Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1,215 pending office actions • 395 clients • 1061 examiners • 402 art units • 59 of 1,215 (5%) have an AI response strategy ready
NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC records 1,223 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 77,198 career applications. The figures show a very substantial active docket and an extensive historical prosecution record in device and mechanical technology.
The resolved allowance rate is 95.21%, and the average office actions per allowance is 3.48. The allowance result indicates that most resolved matters reached allowance, while the action average shows that allowed matters commonly required several examination exchanges.
For practitioners, the profile highlights the need to manage scale without losing consistency in claim strategy and response quality. File-level review can identify how structural limitations, functional language, expert evidence, and amendment sequencing contributed to favorable resolution across a large historical record.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 292 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. 292 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 | 23 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 126 (10%) |
| §103 only | 397 (33%) |
| §102 only | 60 (5%) |
| §112 only | 59 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 11 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 41 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 488 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 10 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 10 | 74.3% | +26.0% |
| LIM, SENG HENG | 4 | 65.6% | +29.5% |
| ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | 4 | 16.1% | +67.6% |
| SHOMER, ISAAC | 4 | 63.1% | +30.5% |
| GREIG, THOMAS W | 4 | 74.9% | +23.6% |
| MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 4 | 15.7% | +24.3% |
| TSWEI, YU-JANG | 4 | 83.7% | +15.9% |
| PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER | 3 | 80.6% | +18.0% |
| LIN, CHUN-NAN | 3 | 87.4% | +15.6% |
| BARTLETT, VICTORIA | 3 | 51.0% | +29.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17689929 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY FOR STADIUM SEATS | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 142d overdue |
| 17689920 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY FOR POSTERS | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 72d overdue |
| 18087588 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 59d overdue |
| 19089976 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY IN DISPLAY | PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER | — |
| 19049590 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AMBIENCE SUGGESTIONS FOR AN ENVIRONMENT | PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER | — |
| 18952500 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING ADHESIVE MEMBERS | LIN, CHUN-NAN | — |
| 18917183 | WEARABLE DEVICE FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL OBJECT GUIDING SHOOTING OF IMAGE OR VIDEO AND METHOD THEREOF | PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17286220 | A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF MALADIES FROM PATIENT SOUNDS | MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | 308d overdue |
| 18437308 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING PIN-INCLUSIVE TRANSACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HEWITT II, CALVIN L | 188d overdue |
| 18000242 | RNA MOLECULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER | ALLEN, MICHAEL D | 183d overdue |
| 17794907 | A LASER DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) DEVICE | NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | 163d overdue |
| 18253175 | NEW SYNTHESIS OF L-PHENYLALANINE AMIDE | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 153d overdue |
| 18253178 | NEW SYNTHESIS OF L-PHENYLALANINE BUTYRAMIDE | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 147d overdue |
| 18170628 | MOBILITY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS | MIZRAHI, DIANE D | 140d overdue |
| 18182511 | METHOD OF PREVENTING COCHLEAR DISEASE, DISORDER OR CONDITION USING (+)-AZASETRON | DRAPER, LESLIE A ROYDS | 131d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17689929 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY FOR STADIUM SEATS | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 142d overdue |
| 17689920 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY FOR POSTERS | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 72d overdue |
| 18087588 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 59d overdue |
| 18267171 | PROCESSED DAIRY-TYPE FOOD PRODUCTS | MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 42d overdue |
| 18373777 | TABLETTABLE FORMULATION OF LUTEIN AND/OR ZEAXANTHIN | MCCLAIN, TYNESHA L. | 23d overdue |
| 18312295 | ELECTRICALLY STIMULATED RESPIRATORY ASSISTANCE COMPONENTS | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 15d overdue |
| 18502467 | COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | LIM, SENG HENG | 9d overdue |
| 18263955 | IONIZABLE LIPID MOLECULE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PREPARATION OF LIPID NANOPARTICLE | SHOMER, ISAAC | 5d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 53 |
| 3715 | 45 |
| 3791 | 16 |
| 2841 | 15 |
| 2872 | 14 |
| 3763 | 11 |
| 1612 | 11 |
| 2831 | 10 |
| 1654 | 10 |
| 1744 | 9 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18990691 | Untitled | Nvidia Corporation | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19366173 | Untitled | Airbus Operations SAS | BADAWI, MEDHAT | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19562329 | ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | ZUBAJLO, JENNIFER L | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2026 |
| 19560851 | METHOD FOR CREATING A LANDING NIPPLE | Welltec A/S | MACDONALD, STEVEN A | 3674 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2026 |
| 19538327 | WIRELINE CLEANING TOOL | Welltec A/S | HALL, KRISTYN A | 3672 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2026 |
| 19447648 | HEADGEAR FOR MASKS | ResMed | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 3799 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2026 |
| 19442539 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING DISPLAY PANEL HAVING CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL FOR SENSING | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | FIGUEROA-GIBSON, GLORYVID | 2628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2026 |
| 19394401 | A HARD STOP ARRANGEMENT FOR A FOLDING WING TIP | Airbus Operations Limited | GORDON, ANNA L | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2025 |
| 19390607 | RING-TYPE WEARABLE DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2025 |
| 19389943 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY DRIVING LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENTS OF DISPLAY | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY | 2622 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2025 |
| 19388142 | AIRCRAFT WING ASSEMBLY | Airbus Operations Limited | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 3642 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19483530 | ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR FOR A SCREENING DEVICE, AND SCREENING DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH AN ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR | Somfy Activites SA | HANES JR., JOHN | 3634 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2025 |
