Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 2 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
ViOptix Inc. has 12 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are concentrated in only 2 distinct art units, which is a low number for 12 active matters. This suggests a narrow technical focus for the company's current filings. The company works with 9 distinct examiners to resolve these 12 pending office actions. The concentration in 2 distinct art units means that while the examiners are diverse, they are all working within a limited set of technical classifications.
SHAH, JAY B is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions. With 12 pending office actions and 9 distinct examiners, several examiners are handling more than one case. The concentration in 2 distinct art units may allow for a more consistent prosecution strategy across the 12 pending office actions. Practitioners should look for commonalities in how the 2 distinct art units handle medical device cases to optimize their approach. The 2 pending office actions with SHAH, JAY B represent the highest single-examiner concentration in the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 3 (23%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (54%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAH, JAY B | 2 | 58.4% | +6.0% |
| LIU, CHU CHUAN | 2 | 71.3% | +14.9% |
| MUSTANSIR, ABID A | 2 | 78.3% | +10.7% |
| CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 2 | 64.3% | +28.0% |
| OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 1 | 50.0% | +58.4% |
| MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW | 1 | 53.1% | +34.8% |
| HENSON, DEVIN B | 1 | 65.1% | +43.4% |
| LANE, GREGORY A | 1 | 74.8% | -0.8% |
| GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER | 1 | 41.2% | +49.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18047634 | Handheld Oximeter with Display of Real-Time, Average Measurements and Average Resetting | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 78d overdue |
| 18047640 | Handheld Oximeter with Display of Real-Time, Average Measurements and Average Resetting | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 73d overdue |
| 19291405 | Oximeter with Measurement Quality Reporting | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 71d overdue |
| 19248357 | Oximeter with Replaceable Laparoscopic Extension | HENSON, DEVIN B | 42d overdue |
| 18753986 | Determining Absolute and Relative Tissue Oxygen Saturation | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 22d overdue |
| 18047637 | Handheld Oximeter with Display of Real-Time, Average Measurements and Status Indicator | GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER | 4d overdue |
| 19444118 | Oximeter Method with Durable Unit Reuse and Sheath Disposal | MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW | — |
| 19444101 | Oximeter with Replaceable Sheath and Laparoscopic Sensor | SHAH, JAY B | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18047634 | Handheld Oximeter with Display of Real-Time, Average Measurements and Average Resetting | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 78d overdue |
| 18047640 | Handheld Oximeter with Display of Real-Time, Average Measurements and Average Resetting | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 73d overdue |
| 19291405 | Oximeter with Measurement Quality Reporting | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 71d overdue |
| 19248357 | Oximeter with Replaceable Laparoscopic Extension | HENSON, DEVIN B | 42d overdue |
| 18753986 | Determining Absolute and Relative Tissue Oxygen Saturation | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 22d overdue |
| 18047637 | Handheld Oximeter with Display of Real-Time, Average Measurements and Status Indicator | GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER | 4d overdue |
| 19460172 | Wireless Oxygen Saturation Sensor | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | — |
| 19444118 | Oximeter Method with Durable Unit Reuse and Sheath Disposal | MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 12 |
| 2438 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19460172 | Wireless Oxygen Saturation Sensor | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2026 |
| 19444118 | Oximeter Method with Durable Unit Reuse and Sheath Disposal | MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW | 3791 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2026 |
| 19444121 | Oximeter System with Durable Unit and Replaceable Sheath | SHAH, JAY B | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2026 |
| 19444101 | Oximeter with Replaceable Sheath and Laparoscopic Sensor | SHAH, JAY B | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2026 |
| 19291405 | Oximeter with Measurement Quality Reporting | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 3791 | §101§103§112DP | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19248357 | Oximeter with Replaceable Laparoscopic Extension | HENSON, DEVIN B | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 18943799 | Probe Tip Assembly and Bezel for Medical Device | MUSTANSIR, ABID A | 3791 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18893816 | Tissue Retractor Oximeter | MUSTANSIR, ABID A | 3791 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18796138 | NFC Security for Medical Device and Sheath | LANE, GREGORY A | 2438 | §103 | Final Rejection | 85d overdue | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18753986 | Determining Absolute and Relative Tissue Oxygen Saturation | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18047634 | Handheld Oximeter with Display of Real-Time, Average Measurements and Average Resetting | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 78d overdue | Pending | Oct 18, 2022 |
| 18047640 | Handheld Oximeter with Display of Real-Time, Average Measurements and Average Resetting | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Oct 18, 2022 |
| 18047637 | Handheld Oximeter with Display of Real-Time, Average Measurements and Status Indicator | GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 18, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialViOptix Inc. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 9 examiners.
Jay B Shah has the most, with 2 of ViOptix Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
