Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Withings currently has 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 6 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This level of variety suggests a portfolio with diverse technical applications that require oversight from multiple specialized groups and individuals within the patent office. The presence of 3 distinct art units indicates that the company's innovations are categorized into several different technical classifications across the 6 pending office actions.
The busiest examiner, HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL, is responsible for 1 pending office action. With 6 distinct examiners involved, each examiner manages 1 pending office action. This distribution means that the prosecution strategy must account for the varied standards and timelines of several different individuals. Because each examiner only handles 1 pending office action, the overall progress of the portfolio is not heavily dependent on the specific behavior of any one reviewer across the 3 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | 1 | — | — |
| HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | 1 | 57.8% | +34.8% |
| LIU, CHU CHUAN | 1 | 71.2% | +14.8% |
| NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1 | 63.7% | +37.2% |
| ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A | 1 | 48.0% | +43.5% |
| MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN | 1 | 12.4% | +25.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18969711 | PORTABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE | ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | — |
| 18969779 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY ON DEFORMABLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | — |
| 18467384 | URINE REAGENT CONTAINING DEVICE FOR URINE ANALYSIS | NGUYEN, HENRY H | — |
| 17799599 | URINE ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD | MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18969779 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY ON DEFORMABLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | — |
| 18688978 | STATION FOR URINE ANALYSIS DEVICE, URINE ANALYSIS DEVICE, ASSOCIATED METHODS | LIU, CHU CHUAN | — |
| 18467384 | URINE REAGENT CONTAINING DEVICE FOR URINE ANALYSIS | NGUYEN, HENRY H | — |
| 17960525 | DETECTION APPARATUS FOR BEDDING | ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A | — |
| 17799599 | URINE ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD | MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18969711 | PORTABLE PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT DEVICE | ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18969779 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY ON DEFORMABLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD | HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18688978 | STATION FOR URINE ANALYSIS DEVICE, URINE ANALYSIS DEVICE, ASSOCIATED METHODS | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18467384 | URINE REAGENT CONTAINING DEVICE FOR URINE ANALYSIS | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1758 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 17960525 | DETECTION APPARATUS FOR BEDDING | ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A | 3679 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2022 |
| 17799599 | URINE ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD | MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2022 |
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