Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sonivate Medical Inc. currently maintains 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Despite having multiple actions, the company's prosecution is centralized, involving only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration indicates that the company's current patent review activity is being conducted by a single individual. Such a structure can lead to consistency in the feedback received across different applications, as the same technical standards are applied to the 2 pending office actions.
ASGHAR, AMINAH is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. This count matches the total of 2 pending office actions for the company, meaning this examiner is responsible for the entire active workload. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests a consistent technical focus for all pending matters. Because the 2 pending office actions are consolidated under this examiner, the company's prosecution timeline and outcomes are uniquely tied to the decision-making of this specific examiner within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASGHAR, AMINAH | 3 | 60.8% | +46.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16272146 | WEARABLE ULTRASOUND PROBE AND SYSTEM | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 70d overdue |
| 17125674 | WEARABLE PORTABLE ULTRASOUND PROBE AND SYSTEM | ASGHAR, AMINAH | — |
| 17125669 | ULTRASOUND PROBE WITH DUAL ARRAY AND SYSTEM | ASGHAR, AMINAH | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16272146 | WEARABLE ULTRASOUND PROBE AND SYSTEM | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 70d overdue |
| 17125674 | WEARABLE PORTABLE ULTRASOUND PROBE AND SYSTEM | ASGHAR, AMINAH | — |
| 17125669 | ULTRASOUND PROBE WITH DUAL ARRAY AND SYSTEM | ASGHAR, AMINAH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17125674 | WEARABLE PORTABLE ULTRASOUND PROBE AND SYSTEM | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2020 |
| 17125669 | ULTRASOUND PROBE WITH DUAL ARRAY AND SYSTEM | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2020 |
| 16272146 | WEARABLE ULTRASOUND PROBE AND SYSTEM | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d overdue | Pending | Feb 11, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialSonivate Medical Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Aminah Asghar has the most, with 3 of Sonivate Medical Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
