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
Sonoconnect Technology Limited currently has 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a narrow prosecution focus. For a company in the medical device sector, this concentration suggests that their current patent activity is confined to a specific technical niche or a single product line.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is BRUCE, FAROUK A, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since the total number of pending actions is 1, this examiner is the sole individual reviewing the company's active applications. This means the company's immediate success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field depends on the specific feedback and examination style of BRUCE, FAROUK A. Practitioners should focus their efforts on this 1 distinct examiner, as no other art units are currently influencing the portfolio's trajectory.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUCE, FAROUK A | 1 | 49.1% | +38.3% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18022309 | MUSCLE TRAINING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VISUAL FEEDBACK BY USING ULTRASONIC IMAGING | BRUCE, FAROUK A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18022309 | MUSCLE TRAINING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VISUAL FEEDBACK BY USING ULTRASONIC IMAGING | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSonoconnect Technology Limited has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Farouk A Bruce has the most, with 1 of Sonoconnect Technology Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
