Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Abbott Laboratories

55 pending office actions • 18 art units • 42 examiners • 1 of 55 (2%) have an AI response strategy ready • 118 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

55
Total Pending OAs
37
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 54 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

27
Overdue
1
Due this week
15
Due this month
9
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 54 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (27)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (9)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (5%)
45
Medium (82%)
4
Easy (7%)
3
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (5%)
§103 only41 (75%)
§102 only4 (7%)
§112 only4 (7%)
No statute on record3 (5%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

5
Life Sciences
9% of docket
5
Information Tech
9% of docket
2
Communications
4% of docket
2
Semiconductors
4% of docket
41
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

550 h
Manual time on pending OAs
110 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
192 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TOTH, KAREN E 3 46.6% +25.0%
NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3 71.3% +30.8%
MUSTANSIR, ABID A 3 77.9% +12.0%
WEARE, MEREDITH H 3 50.4% +32.0%
JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 2 68.6% +20.7%
TOMBERS, JOSEPH A 2 46.2% +31.1%
ROBERTS, ANNA L 2 54.7% +43.4%
ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN 2 23.3% +29.9%
CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 2 31.4% +30.2%
XU, JUSTIN 1 59.3% +38.1%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18383977 METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTE MEASUREMENT DATA MANAGEMENT, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE RELATED THERETO WEARE, MEREDITH H 73d overdue
19270609 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICATION DOSING AND TITRATION HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 72d overdue
17925692 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DOSING PATTERN MANAGEMENT PORTER, RACHEL L 34d
17556923 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN 34d
17478447 DIGITAL AND USER INTERFACES FOR ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEMS ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN 43d

