Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sauna Works Inc. (Aka Far Infrared Sauna Technology Co. ) currently has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are located within 2 distinct art units. The portfolio is handled by 3 distinct examiners. PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER is the busiest examiner, managing 2 pending office actions.
This accounts for half of the 4 pending office actions. The remaining 2 actions are split between the other 2 distinct examiners. This concentration with one examiner suggests that his specific examination style will significantly impact the company's overall prosecution results. With 4 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units, the technical focus is relatively narrow. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the tendencies of PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER, as he oversees 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 2 | 48.6% | +39.3% |
| DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 1 | 58.4% | +48.7% |
| VAN, QUANG T | 1 | 74.3% | +8.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17662177 | HALOTHERAPY MODULE ASSOCIATED WITH SAUNAS | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 40d |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17662177 | HALOTHERAPY MODULE ASSOCIATED WITH SAUNAS | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 40d |
| 19172252 | NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET SAUNA | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | — |
| 18155685 | HALOTHERAPY MODULE ASSOCIATED WITH SAUNAS | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 3 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19172252 | NARROWBAND ULTRAVIOLET SAUNA | DEERY, ERIN LEAH | 3754 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 18458822 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REDUCING HEATER | VAN, QUANG T | 3761 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18155685 | HALOTHERAPY MODULE ASSOCIATED WITH SAUNAS | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 3754 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 17662177 | HALOTHERAPY MODULE ASSOCIATED WITH SAUNAS | PATTERSON, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 3754 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | May 05, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSauna Works Inc. (Aka Far Infrared Sauna Technology Co. ) has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Michael Christopher Patterson has the most, with 2 of Sauna Works Inc. (Aka Far Infrared Sauna Technology Co. )'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
