Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sleep Solutions Of Texas LLC is managing 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 3 pending actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, ensuring that each case receives an independent review. The active docket is spread across 2 distinct art units, indicating some technical variety within the field.
KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This represents one-third of the 3 total pending actions, with the other 2 cases handled by the remaining 2 distinct examiners. This even distribution means that no single examiner has a dominant influence on the company's current 3 pending office actions.
With 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the company must navigate several different examiner styles across its active matters. Practitioners should prepare for 3 unique perspectives when addressing the 3 pending office actions. The use of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's medical device innovations touch on multiple technical specialties at the USPTO, requiring a flexible prosecution 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| NIEBAUER, RONALD T | 1 | 40.8% | +34.0% |
| NELSON, CHRISTINE L | 1 | 62.4% | +33.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19051651 | CATHETER TREATMENT SEGMENT AND TOOL FOR USE THEREWITH | KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | — |
| 18628261 | MUCOSAL FORM FOR DRUG DELIVERY THROUGH THE MUCOSA AND METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH SAME | NIEBAUER, RONALD T | — |
| 17098355 | MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18628261 | MUCOSAL FORM FOR DRUG DELIVERY THROUGH THE MUCOSA AND METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH SAME | NIEBAUER, RONALD T | — |
| 17098355 | MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19051651 | CATHETER TREATMENT SEGMENT AND TOOL FOR USE THEREWITH | KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18628261 | MUCOSAL FORM FOR DRUG DELIVERY THROUGH THE MUCOSA AND METHODS OF TREATMENT WITH SAME | NIEBAUER, RONALD T | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 17098355 | MAXILLARY AND MANDIBULAR DEVICES, CONTROLLER STATION, AND METHODS OF TREATING AND/OR DIAGNOSING MEDICAL DISORDERS | NELSON, CHRISTINE L | 3772 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialSleep Solutions Of Texas LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Fiona Margaret Kowalkowski has the most, with 1 of Sleep Solutions Of Texas LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