Interview Candidates (23)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18339787 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR WELLNESS AND NUTRITION MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT USING ANALYTE DATA WEARE, MEREDITH H 98d overdue
18383977 METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTE MEASUREMENT DATA MANAGEMENT, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE RELATED THERETO WEARE, MEREDITH H 73d overdue
15907183 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR WELLNESS AND NUTRITION MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT USING ANALYTE DATA WEARE, MEREDITH H 72d overdue
18392478 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DUAL ANALYTE SENSOR MUSTANSIR, ABID A 52d overdue
18422837 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING MUSTANSIR, ABID A 43d overdue
19043661 ANALYTE SENSOR DEVICES, CONNECTIONS, AND METHODS JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 42d overdue
18055057 ANALYTE SENSORS FOR SENSING GLUTAMATE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 42d overdue
18368296 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DUAL ANALYTE SENSOR MUSTANSIR, ABID A 36d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 33
1795 3
3682 2
3783 2
3684 2
1759 1
2876 1
2685 1
3683 1
2139 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19358118 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GLYCEMIC PREDICTION AND DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION XU, JUSTIN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 56d AI Ready Oct 14, 2025
19320180 NAD(P)- DEPENDENT RESPONSIVE ENZYMES, ELECTRODES AND SENSORS, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME KAUR, GURPREET 1759 §103 Final Rejection 48d Pending Sep 05, 2025
19270609 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICATION DOSING AND TITRATION HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 3682 §101 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2025
19073708 MEDICAL DEVICE INSERTERS AND PROCESSES OF INSERTING AND USING MEDICAL DEVICES NGUYEN, HUONG Q 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Mar 07, 2025
19047987 COMPATIBILITY MECHANISMS FOR DEVICES IN A CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF HESS, DANIEL A 2876 §112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Feb 07, 2025
19043661 ANALYTE SENSOR DEVICES, CONNECTIONS, AND METHODS JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 3791 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2025
19019348 CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM PREVIL, DANIEL 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 13, 2025
19009550 MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPROVED WELLNESS MONITORING EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 3683 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 03, 2025
18965719 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REVISING PERMANENT ROM-BASED PROGRAMMING CARDWELL, ERIC 2139 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2024
18960182 METHOD FOR MANAGING A PHYSICAL LAYER UTILIZED DURING A WIRELESS CONNECTION WITH MEDICAL DEVICES SISON, JUNE Y 2455 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 26, 2024
18948785 SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS RESIDING ON HANDHELD ANALYTE DETERMINING DEVICES TOTH, KAREN E 3791 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18828225 SECURED COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEMS RASHID, HARUNUR 2497 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2024
18764701 OPTIMIZING MEDICATION DOSAGE BASED ON ANALYTE SENSOR DATA SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 §103 Final Rejection 198d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2024
18756499 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND FEATURES FOR ANALYTE MONITORING LIU, ZHENGXI 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 27, 2024
18741293 ANALYTE SENSORS AND SENSING METHODS FEATURING LOW-POTENTIAL DETECTION BALL, JOHN C 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2024
18639650 INCORPORATION OF SILVER SALTS WITHIN A TRANSCUTANEOUS BIOSENSOR FOR INFECTION CONTROL TOMBERS, JOSEPH A 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18627221 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED ANALYTE MONITORING AND INFUSION SYSTEM THERAPY MANAGEMENT NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3791 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2024
18624925 ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Apr 02, 2024
18440379 PYRUVATE SENSOR AND RELATED METHOD SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18422837 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING MUSTANSIR, ABID A 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18419769 ANALYTE SENSORS AND SENSING METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF ALCOHOL NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN 1795 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18394684 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING SHAH, JAY B 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18392478 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DUAL ANALYTE SENSOR MUSTANSIR, ABID A 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18383977 METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTE MEASUREMENT DATA MANAGEMENT, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE RELATED THERETO WEARE, MEREDITH H 3791 §101 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18380590 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR TIME-IN-RANGE AND MEAL-RELATED ANALYTE MONITORING AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §102 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
18482482 INTEGRATED ANALYTE SENSOR AND INFUSION DEVICE AND METHODS THEREFO NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18369100 ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS TOTH, KAREN E 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18368296 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DUAL ANALYTE SENSOR MUSTANSIR, ABID A 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2023
18466341 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING DATA PROCESSING AND CONTROL IN A MEDICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM CHARIOUI, MOHAMED 2857 §112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18226550 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIABETES MANAGEMENT ROBERTS, ANNA L 3791 Other Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18353994 Dynamic Discovery Window for Wireless Communication Between Devices CARDONE, JASON D 2458 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18339787 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR WELLNESS AND NUTRITION MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT USING ANALYTE DATA WEARE, MEREDITH H 3791 §112 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18310980 CLOSED LOOP CONTROL AND SIGNAL ATTENUATION DETECTION RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18139314 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR MEAL-RELATED ANALYTE RESPONSE MONITORING MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO 3791 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18019289 MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS TAPIA, ANDREW KYLE 3687 §102 Final Rejection 30d Pending Feb 02, 2023
18147755 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING KRETZER, KYLE W. 3791 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18068077 ANALYTE SENSORS AND SENSING METHODS FEATURING DUAL DETECTION OF GLUCOSE AND KETONES ROBERTS, ANNA L 3791 Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 19, 2022
17925692 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DOSING PATTERN MANAGEMENT PORTER, RACHEL L 3684 §101 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 16, 2022
18055057 ANALYTE SENSORS FOR SENSING GLUTAMATE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 3791 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2022
17963968 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN AN ANALYTE SENSOR AND EXTERNAL DEVICES CHEN, TSE W 3791 §103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Oct 11, 2022
17847001 MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEMS WITH CLOUD COMMUNICATION INTERFACE RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022
17591229 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATING TO MEDICATION DOSE GUIDANCE WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 3682 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 02, 2022
17587856 THIRD PARTY ANALYTE MONITORING TOTH, KAREN E 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jan 28, 2022
17560762 ANALYTE SENSORS FOR SENSING GLUTAMATE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Dec 23, 2021
17556923 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Dec 20, 2021
17552165 SELF-POWERED ANALYTE SENSOR AND DEVICES USING THE SAME CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3791 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2021
17548487 ANALYTE SENSORS FOR SENSING KETONES AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 10, 2021
17546647 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE SENSOR INSERTION HONRATH, MARC D 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 09, 2021
17516215 METHOD OF OPTIMIZING EFFICACY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENT WOOLWINE, SAMUEL C 1681 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Nov 01, 2021
17478447 DIGITAL AND USER INTERFACES FOR ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEMS ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 43d Pending Sep 17, 2021
17474151 SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND DEVICES FOR ANALYTE MONITORING TOMBERS, JOSEPH A 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2021
17337145 DISPLAYING, IN ONE OR MORE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES, VIEWS METRICS RELATED TO ANALYTE MONITORING INFORMATION MERCADO, GABRIEL S 2171 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 02, 2021
17052705 ANALYTE SENSOR ANTIMICROBIAL CONFIGURATIONS AND ADHESIVES MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2020
16546731 SENSORS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING pH KREMER, MATTHEW 3791 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2019
15907183 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR WELLNESS AND NUTRITION MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT USING ANALYTE DATA WEARE, MEREDITH H 3791 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2018

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