Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 3 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Whoop Inc. has 16 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 10 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. Chanel J Yoon is the busiest examiner, managing 3 busiest examiner pending actions. This concentration means that while 10 distinct examiners are involved, a single individual handles a portion of the 16 pending office actions. The presence of only 3 distinct art units for such a high volume of actions suggests that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering claims are focused within a few specialized groups at the USPTO.
Practitioners can use the 16 pending office actions to identify consistent examination patterns across the 3 distinct art units. Since Chanel J Yoon oversees 3 busiest examiner pending actions, this examiner is a key figure in the company's prosecution strategy. The legal team must coordinate across 10 distinct examiners to ensure that arguments remain uniform. Managing 16 pending office actions within 3 distinct art units allows for strategic consolidation, even as the work is spread among 10 distinct examiners. The high volume of 16 pending office actions requires a robust tracking system to manage the various deadlines and examiner preferences within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 only | 2 (12%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (38%) |
| §103 only | 7 (44%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (6%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOON, CHANEL J | 3 | 55.5% | +39.3% |
| WALKER, OLIVIA | 2 | 35.7% | +75.0% |
| HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 2 | 45.8% | +35.3% |
| CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 2 | 31.7% | +30.6% |
| SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 2 | 32.7% | +40.7% |
| WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 1 | 79.3% | +13.8% |
| PARK, HYUN D | 1 | 41.8% | +22.5% |
| PARK, EVELYN GRACE | 1 | 51.6% | +40.5% |
| WEARE, MEREDITH H | 1 | 50.5% | +31.4% |
| MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW | 1 | 53.1% | +34.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18453572 | DELIVERY DATE PREDICTION | YOON, CHANEL J | 5d overdue |
| 18078067 | WEARABLE INFECTION MONITOR | PARK, EVELYN GRACE | 1d overdue |
| 18182197 | DETECTING POSITION OF A WEARABLE MONITOR | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 12d |
| 17388711 | PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS | YOON, CHANEL J | 33d |
| 18885120 | TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | — |
| 18772785 | CARDIOVASCULAR AGE ESTIMATION | YOON, CHANEL J | — |
| 18601569 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT WITH FORCE SENSING | PARK, HYUN D | — |
| 18536748 | DYNAMIC STRESS SCORING WITH WEIGHTED CONTRIBUTIONS OF CARDIAC PARAMETERS | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17508235 | MODULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 32d overdue |
| 18453572 | DELIVERY DATE PREDICTION | YOON, CHANEL J | 5d overdue |
| 18078067 | WEARABLE INFECTION MONITOR | PARK, EVELYN GRACE | 1d overdue |
| 18182197 | DETECTING POSITION OF A WEARABLE MONITOR | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 12d |
| 17728062 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS HEART RATE MONITORING AND INTERPRETATION | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 29d |
| 17388711 | PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS | YOON, CHANEL J | 33d |
| 17508159 | GARMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 60d |
| 18798653 | ECG ELECTRODES FOR WEARABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORS | WALKER, OLIVIA | 77d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 9 |
| 3796 | 6 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18885120 | TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18798653 | ECG ELECTRODES FOR WEARABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORS | WALKER, OLIVIA | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 77d | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18772785 | CARDIOVASCULAR AGE ESTIMATION | YOON, CHANEL J | 3791 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18601569 | BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT WITH FORCE SENSING | PARK, HYUN D | 2857 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18536748 | DYNAMIC STRESS SCORING WITH WEIGHTED CONTRIBUTIONS OF CARDIAC PARAMETERS | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 3796 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18536730 | DYNAMIC STRESS SCORING WITH PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS | WALKER, OLIVIA | 3796 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18453572 | DELIVERY DATE PREDICTION | YOON, CHANEL J | 3791 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18305083 | CONTINUOUSLY WEARABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM WITH MULTI-FUNCTION WATCH | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3791 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18182197 | DETECTING POSITION OF A WEARABLE MONITOR | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 3796 | §101 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
| 18078067 | WEARABLE INFECTION MONITOR | PARK, EVELYN GRACE | 3791 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 17939149 | CONFIGURABLE WAKE UP ALARM USING PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING | WEARE, MEREDITH H | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2022 |
| 17728062 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS HEART RATE MONITORING AND INTERPRETATION | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
| 17508235 | MODULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | Pending | Oct 22, 2021 |
| 17508159 | GARMENT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Oct 22, 2021 |
| 17388711 | PULSE SHAPE ANALYSIS | YOON, CHANEL J | 3791 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Jul 29, 2021 |
| 17085464 | OXYGEN DETECTION SENSOR IN CLOTHING AND RELATED APPARATUS AND METHODS | MORONESO, JONATHAN DREW | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialWhoop Inc. has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 10 examiners.
Chanel J Yoon has the most, with 3 of Whoop Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
