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
Serena Sleep Solutions currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution effort is currently limited to this individual case, indicating a very focused interaction with the USPTO. This 1 to 1 ratio between the pending action and the examiner suggests a highly concentrated review process.
Sara Nelum Samarasekara is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. This represents the total volume of 1 pending office action for the portfolio. The data shows a singular focus for the company's current patenting activity within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's prosecution results are entirely dependent on the findings of this single individual. This narrow footprint simplifies the management of the portfolio but limits the diversity of examiner perspectives.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMARASEKARA, SARA NELUM | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19357403 | ORAL APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MANDIBULAR JAW MANIPULATION | SAMARASEKARA, SARA NELUM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19357403 | ORAL APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR MANDIBULAR JAW MANIPULATION | SAMARASEKARA, SARA NELUM | 3772 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSerena Sleep Solutions has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sara Nelum Samarasekara has the most, with 1 of Serena Sleep Solutions's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.