Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
SynchNeuro, Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. ABOUELELA, MAY A is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The concentration of both pending actions in 1 distinct art unit may allow for a more consistent application of mechanical engineering standards. This focus on a single art unit suggests that the company's innovations are technically related and fall within a specific classification. However, the involvement of 2 distinct examiners means the company must still manage two different individual perspectives.
Each of the 2 distinct examiners is currently handling 1 pending office action. ABOUELELA, MAY A is one of these two officials. This structure ensures that the company's success is not entirely dependent on a single examiner, even though the technical field is the same. Practitioners can benefit from the shared context of the 1 distinct art unit while addressing the specific concerns of the 2 distinct examiners. The relatively low number of pending actions and the concentration in one art unit simplify the overall prosecution landscape. The company should focus on maintaining a consistent technical narrative that satisfies the requirements of the 1 distinct art unit while being persuasive to both examiners. This profile represents a focused and manageable prosecution effort in the medical device 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABOUELELA, MAY A | 1 | 75.4% | +35.9% |
| HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 1 | 40.6% | +50.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850022 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE GLUCOSE FORECASTING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | ABOUELELA, MAY 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18593843 | BLOOD GLUCOSE STATES BASED ON SENSED BRAIN ACTIVITY | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 119d overdue |
| 18850022 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE GLUCOSE FORECASTING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | ABOUELELA, MAY A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18850022 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE GLUCOSE FORECASTING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS | ABOUELELA, MAY A | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18593843 | BLOOD GLUCOSE STATES BASED ON SENSED BRAIN ACTIVITY | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 119d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSynchNeuro, Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
May A Abouelela has the most, with 1 of SynchNeuro, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
