Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 3 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Water Pik Inc. has 9 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 9 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, indicating that several examiners work within the same limited set of technical units.
NELSON, MATTHEW M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can organize the docket by art unit while preserving matter-specific response strategies for each examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (78%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELSON, MATTHEW M | 1 | 57.9% | +24.0% |
| CHIANG, JENNIFER C | 1 | 70.6% | +29.9% |
| MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 46.5% | +54.6% |
| MOON, MATTHEW RYAN | 1 | 58.1% | +60.1% |
| BISHOP, JAMIE HAEBIN | 1 | — | — |
| MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 1 | 59.1% | +15.9% |
| VO, TU A | 1 | 61.0% | +58.0% |
| SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 1 | 52.5% | +58.2% |
| HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 1 | 41.1% | +49.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19296555 | ORAL IRRIGATOR | NELSON, MATTHEW M | — |
| 19075948 | Drive Assembly with Flow Path for Oral Care Device | CHIANG, JENNIFER C | — |
| 18738583 | MULTI-POSITION DOCKING OF HANDLE FOR ORAL IRRIGATORS | BISHOP, JAMIE HAEBIN | — |
| 18698088 | CHARGING ASSEMBLY FOR ORAL HEALTH DEVICES | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | — |
| 18686758 | COLLAPSIBLE ORAL IRRIGATOR | VO, TU A | — |
| 18408179 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR ORAL IRRIGATORS | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | — |
| 16884299 | ORAL CLEANSING DEVICE WITH REMOVABLE TIP HOLDER | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19296555 | ORAL IRRIGATOR | NELSON, MATTHEW M | — |
| 19075948 | Drive Assembly with Flow Path for Oral Care Device | CHIANG, JENNIFER C | — |
| 18883615 | ORAL IRRIGATOR WITH VARIABLE MOTOR DRIVE | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| 18791560 | ORAL IRRIGATOR TIP | MOON, MATTHEW RYAN | — |
| 18698088 | CHARGING ASSEMBLY FOR ORAL HEALTH DEVICES | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | — |
| 18686758 | COLLAPSIBLE ORAL IRRIGATOR | VO, TU A | — |
| 18408179 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR ORAL IRRIGATORS | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | — |
| 16884299 | ORAL CLEANSING DEVICE WITH REMOVABLE TIP HOLDER | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 5 |
| 3772 | 2 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19296555 | ORAL IRRIGATOR | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19075948 | Drive Assembly with Flow Path for Oral Care Device | CHIANG, JENNIFER C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 18883615 | ORAL IRRIGATOR WITH VARIABLE MOTOR DRIVE | MILLER, CHRISTOPHER E | 3785 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18791560 | ORAL IRRIGATOR TIP | MOON, MATTHEW RYAN | 3785 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18738583 | MULTI-POSITION DOCKING OF HANDLE FOR ORAL IRRIGATORS | BISHOP, JAMIE HAEBIN | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18698088 | CHARGING ASSEMBLY FOR ORAL HEALTH DEVICES | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 2859 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18686758 | COLLAPSIBLE ORAL IRRIGATOR | VO, TU A | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18408179 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR ORAL IRRIGATORS | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 16884299 | ORAL CLEANSING DEVICE WITH REMOVABLE TIP HOLDER | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialWater Pik Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 9 examiners.
Matthew M Nelson has the most, with 1 of Water Pik Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
