Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
13 pending office actions • 9 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sivantos Pte. Ltd. has 15 pending office actions in Communications. The matters involve 13 distinct examiners across 9 distinct art units, indicating broad distribution across the communications examination structure.
GANMAVO, KUASSI A is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The two matters may permit comparison of examiner-specific positions, but most of the portfolio is assigned to other examiners.
The art-unit spread supports organizing prosecution around recurring communication technologies and claim concepts. Counsel should coordinate terminology, disclosure support, and prior-art review across the portfolio while preserving response strategies tailored to each examiner and unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (15%) |
| §103 only | 5 (38%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALEY, KATHERINE A | 2 | 65.5% | +45.4% |
| FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| LAO, LUNSEE | 1 | 75.8% | +15.8% |
| BRINEY III, WALTER F | 1 | 65.3% | +4.5% |
| STOYTCHEV, MARIN STOYTCHEV | 1 | 79.3% | +1.7% |
| GANMAVO, KUASSI A | 1 | 70.6% | +20.3% |
| NI, SUHAN | 1 | 86.7% | +13.9% |
| NGUYEN, SEAN H | 1 | 86.5% | +4.8% |
| JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 1 | 74.1% | +15.8% |
| KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | 1 | 81.3% | +7.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18889653 | HEARING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONAURAL OR BINAURAL BEATS | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19087830 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING THE HEARING COMPREHENSION OF A HEARING INSTRUMENT USER AND HEARING SYSTEM WITH A HEARING INSTRUMENT | FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN | — |
| 19078547 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A HEARING AID SYSTEM | LAO, LUNSEE | — |
| 18976624 | HEARING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE HEARING INSTRUMENT | NI, SUHAN | — |
| 18976614 | HEARING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE HEARING INSTRUMENT | FALEY, KATHERINE A | — |
| 18958167 | HEARING INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, SEAN H | — |
| 18939940 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND HEARING AID SYSTEM | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | — |
| 18591551 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TEMPERATURE REDUCTION FOR WIRELESS CHARGING AND INDUCTIVE CHARGING SYSTEM | KIM, AHSHIK | — |
| 18428655 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE, HEARING DEVICE AND HEARING DEVICE SYSTEM | DUNN, DREW A | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18409261 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE | FALEY, KATHERINE A | 5d overdue |
| 19078547 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A HEARING AID SYSTEM | LAO, LUNSEE | — |
| 19036304 | HEARING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING IN A HEARING DEVICE | GANMAVO, KUASSI A | — |
| 18976624 | HEARING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE HEARING INSTRUMENT | NI, SUHAN | — |
| 18976614 | HEARING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE HEARING INSTRUMENT | FALEY, KATHERINE A | — |
| 18939940 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND HEARING AID SYSTEM | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2691 | 3 |
| 2692 | 2 |
| 2693 | 2 |
| 2654 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 2657 | 1 |
| 2694 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19087830 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING THE HEARING COMPREHENSION OF A HEARING INSTRUMENT USER AND HEARING SYSTEM WITH A HEARING INSTRUMENT | FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN | 2654 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19078547 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A HEARING AID SYSTEM | LAO, LUNSEE | 2691 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19073358 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM, HEARING AID SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PUTTING A HEARING AID SYSTEM INTO OPERATION | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19055735 | IN-THE-EAR HEARING AID | STOYTCHEV, MARIN STOYTCHEV | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19036304 | HEARING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING IN A HEARING DEVICE | GANMAVO, KUASSI A | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18976624 | HEARING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE HEARING INSTRUMENT | NI, SUHAN | 2691 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18976614 | HEARING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE HEARING INSTRUMENT | FALEY, KATHERINE A | 2693 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18958167 | HEARING INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, SEAN H | 2691 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18939940 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND HEARING AID SYSTEM | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 2657 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18889653 | HEARING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MONAURAL OR BINAURAL BEATS | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | 2694 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18591551 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TEMPERATURE REDUCTION FOR WIRELESS CHARGING AND INDUCTIVE CHARGING SYSTEM | KIM, AHSHIK | 2876 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18428655 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE, HEARING DEVICE AND HEARING DEVICE SYSTEM | DUNN, DREW A | 2859 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18409261 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE | FALEY, KATHERINE A | 2693 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSivantos Pte. Ltd. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 12 examiners.
Katherine A Faley has the most, with 2 of Sivantos Pte. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
