Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
77 pending office actions • 22 clients • 66 examiners • 37 art units • 0 of 77 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Fortem IP LLP has 81 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 1748 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 92.71%, and the average number of office actions per allowance is 2.73. The profile shows a substantial active docket, an established application record, and a high resolved allowance rate.
The action average indicates that allowed matters involve multiple examination exchanges, while the allowance rate addresses the resulting resolved outcomes. This distinction is relevant to practitioners assessing both portfolio results and expected response effort. In medical-device and mechanical matters, the data supports review of counsel’s prosecution record at the portfolio level, but it does not replace analysis of claim scope and individual examiner interactions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 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. 16 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 | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (3%) |
| §103 only | 31 (40%) |
| §102 only | 3 (4%) |
| §112 only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 30 (39%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCORD, PAUL C | 4 | 69.3% | +25.9% |
| MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3 | 42.0% | +61.2% |
| BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 2 | 61.8% | +16.1% |
| LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 2 | 88.5% | +5.3% |
| HENSON, DEVIN B | 2 | 65.1% | +43.4% |
| NGUYEN, QUYNH H | 2 | 87.4% | +16.9% |
| SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH | 2 | 73.4% | +20.5% |
| AGAHI, PUYA | 2 | 49.2% | +23.8% |
| LYNCH, MEGAN E | 1 | 38.1% | +39.7% |
| SONG, ZHENG B | 1 | 70.1% | +15.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19022968 | STORING GENERATED DIGITAL OBJECTS ON A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 34d |
| 19209096 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED GENERATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM FOR REAL-WORLD ASSET TOKENIZATION | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | — |
| 19037707 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES | NGUYEN, QUYNH H | — |
| 19038176 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES | NGUYEN, QUYNH H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17997586 | DENTAL APPLIANCES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURING | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 22d overdue |
| 18511887 | POST-PROCESSING OF ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED OBJECTS WITH COOLANTS | MALIK, VIPUL | 9d overdue |
| 18411731 | Room-Informed Binaural Rendering | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 4d overdue |
| 18935286 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING DENTAL AUXILIARIES ON TEETH | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 22d |
| 18049769 | AMBULATORY INFUSION PUMP DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED SENSOR | PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G | 35d |
| 18253519 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING DISEASE USING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 70d |
| 19538920 | SHOCK-ABSORBING DANCE SHOE ASSEMBLY | LYNCH, MEGAN E | — |
| 19429339 | THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT SENSING AND/OR ALTERING DEVICE | SONG, ZHENG 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18631782 | ANALYTE SENSOR | AGAHI, PUYA | 56d |
| 19538920 | SHOCK-ABSORBING DANCE SHOE ASSEMBLY | LYNCH, MEGAN E | — |
| 19429339 | THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT SENSING AND/OR ALTERING DEVICE | SONG, ZHENG B | — |
| 19394623 | DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH INTERPROXIMAL ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURES | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | — |
| 19328924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND TARGETING | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | — |
| 19306812 | ORTHODONTIC SYSTEMS WITH VARIABLE ATTACHMENT AND WELL GEOMETRIES | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | — |
| 19276708 | METHODS FOR FABRICATING MOUTH GUARD SYSTEMS | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | — |
| 19248027 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND TARGETING | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2692 | 10 |
| 3772 | 9 |
| 3791 | 7 |
| 3792 | 4 |
| 2695 | 3 |
| 3700 | 3 |
| 3992 | 2 |
| 2482 | 2 |
| 3797 | 2 |
| 2161 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19538920 | SHOCK-ABSORBING DANCE SHOE ASSEMBLY | Orzapro LLC | LYNCH, MEGAN E | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2026 |
| 19429339 | THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT SENSING AND/OR ALTERING DEVICE | Circadian Os, Inc. | SONG, ZHENG B | 2875 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2025 |
| 19394623 | DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH INTERPROXIMAL ENGAGEMENT STRUCTURES | Align Technology, Inc. | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2025 |
| 19342362 | DEVICE IMPAIRMENT DETECTION | Sonos, Inc. | CRAVER, CHARLES R | 3992 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19328924 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND TARGETING | Carbon Autonomous Robotic Systems Inc. | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 2482 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19306812 | ORTHODONTIC SYSTEMS WITH VARIABLE ATTACHMENT AND WELL GEOMETRIES | Align Technology, Inc. | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3772 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2025 |
| 19279977 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TREATING PULMONARY DISEASE | Apreo Health, Inc. | POPESCU, GABRIEL VICTOR | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19276708 | METHODS FOR FABRICATING MOUTH GUARD SYSTEMS | Align Technology, Inc. | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19259758 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING ATTACHMENT PLACEMENT APPLIANCE GEOMETRY | Align Technology, Inc. | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 1712 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19248027 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND TARGETING | Carbon Autonomous Robotic Systems Inc. | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 2482 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19236043 | DENTAL APPLIANCES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Brius Technologies, Inc. | BELK, SHANNEL NICOLE | 3772 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19209096 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED GENERATIVE MEDIA SYSTEM FOR REAL-WORLD ASSET TOKENIZATION | Sonos, Inc. | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 2161 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19203728 | DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH