Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
136 pending office actions • 33 clients • 129 examiners • 86 art units • 0 of 136 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Vista IP Law Group LLP reports 135 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 6635 career applications. The current docket and application volume both indicate a substantial reported prosecution operation in this technology area.
The resolved allowance rate is 89.71%, with an average of 3.99 office actions per allowance. Practitioners can assess resolved outcomes from the rate and anticipate extensive examination activity from the reported action average.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 31 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. 31 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 | 5 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 16 (12%) |
| §103 only | 46 (34%) |
| §102 only | 7 (5%) |
| §112 only | 7 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 9 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 6 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 39 (29%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEE, JASON KAI YIN | 2 | 77.5% | +23.7% |
| MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 2 | 75.4% | +7.1% |
| PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | 2 | 80.6% | +18.0% |
| MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 2 | 86.0% | +3.2% |
| DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | 2 | 76.6% | +14.8% |
| SCHERBEL, TODD J | 2 | 76.3% | +52.0% |
| KADING, JOSHUA A | 2 | 77.8% | +24.9% |
| ILUYOMADE, IFEDAYO B | 1 | 74.5% | +8.2% |
| PRASAD, NANCY N | 1 | 21.3% | +18.2% |
| HARRIS, WILLIAM N | 1 | 74.0% | +13.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18972640 | TEMPLE AND EAR HORN ASSEMBLY FOR HEADWORN COMPUTER | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | — |
| 18794884 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18217438 | INFRASTRUCTURE-INDEPENDENT SCALING OF HYPERCONVERGED COMPUTING NODES | AYERS, MICHAEL W | 46d overdue |
| 18671910 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TACTILE INTELLIGENCE | HANSEN, JONATHAN M | 42d overdue |
| 18765237 | Method to use history of persisted facts to improve automation accuracy and create dynamic dashboards | ELAHEE, MD S | 36d overdue |
| 18438314 | MOUTHPIECE FOR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITION(S) AND/OR SLEEP MONITORING | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 10d overdue |
| 18444454 | TUNING-FREE UNSUPERVISED ANOMALY DETECTION BASED ON DISTANCE TO NEAREST NORMAL POINT | BLACK, LINH | 3d overdue |
| 18453251 | HEARING IMPLANT AND HEARING SYSTEM | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 7d |
| 18653043 | POLYMERIC INJECTION SYSTEMS | PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 9d |
| 18908603 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF DATA FROM MULTIPLE SOURCE ENVIRONMENTS | SITTNER, MATTHEW T | 20d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17736017 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF MEDICAL DISORDERS | KADING, JOSHUA A | 28d overdue |
| 19290158 | WARM DIMMING AND TUNABLE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES | HARRIS, WILLIAM N | 16d overdue |
| 19384884 | SIGHT INFORMATION COLLECTION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING | PRASAD, NANCY N | — |
| 19030695 | ACQUIRING ELECTRONIC-BASED SIGNATURES | GEE, JASON KAI YIN | — |
| 19030739 | ACQUIRING ELECTRONIC-BASED SIGNATURES | GEE, JASON KAI YIN | — |
| 19004093 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH STRAY LIGHT MANAGEMENT | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | — |
| 18984718 | HEARING DEVICE WITH BEAM-STEERABLE ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT | DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | — |
| 18977718 | EMBOLIC DEVICES FOR OCCLUDING BODY LUMENS | SCHERBEL, TODD J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| GN | 23 |
| University of California | 13 |
| Stryker | 12 |
| Box | 11 |
| Mentor Acquisition One, LLC | 10 |
| DevRev | 9 |
| MAGIC LEAP, INC. | 9 |
| Stanford University | 7 |
| Nutanix | 5 |
| Falcom A/S | 4 |
| Credence MedSystems | 4 |
| AMBI Robotics, Inc. | 3 |
| ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION | 3 |
| 8x8 | 2 |
| Kognitos | 2 |
| Levitate Technologies, Inc. | 2 |
| Intematix Corporation | 1 |
| Nauto, Inc. | 1 |
| CEREVASC, INC. | 1 |
| Vectra AI, Inc. | 1 |
| Ajaxmt Holdings, LLC | 1 |
| GelSight, Inc. | 1 |
| Book.io, Inc. | 1 |
| CLPH | 1 |
| Zerene | 1 |
| ALPHINITY USA, INC. | 1 |
| Dreamchain Corporation | 1 |
| Sun & Thunder, LLC | 1 |
| Incept, LLC | 1 |
| Gn Hearing 2 A/S | 1 |
| ALTAVIZ, LLC | 1 |
| DURA LLC | 1 |
| Ablation Innovations, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 11 |
| 3771 | 9 |
| 2694 | 6 |
| 2692 | 5 |
| 2872 | 4 |
| 3791 | 4 |
| 2495 | 3 |
| 2691 | 3 |
| 3993 | 3 |
