEM USER | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 4d overdue |
| 18651216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING STIMULI TO AN INDIVIDUAL DURING A SLEEP SESSION | NASSER, ROBERT L | — |
| 18636890 | SCREENER FOR SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING | AGAHI, PUYA | — |
| 18391215 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL DIAGNOSTIC CHAIN OF CUSTODY MANAGEMENT | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| 18554262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING A URSER INTERFACE OR A VENT USING ACOUSTIC DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE VENT | MURPHY, VICTORIA | — |
| 18030946 | AUTOMATIC ORAL APPLIANCE ADJUSTMENT | TRAN, JULIE THI | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18388624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CARDIO-PULMONARY HEALTH | WEARE, MEREDITH H | 44d overdue |
| 18026062 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIDING A RESPIRATORY THERAPY SYSTEM USER | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 4d overdue |
| 18273662 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEAK DETECTION IN A RESPIRATORY THERAPY SYSTEM | VO, TU A | 13d |
| 19018729 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR HEALTH AND MEDICAL SENSING | TU, AURELIE H | — |
| 19014819 | MULTI-MODAL SLEEP SYSTEM | HUH, VYNN V | — |
| 18651216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING STIMULI TO AN INDIVIDUAL DURING A SLEEP SESSION | NASSER, ROBERT L | — |
| 18636890 | SCREENER FOR SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING | AGAHI, PUYA | — |
| 18391215 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL DIAGNOSTIC CHAIN OF CUSTODY MANAGEMENT | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 4 |
| 3785 | 4 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3685 | 2 |
| 2688 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19018729 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR HEALTH AND MEDICAL SENSING | TU, AURELIE H | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19014819 | MULTI-MODAL SLEEP SYSTEM | HUH, VYNN V | 3792 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18651216 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING STIMULI TO AN INDIVIDUAL DURING A SLEEP SESSION | NASSER, ROBERT L | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18636890 | SCREENER FOR SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING | AGAHI, PUYA | 3791 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18391215 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITAL DIAGNOSTIC CHAIN OF CUSTODY MANAGEMENT | LUAN, SCOTT | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18388624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING CARDIO-PULMONARY HEALTH | WEARE, MEREDITH H | 3791 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | AI Ready | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18554262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING A URSER INTERFACE OR A VENT USING ACOUSTIC DATA ASSOCIATED WITH THE VENT | MURPHY, VICTORIA | 3785 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18273662 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEAK DETECTION IN A RESPIRATORY THERAPY SYSTEM | VO, TU A | 3785 | §112 | Final Rejection | 13d | AI Ready | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18030946 | AUTOMATIC ORAL APPLIANCE ADJUSTMENT | TRAN, JULIE THI | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Apr 07, 2023 |
| 18026062 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIDING A RESPIRATORY THERAPY SYSTEM USER | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | AI Ready | Mar 13, 2023 |
| 18013310 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-COMPONENT HEALTH SCORING | BORISSOV, IGOR N | 3685 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 17999981 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING USER ACTIVITY | BALSECA, FRANKLIN D | 2688 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | AI Ready | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17997488 | Alertness Services | NGUYEN, TRAN N | 3685 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17915977 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING MOVEMENT OF A CONDUIT | RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES | 3785 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17801916 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING ALERTNESS | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Aug 24, 2022 |
| 17789123 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING REMINDERS TO USE RESPIRATORY THERAPY SYSTEMS | GREIG, THOMAS W | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Jun 24, 2022 |
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