Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wave Neuroscience Inc. maintains a portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company is currently managing 8 pending office actions, which are distributed across 7 distinct examiners. This distribution suggests a broad range of simultaneous reviews across their intellectual property assets, as nearly every pending action is assigned to a unique individual.
The prosecution effort spans 3 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technologies intersect with multiple specialized examination groups at the office. CASLER, BRIAN L is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. The remaining office actions are handled by the other distinct examiners, showing that most examiners are managing only a single matter for the company. This spread across 3 distinct art units and 7 distinct examiners highlights a diverse administrative landscape for the 8 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 2 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASLER, BRIAN L | 2 | 78.8% | +22.2% |
| SHIM, MORGAN SANGJO | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| TRAN, LARA LINH | 1 | 16.7% | +90.9% |
| HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 1 | 41.4% | +52.1% |
| HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 1 | 67.6% | +28.3% |
| TU, AURELIE H | 1 | 56.4% | +60.0% |
| FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 1 | 78.6% | +15.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17662635 | RHYTHMIC STIMULUS TO ESTIMATE AN INTRINSIC FREQUENCY OF AN EEG BAND | TU, AURELIE H | 78d overdue |
| 17317731 | Microdosing System, Apparatus, Method | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 60d overdue |
| 18638197 | TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION USING ROTATING FIELD VECTORS | CASLER, BRIAN L | — |
| 18638206 | REMOTE DRIVE TECHNIQUES FOR MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY | CASLER, BRIAN L | — |
| 18418108 | HANDHELD ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY DEVICE | SHIM, MORGAN SANGJO | — |
| 18280922 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) BASED TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) DEVICES | TRAN, LARA LINH | — |
| 18280883 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) BASED TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) NETWORKS | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17662635 | RHYTHMIC STIMULUS TO ESTIMATE AN INTRINSIC FREQUENCY OF AN EEG BAND | TU, AURELIE H | 78d overdue |
| 17317731 | Microdosing System, Apparatus, Method | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 60d overdue |
| 18638197 | TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION USING ROTATING FIELD VECTORS | CASLER, BRIAN L | — |
| 18638206 | REMOTE DRIVE TECHNIQUES FOR MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY | CASLER, BRIAN L | — |
| 18280922 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) BASED TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) DEVICES | TRAN, LARA LINH | — |
| 18280883 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) BASED TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) NETWORKS | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | — |
| 18298306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ALPHA BURST BRAIN STIMULATION | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 4 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18638197 | TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION USING ROTATING FIELD VECTORS | CASLER, BRIAN L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18638206 | REMOTE DRIVE TECHNIQUES FOR MAGNETIC FIELD THERAPY | CASLER, BRIAN L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18418108 | HANDHELD ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY DEVICE | SHIM, MORGAN SANGJO | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18280922 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) BASED TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) DEVICES | TRAN, LARA LINH | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18280883 | ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM (EEG) BASED TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) NETWORKS | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18298306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ALPHA BURST BRAIN STIMULATION | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 3799 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 17662635 | RHYTHMIC STIMULUS TO ESTIMATE AN INTRINSIC FREQUENCY OF AN EEG BAND | TU, AURELIE H | 3791 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 78d overdue | Pending | May 09, 2022 |
| 17317731 | Microdosing System, Apparatus, Method | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | May 11, 2021 |
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