| 3624 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19451677 | EYE IMAGING IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING | Mentor Acquisition One, LLC | ILUYOMADE, IFEDAYO B | 2624 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2026 |
| 19384884 | SIGHT INFORMATION COLLECTION IN HEAD WORN COMPUTING | Mentor Acquisition One, LLC | PRASAD, NANCY N | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19290158 | WARM DIMMING AND TUNABLE LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES | Intematix Corporation | HARRIS, WILLIAM N | 2875 | DP | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19287151 | A NETWORK-ISOLATED CONTAINER-ATTACHED STORAGE MODULE | Nutanix, Inc. | BAYARD, DJENANE M | 2444 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19276514 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH ADJUSTABLE ZOOM CAMERAS | Mentor Acquisition One, LLC | AZARI, SEPEHR | 2621 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19257350 | HANDLING COLLABORATION AND GOVERNANCE ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE LIFECYCLE OF AUTO-GENERATED CONTENT OBJECTS | Box, Inc. | TRAN, JIMMY H | 2451 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19254931 | CONTEXTUAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) BASED ROUTING OF NETWORK COMMUNICATION | 8X8, Inc. | SHITAYEWOLDETSADI, BERHANU | 2455 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19256073 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPLEMENT A SCALABLE VECTOR DATABASE | Devrev, Inc. | MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO | 2159 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19256095 | CATHETER WITH MARKER DEVICE AND POLYMERIC TIP | Stryker Corporation | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 3798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19242868 | IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | Stryker Corporation | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19213973 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXTUALIZED VEHICLE OPERATION DETERMINATION | Nauto, Inc. | ANWARI, MACEEH | 3663 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 19195670 | VASO-OCCLUSIVE DEVICES FOR OCCLUDING BLOOD VESSELS AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME | Stryker Corporation | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 3771 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19195345 | DYNAMICALLY-ASSIGNED IP ADDRESSES FOR EXECUTABLE CONTAINER COMPONENTS | Nutanix, Inc. | HUSSAIN, TAUQIR | 2449 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19187918 | HEAD-WORN THERAPY DEVICE | Mentor Acquisition One, LLC | ROANE, AARON F | 3792 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19170034 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A COMPUTER PROGRAM, HEARING DEVICE, AND STRESS EVALUATION DEVICE | Gn Hearing A/S | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | 2694 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19097662 | HEARING DEVICE SYSTEM, DEVICES AND METHOD OF CREATING A TRUSTED BOND BETWEEN A HEARING DEVICE AND A USER APPLICATION | Gn Hearing A/S | LEUNG, ROBERT B | 2494 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19089762 | SECURE FLEET MANAGEMENT OF DEVICES | Gn Hearing A/S | CRIBBS, MALCOLM | 2497 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19087455 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH CONFERENCE CONTROL AND RELATED METHOD | Gn Hearing A/S | SERRAO, RANODHI N | 2444 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2025 |
| 19087456 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH TRUST LEVELS AND RELATED METHOD | Gn Hearing A/S | WON, MICHAEL YOUNG | 2443 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2025 |
| 19086684 | INTRAVASCULAR DEVICES | Stryker Corporation | PROCTOR, CACHET I | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19080265 | SCALABLE LEADERSHIP ELECTION IN A MULTI-PROCESSING COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT USING A ZERO-COMPUTE WITNESS | Nutanix, Inc. | TRAN, ALEX HOANG | 2453 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19077598 | HEARING APPARATUS WITH BONE CONDUCTION SENSOR | Gn Hearing A/S | LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI | 2656 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19075137 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIXED REALITY | Magic Leap, Inc. | THOMPSON, JAMES A | 2615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19030695 | ACQUIRING ELECTRONIC-BASED SIGNATURES | Box, Inc. | GEE, JASON KAI YIN | 2495 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030739 | ACQUIRING ELECTRONIC-BASED SIGNATURES | Box, Inc. | GEE, JASON KAI YIN | 2495 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19019371 | CALCULATING AND REPORTING COLLABORATION SYSTEM RISKS | Box, Inc. | VANG, MENG | 2443 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19015502 | METHODS FOR PLANNING ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES