Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sempulse Corporation is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, with 1 pending office action currently in its portfolio. This activity is situated within 1 distinct art unit, pointing to a specific technical focus for the pending application. The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner, DOWNEY, JOHN R.
DOWNEY, JOHN R is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 1 pending office action. The alignment of the action with 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit indicates a highly concentrated prosecution effort. This singular focus means the outcome of the current pending matter is entirely dependent on the review process of the examiner within the medical devices sector. Because there is only 1 pending office action, the company's current patent office engagement is limited to a single technical path within 1 distinct art unit, requiring a focused response strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNEY, JOHN R | 1 | 60.0% | +23.6% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18885933 | ENHANCED PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DEVICES AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REMOTE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF SUBJECTS | DOWNEY, JOHN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18885933 | ENHANCED PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING DEVICES AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REMOTE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF SUBJECTS | DOWNEY, JOHN R | 3792 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSempulse Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
John R Downey has the most, with 1 of Sempulse Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