AESTHETIC FEATURES | Align Technology, Inc. | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19183270 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH MATERIAL LAYERS | Align Technology, Inc. | TENTONI, LEO B | 1742 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19179775 | DENTAL APPLIANCES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURING | Brius Technologies, Inc. | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3722 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19081613 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF INTRAVASCULAR PRESSURE | 1000735308 Ontario Inc. | HENSON, DEVIN B | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19104585 | PROXIMITY-BASED POWER MANAGEMENT FOR AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES | Sonos, Inc. | TRAN, CON P | 2695 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19037707 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES | Sonos, Inc. | NGUYEN, QUYNH H | 2693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19038176 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR AUDIO PLAYBACK DEVICES | Sonos, Inc. | NGUYEN, QUYNH H | 2693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19033411 | HIGH INTENSITY ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | Carbon Autonomous Robotic Systems Inc. | HANSEN, JONATHAN M | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19027809 | Calibration of a Playback Device Based on an Estimated Frequency Response | Sonos, Inc. | MOHAMMED, ASSAD | 2691 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029937 | MEDIA PLAYBACK BASED ON SENSOR DATA | Sonos, Inc. | MCCORD, PAUL C | 2692 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029722 | MEDIA PLAYBACK BASED ON SENSOR DATA | Sonos, Inc. | MCCORD, PAUL C | 2692 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029647 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATING MEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEMS HAVING MULTIPLE VOICE ASSISTANT SERVICES | Sonos, Inc. | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 2657 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027699 | Validation of Audio Calibration Using Multi-Dimensional Motion Check | Sonos, Inc. | PAUL, DISLER | 2695 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025751 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATED PLAYBACK OF ANALOG AND DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT | Sonos, Inc. | HOQUE, NAFIZ E | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 | |
| 19025318 | PLAYBACK OF MEDIA CONTENT ACCORDING TO MEDIA PREFERENCES | Sonos, Inc. | BARBOZA, MARCUS ALEXANDER | 2692 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19025149 | PLAYBACK TRANSITIONS | Sonos, Inc. | SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH | 2692 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19022968 | STORING GENERATED DIGITAL OBJECTS ON A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER | Sonos, Inc. | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 2161 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19004847 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT PLANNING WITH TOOTH MASS ANALYSIS | Align Technology, Inc. | NGUYEN, PHONG X | 2617 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19005544 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING SPATIAL AUDIO ASSOCIATED WITH A SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT | Sonos, Inc. | MCCORD, PAUL C | 2692 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18990825 | INTEROPERABILITY OF NATIVE MEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL LINE-IN | Sonos, Inc. | MCCORD, PAUL C | 2692 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18977593 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE MADE BY A THERMAL FORMING PROCESS | Align Technology, Inc. | GRAHAM, ANDREW D | 1742 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18971833 | SYSTEMS FOR FABRICATION OF DENTAL APPLIANCES WITH ELONGATE SHAFTS AND CONNECTORS | Align Technology, Inc. | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | DP | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18968645 | Extending Playback With Corresponding Media | Sonos, Inc. | SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18965364 | THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT SENSING AND/OR ALTERING DIGITAL HEALTH PLATFORM | Circadian Os, Inc. | KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18868615 | CANNULA SET LOADING UNIT, CANNULA SET LOADING DEVICE AND CANNULA INSERTION SYSTEM | Vitestro Holding B.V. | HENSON, DEVIN B | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18948958 | ANALYTE SENSOR | Medtronic Minimed, Inc. | AGAHI, PUYA | 3791 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18948292 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING | Xii Medical, Inc. | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 3792 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18945941 | SHAPE ADAPTABLE INTRAMEDULLARY FIXATION DEVICE | British Columbia Cancer Agency Branch | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18939935 | SPATIAL AUDIO CORRECTION | Sonos, Inc. | FISCHER, MARK L | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18935286 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING DENTAL AUXILIARIES ON TEETH | Align Technology, Inc. | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 3772 | §101 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18858490 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOSED LOOP NEUROMODULATION | Nervonik Inc. | LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X | 3792 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18913659 | Local Voice Data Processing | Sonos, Inc. | MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18893097 | AUTONOMOUS LASER WEED ERADICATION | Carbon Autonomous Robotic Systems Inc. | DANG, PHILIP | 2488 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18885409 | INTRAORAL COLORIMETRIC SENSORS FOR PATIENT MONITORING | Align Technology, Inc. | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18883801 | Information Display Regarding Playback Queue Subscriptions | Sonos, Inc. | BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE | 2691 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18798597 | OPTIMIZATION OF NETWORK MICROPHONE DEVICES USING NOISE CLASSIFICATION | Sonos, Inc. | MOONEY, JAMES K | 2695 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18771158 | Policies for Media Playback | Sonos, Inc. | CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL | 2171 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18748736 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DENTAL TREATMENT WITH OVERCORRECTION | Align Technology, Inc. | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial92.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Fortem Ip LLP were allowed, across 1,748 applications in USPTO records.
2.73 office actions per allowed application on average.
77 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 22 clients, before 66 examiners in 37 art units.