ACCESSING THE INTRACRANIAL SUBARACHNOID SPACE | Cerevasc, Inc. | PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG | 3798 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19012807 | VASO-OCCLUSIVE DEVICE AND DELIVERY ASSEMBLY | Stryker Corporation | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 3771 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19009799 | ENCAPSULATION OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ON SUBSTRATE FOR HEARING DEVICE | Gn Hearing A/S | MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 2692 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19006210 | CLIP FOR REMOVABLY SECURING A DEVICE TO A PLURALITY OF STRAPS | Falcom A/S | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19004867 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING INPUT FOR HEAD-WORN IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICES | Magic Leap, Inc. | SONNERS, SCOTT E | 2613 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19005962 | Method, System, and Computer Program Product to Implement Learning for Computer Programming | Kognitos, Inc. | GUERRA-ERAZO, EDGAR X | 2656 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19004093 | SEE-THROUGH COMPUTER DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH STRAY LIGHT MANAGEMENT | Mentor Acquisition One, LLC | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | 2872 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 19003984 | CROSS REALITY SYSTEM FOR LARGE SCALE ENVIRONMENT RECONSTRUCTION | Magic Leap, Inc. | ROBINSON, TERRELL M | 2614 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 19000262 | VASO-OCCLUSIVE DEVICE | Stryker Corporation | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18984553 | SPEAKER ASSEMBLY FOR HEADWORN COMPUTER | Mentor Acquisition One, LLC | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 2872 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18984718 | HEARING DEVICE WITH BEAM-STEERABLE ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT | Gn Hearing A/S | DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | 2694 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18875645 | OPTICAL LAYERS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF EYEPIECES FOR USE WITH VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEMS | Magic Leap, Inc. | TZENG, FRED | 2625 | DP | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18983024 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A CONDITION OF A HEARING DEVICE | Gn Hearing A/S | MOONEY, JAMES K | 2695 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18977718 | EMBOLIC DEVICES FOR OCCLUDING BODY LUMENS | Stryker Corporation | SCHERBEL, TODD J | 3771 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18974775 | ROBOTIC PACKAGE HANDLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Ambi Robotics, Inc. | DO, TRUC M | 3658 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18972640 | TEMPLE AND EAR HORN ASSEMBLY FOR HEADWORN COMPUTER | Mentor Acquisition One, LLC | MARTINEZ, JOSEPH P | 2872 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18967557 | ADJUSTABLE AORTIC ANNULOPLASTY RINGS FOR SYMMETRIC AORTIC ANNULUS REDUCTION AND METHODS FOR USE | The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18966104 | EARCUP FOR AUDIO COMMUNICATION AND HEADSET | Falcom A/S | FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH | 2692 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18959252 | VIRTUAL, AUGMENTED, AND MIXED REALITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Magic Leap, Inc. | HOANG, PHI | 2619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18957069 | UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS CALL ROUTING AND DECISION BASED ON INTEGRATED ANALYTICS-DRIVEN DATABASE AND AGGREGATED DATA | 8X8, Inc. | PATEL, HEMANT SHANTILAL | 2694 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18946937 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH HEARING DEVICE BASED HEALTH CHARACTERIZATION AND/OR MONITORING AND RELATED METHODS | Gn Hearing A/S | JOSHI, SUNITA | 2691 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18941570 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A HEARING DEVICE BASED ON ENVIRONMENT PARAMETER, RELATED ACCESSORY DEVICES AND RELATED HEARING SYSTEMS | Gn Hearing A/S | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2692 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18940852 | HEARING DEVICE WITH REMOTE FITTING, HEARING SYSTEM, AND RELATED METHODS | Gn Hearing A/S | BLAIR, KILE O | 2691 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18940719 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) MODULE COMPRISING AN EMBEDDED RADIO-FREQUENCY SEMICONDUCTOR DIE | Gn Hearing A/S | TRAN, BINH BACH THANH | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
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136 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 33 clients, before 129 examiners in 86 art units.
