Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sanmai Technologies Pbc currently has 11 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These cases are handled by 8 distinct examiners, which suggests some overlap in examiner assignments. The portfolio is concentrated within 4 distinct art units, indicating a focused technical area for the company's current filings.
NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC is the busiest examiner, managing 3 pending office actions. This means that 3 of the 11 pending office actions are under the review of this single individual. Such concentration allows the company to potentially streamline its prosecution by understanding the specific preferences of NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC across multiple files.
The 4 distinct art units involved provide a relatively narrow field of examination, which may lead to more consistent prior art rejections. With 11 pending office actions and only 8 distinct examiners, there is a higher chance for examiner-specific trends to emerge compared to more diversified portfolios. Practitioners should focus on the feedback from the 4 distinct art units to refine their overall strategy for the 11 pending office actions.
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 | 1 (10%) |
| §103 only | 4 (40%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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, HIEN NGOC | 3 | 52.7% | +40.8% |
| LANGHALS, RENEE C | 2 | 58.6% | +42.7% |
| IP, JASON M | 1 | 55.5% | +24.9% |
| NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 1 | 64.3% | +28.7% |
| KOLKIN, ADAM D. | 1 | 45.0% | +6.2% |
| GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 1 | 10.9% | +12.2% |
| HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | 1 | 54.0% | +41.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18986860 | TREATMENT DEVICES WITH ANTI-TAMPERING, SECURITY, AND TRANSPARENCY FEATURES | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 36d |
| 19170935 | ADJUSTABLE PROBE FOR TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND | LANGHALS, RENEE C | — |
| 19098837 | MEASURING AND TRACKING TRANSCRANIAL FOCUSED ULTRASOUND STIMULATION AND MODULATION EFFICACY | KOLKIN, ADAM D. | — |
| 18782472 | APPARATUS COMPATIBLE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND ULTRASOUND BEAM GUIDANCE CONFIGURED WITH ULTRASOUND AND EEG POSTS | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | — |
| 18783245 | APPARATUS COMPATIBLE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND ULTRASOUND BEAM GUIDANCE FOR NEURO NAVIGATION | LANGHALS, RENEE C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19195150 | ADJUSTABLE TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND HEADSET | NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 21d |
| 18986860 | TREATMENT DEVICES WITH ANTI-TAMPERING, SECURITY, AND TRANSPARENCY FEATURES | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 36d |
| 18890482 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NEURONAL DAMAGE IN STROKE AND HEART ATTACKS WITH TFUS | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 65d |
| 19301600 | CRANIAL ACOUSTIC COUPLING APPARATUS AND METHODS | IP, JASON M | — |
| 19170935 | ADJUSTABLE PROBE FOR TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND | LANGHALS, RENEE C | — |
| 18916489 | NON-IMAGING TFUS SYSTEMS | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | — |
| 18783222 | SHIELDING TECHNIQUES FOR APPARATUS COMPATIBLE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND ULTRASOUND BEAM GUIDANCE | HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | — |
| 18782472 | APPARATUS COMPATIBLE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND ULTRASOUND BEAM GUIDANCE CONFIGURED WITH ULTRASOUND AND EEG POSTS | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 7 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19301600 | CRANIAL ACOUSTIC COUPLING APPARATUS AND METHODS | IP, JASON M | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19195150 | ADJUSTABLE TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND HEADSET | NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19170935 | ADJUSTABLE PROBE FOR TRANSCRANIAL ULTRASOUND | LANGHALS, RENEE C | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19098837 | MEASURING AND TRACKING TRANSCRANIAL FOCUSED ULTRASOUND STIMULATION AND MODULATION EFFICACY | KOLKIN, ADAM D. | 3798 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 18986860 | TREATMENT DEVICES WITH ANTI-TAMPERING, SECURITY, AND TRANSPARENCY FEATURES | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 3685 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18916489 | NON-IMAGING TFUS SYSTEMS | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18890482 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING NEURONAL DAMAGE IN STROKE AND HEART ATTACKS WITH TFUS | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 65d | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18783222 | SHIELDING TECHNIQUES FOR APPARATUS COMPATIBLE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND ULTRASOUND BEAM GUIDANCE | HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | 3791 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18782472 | APPARATUS COMPATIBLE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND ULTRASOUND BEAM GUIDANCE CONFIGURED WITH ULTRASOUND AND EEG POSTS | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18783245 | APPARATUS COMPATIBLE WITH PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND ULTRASOUND BEAM GUIDANCE FOR NEURO NAVIGATION | LANGHALS, RENEE C | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSanmai Technologies Pbc has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 7 examiners.
Hien Ngoc Nguyen has the most, with 3 of Sanmai Technologies Pbc's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