| 19385661 | ENCODING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICE | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | 2488 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2025 |
| 19482653 | VISUALLY CONVEYING FUTURE STATE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE OF PATIENT | UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH | PATEL, JAY M | 3681 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2025 |
| 19368580 | WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE ON BASIS OF BIT SEQUENCES HAVING DIFFERENT BIT DEPTHS | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | GYAWALI, BIPIN | 2625 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19478097 | AN ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC PUMP FOR PUMPING A DIELECTRIC FLUID | Apr Technologies AB | TRAN, BINH Q | 3746 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 19367222 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | CHOWDHURY, AFROZA Y | 2628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 19367461 | PEDAL DEVICE | DENSO CORPORATION | JOHNSON, VICKY A | 3617 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 19166421 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PREDICTION FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF PATIENT | ETH ZÜRICH | WASEEM, HUMA | 3686 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2025 |
| 19164076 | PACKAGING WITH LEAK-TIGHT SNAP-FITTED CAP HOLDER | Aisapack Holding SA | WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19302456 | System for Tightening an Orthopedic Set Screw at Two Different Torque Levels | Neo Medical SA | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19299878 | ACCELERATOR DEVICE | DENSO CORPORATION | JOHNSON, VICKY A | 3617 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19298925 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING, BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CHARACTER STRING DATA OF WHICH PRIVACY IS SECURED | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | CHEUNG, HENRY WING SING | 2433 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19289461 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION BASED ON BEMT AND TWO OR MORE PIGMENTARY UV-FILTERS | DSM IP ASSETS B.V. | ALAWADI, SARAH | 1619 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19285127 | METHOD FOR DETECTING BACKUP FILE AND RELATED DEVICE | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | AHSAN, SYED M | 2491 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19283433 | MAC MIGRATION METHOD AND DEVICE | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | HUANG, KAYLEE J | 2447 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19280760 | IMPELLER FOR A RESPIRATORY DEVICE | ResMed | HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19271984 | PARAMETER ADVERTISEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | PATEL, DHAIRYA A | 2453 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19147565 | DEVICE FOR OSTEOSYNTHESIS | Tsq Global S.r.l. | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19265927 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EDITING IMAGE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN | 2159 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19264452 | PROTECTIVE HELMET | U-POWER GROUP S.P.A. | MORAN, KATHERINE M | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19264423 | ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR ATTACHING AN ACCESSORY TO THE SHELL OF A PROTECTIVE HELMET | U-POWER GROUP S.P.A. | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3732 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19262496 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER AUTHENTICATION | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | SIDDIQUI, MD SAIFUL A | 2626 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19259880 | FRICTION STIR WELDING METHOD AND DEVICE, AS WELL AS WORKPIECE COMPRISING A BUTT WELD SEAM | Airbus (S.A.S) | PATEL, DEVANG R | 1735 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19258190 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO DISPLAY PANEL | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY | 2622 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | AI Ready | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19258470 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING NETWORK LOCK FUNCTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | FARROW, FELICIA | 2437 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19253173 | PROTECTION DEVICE FOR THE NECK, PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME, GARMENT COMPRISING SAID PROTECTION DEVICE | D-Air Lab S.r.l. | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 3732 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19252071 | GATING APPARATUS AND GATING METHOD | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19251226 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING TARGET APPLET BY VERIFYING APPLET AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | TOLENTINO, RODERICK | 2439 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19250716 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CHANGEABLE SHAPE ON BASIS OF USER'S GESTURE ON SCREEN AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | MERCEDES, DISMERY E | 2627 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19248536 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM OF DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION PROCESSING | Nasdaq, Inc. | KANG, TIMOTHY J | 3688 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19241817 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | PERRY, VICTOR NICHOLAS | 2111 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19242814 | CONVEYANCE SYSTEM | DENSO CORPORATION | HESS, DOUGLAS A | 3651 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19241624 | LTCC MICROWAVE PASSIVE DEVICE | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | GLENN, KIMBERLY E | 2843 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19241058 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ENDOVASCULAR ABLATION OF A SPLANCHNIC NERVE | Axon Vascular, Inc. | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19239257 | Top-Entry Ball Valve with Pressure Seal Bonnet for Power and Nuclear Applications | Velan Inc. | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19139752 | APPARATUS FOR STOPPING A CUTTING DISC | Kando Innovation Limited | LEE, LAURA MICHELLE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 | |
| 19237063 | ANTENNA DEVICE INCLUDING RADOME AND BASE STATION INCLUDING ANTENNA DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | LUQUE, RENAN | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19234400 | INPUT DEVICE, GAME CONTROLLER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | HARPER, TRAMAR YONG | 3715 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19230380 | SIGNAL SENDING METHOD AND APPARATUS | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | YU, LIHONG | 2631 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial95.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc were allowed, across 6,575 applications in USPTO records.
3.48 office actions per allowed application on average.
1,215 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 395 clients, before 1061 examiners in 402 art units.
