Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Science Corporation manages a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company is currently responding to 5 pending office actions. These matters are distributed across 4 distinct examiners, which indicates a relatively broad spread of scrutiny for a portfolio of this size. This variety in examiners requires a strategy that accounts for different individual perspectives on medical device and mechanical engineering patentability.
The prosecution activity is spread across 4 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's innovations touch upon several different technical sub-specialties within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. With 5 pending office actions occurring in 4 distinct art units, the portfolio faces a diverse set of institutional standards and review processes, making it essential for practitioners to adapt their arguments to the specific requirements of each unit.
TYSON, MELANIE RUANO is the busiest examiner for this applicant, currently overseeing 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. While there are 4 distinct examiners involved in the portfolio, the 2 busiest examiner pending office actions assigned to TYSON, MELANIE RUANO represent a significant concentration of the company's current challenges. Success in these specific matters will be a major factor in the overall advancement of the company's intellectual property goals.
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 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | 2 | 68.2% | +19.1% |
| MA, CALVIN | 1 | 76.1% | +13.0% |
| ANDERSON II, JAMES M | 1 | 75.6% | +10.1% |
| BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 1 | 73.6% | +18.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19143639 | A SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY PROJECTING AN OBJECT OF INTEREST ONTO A PREDEFINED RETINAL AREA | ANDERSON II, JAMES M | — |
| 19188842 | PHOTOSENSITIVE PIXEL STRUCTURE WITH FRONT SIDE COATING | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | — |
| 18740854 | NEURAL INTERFACE DEVICE | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19359471 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE | MA, CALVIN | — |
| 19143639 | A SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY PROJECTING AN OBJECT OF INTEREST ONTO A PREDEFINED RETINAL AREA | ANDERSON II, JAMES M | — |
| 19188842 | PHOTOSENSITIVE PIXEL STRUCTURE WITH FRONT SIDE COATING | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | — |
| 18740854 | NEURAL INTERFACE DEVICE | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | — |
| 18600364 | NEURAL INTERFACE DEVICE | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 2 |
| 2629 | 1 |
| 2425 | 1 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19359471 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE | MA, CALVIN | 2629 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19143639 | A SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY PROJECTING AN OBJECT OF INTEREST ONTO A PREDEFINED RETINAL AREA | ANDERSON II, JAMES M | 2425 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19188842 | PHOTOSENSITIVE PIXEL STRUCTURE WITH FRONT SIDE COATING | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | 2878 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 18740854 | NEURAL INTERFACE DEVICE | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | 3774 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18600364 | NEURAL INTERFACE DEVICE | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | 3774 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialScience Corporation has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Melanie Ruano Tyson has the most, with 2 of Science Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
