Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
17 pending office actions • 6 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sivantos Pte. Ltd. is managing 17 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These 17 pending office actions are assigned to 14 distinct examiners, which shows that several examiners are handling multiple matters. This overlap provides an opportunity for a more streamlined prosecution strategy compared to a portfolio where the 17 pending office actions would each have a different examiner.
The prosecution is concentrated in 5 distinct art units. WALTER F BRINEY III is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions. This profile indicates that while there are 17 pending office actions, the company only needs to manage relationships with 14 distinct examiners across 5 distinct art units. For practitioners, the concentration of 17 pending office actions within 5 distinct art units suggests a technical focus, while the involvement of 14 distinct examiners means individual preferences remain a factor. The presence of 2 pending office actions under WALTER F BRINEY III allows for consistency in arguments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (18%) |
| §103 only | 7 (41%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (41%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2 | 65.5% | +3.9% |
| GANMAVO, KUASSI A | 2 | 70.6% | +20.2% |
| FALEY, KATHERINE A | 2 | 65.3% | +45.8% |
| FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN | 1 | — | — |
| LAO, LUNSEE | 1 | 75.7% | +15.9% |
| STOYTCHEV, MARIN STOYTCHEV | 1 | 72.0% | -4.6% |
| NI, SUHAN | 1 | 86.6% | +13.9% |
| NGUYEN, SEAN H | 1 | 86.4% | +4.9% |
| JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 1 | 74.2% | +15.6% |
| KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | 1 | 81.3% | +7.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619689 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE SYSTEM | TOTH, KAREN E | 9d overdue |
| 18417317 | BINAURAL HEARING SYSTEM WITH TWO HEARING INSTRUMENTS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A HEARING SYSTEM | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 12d |
| 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 | — |
| 19055735 | IN-THE-EAR HEARING AID | STOYTCHEV, MARIN STOYTCHEV | — |
| 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 | — |
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 7 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 | — |
| 18956925 | METHOD OF OPERATING A BINAURAL HEARING INSTRUMENT AND BINAURAL HEARING INSTRUMENT | GANMAVO, KUASSI A | — |
| 18939940 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND HEARING AID SYSTEM | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2692 | 2 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 2694 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 2693 | 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 | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19078547 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND A HEARING AID SYSTEM | LAO, LUNSEE | — | §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 | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19055735 | IN-THE-EAR HEARING AID | STOYTCHEV, MARIN STOYTCHEV | 2845 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19036304 | HEARING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL PROCESSING IN A HEARING DEVICE | GANMAVO, KUASSI A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18976624 | HEARING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE HEARING INSTRUMENT | NI, SUHAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18976614 | HEARING INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE HEARING INSTRUMENT | FALEY, KATHERINE A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18958167 | HEARING INSTRUMENT CONFIGURATION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, SEAN H | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18956925 | METHOD OF OPERATING A BINAURAL HEARING INSTRUMENT AND BINAURAL HEARING INSTRUMENT | GANMAVO, KUASSI A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18939940 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING AID SYSTEM AND HEARING AID SYSTEM | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | — | §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 |
| 18800310 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOTION DISORDER OF A USER OF A HEAD-WEARABLE DEVICE | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18644393 | HEARING INSTRUMENT AND ASSOCIATED BINAURAL HEARING SYSTEM | MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 2692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18619689 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE SYSTEM | TOTH, KAREN E | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18428655 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE, HEARING DEVICE AND HEARING DEVICE SYSTEM | DJANAL-MANN, DOMINIQUE JOHANN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18417317 | BINAURAL HEARING SYSTEM WITH TWO HEARING INSTRUMENTS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH A HEARING SYSTEM | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2692 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jan 19, 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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