Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
164 pending office actions • 45 art units • 125 examiners • 1 of 164 (1%) have an AI response strategy ready • 208 patents granted in the last 365 days
Abbott Laboratories has 170 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The docket spans 124 distinct examiners and 44 distinct art units, showing extensive examiner distribution across a more concentrated set of technology units.
JANG, CHRISTIAN Y is the busiest listed examiner, with 7 pending actions. This is the largest identified examiner cluster in the profile, but it remains one segment of a much broader docket. Portfolio counsel may benefit from art-unit coordination, supported by focused oversight of the JANG matters and consistent tracking across the other examiner assignments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 34 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. 34 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 | 4 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 23 (14%) |
| §103 only | 51 (31%) |
| §102 only | 8 (5%) |
| §112 only | 7 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 8 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 58 (35%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 8 | 68.7% | +21.0% |
| ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN | 5 | 26.8% | +32.8% |
| CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 4 | 64.3% | +28.0% |
| LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 4 | 53.3% | +21.5% |
| KRETZER, KYLE W. | 3 | 65.2% | +40.3% |
| WEARE, MEREDITH H | 3 | 50.5% | +31.4% |
| BERHANU, ETSUB D | 3 | 65.1% | +24.7% |
| HENSON, DEVIN B | 3 | 65.1% | +43.4% |
| SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN | 3 | 78.3% | +21.8% |
| MUSTANSIR, ABID A | 2 | 78.3% | +10.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18383977 | METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTE MEASUREMENT DATA MANAGEMENT, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE RELATED THERETO | WEARE, MEREDITH H | 73d overdue |
| 19009550 | MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPROVED WELLNESS MONITORING | EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 43d overdue |
| 18055057 | ANALYTE SENSORS FOR SENSING GLUTAMATE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 42d overdue |
| 18905810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED LABORATORY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT USING RFID TECHNOLOGY | POND, ROBERT M | 35d overdue |
| 18591636 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION | MOSS, JAMES R | 5d |
| 18474826 | BIOMARKERS AND METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN MILD AND SUPERMILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY | COUNTS, GARY W | 5d |
| 18639348 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING INTRACARDIAC IMPEDANCE | BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 9d |
| 18237137 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING/TRACKING USAGE CAPABILITY OF MEDICAL DEVICES | SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN | 15d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18055057 | ANALYTE SENSORS FOR SENSING GLUTAMATE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 42d overdue |
| 17723365 | CATHETER WITH ATRAUMATIC TIP | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 11d overdue |
| 18147755 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 26d |
| 17556923 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION | ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN | 34d |
| 17478447 | DIGITAL AND USER INTERFACES FOR ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEMS | ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN | 43d |
| 18506524 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CATHETERS HAVING COMBINED MAPPING AND ABLATION CAPABILITIES | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 70d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 56 |
| 3794 | 25 |
| 3771 | 10 |
| 3774 | 10 |
| 3783 | 7 |
| 3792 | 3 |
| 1675 | 3 |
| 1678 | 3 |
| 1677 | 3 |
| 3681 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19431888 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT ELECTRICAL DEVICE ACTIVATION | MUSTANSIR, ABID A | 3791 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2025 |
| 19358118 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GLYCEMIC PREDICTION AND DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION | XU, JUSTIN | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | AI Ready | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19252454 | ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODS | YACOB, SISAY | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19209194 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING | AZIZ, ADNAN | 2685 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19170820 | SENSOR ARRAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE ANALYTES | MUSTANSIR, ABID A | 3791 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19074133 | TRANSCUTANEOUS SENSOR WITH DUAL ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF DETECTING AND COMPENSATING FOR WITHDRAWAL OF A TRANSCUTANEOUS SENSOR FROM A PATIENT | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 3791 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19070459 | ANALYTE LEVEL CALIBRATION USING BASELINE ANALYTE LEVEL | WEARE, MEREDITH H | 3791 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19066786 | DEPLOYMENT AND USE OF A CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED HOME MONITORING AND READMISSION OPTIMIZATION | FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL | 3687 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19047987 | COMPATIBILITY MECHANISMS FOR DEVICES IN A CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF | HESS, DANIEL A | 2876 | DP | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19045312 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER ANALYSIS | TOWA, RENE T | — | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19033063 | GLUCOSE SENSOR FOR GLYCEMIC ASSESSMENT | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 3791 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19029877 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DATA MANAGEMENT IN INTEGRATED ANALYTE MONITORING AND INFUSION SYSTEM | JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING | 3792 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19024545 | OPTIMIZING ANALYTE SENSOR CALIBRATION | SHAH, JAY B | 3791 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19022297 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR EPISODE DETECTION AND EVALUATION WITH INTERVENTION GUIDES, ACTION PLANS AND/OR SCHEDULING INTERFACES | ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K | 3682 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19015978 | ALARM CHARACTERIZATION FOR ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICES AND SYSTEMS | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 3791 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19009550 | MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPROVED WELLNESS MONITORING | EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 3683 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19003007 | ANALYTE SENSORS AND SENSING METHODS FOR DUAL DETECTION OF GLUCOSE AND ETHANOL | ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 19004143 | ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEMS | NEWTON, CHAD A | 3681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18987112 | GLUCOSE OXIDASE SENSORS WITH IMPROVED STABILITY | FARDANESH, MARJAN | 3791 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18963253 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR TIME-IN-RANGE AND MEAL-RELATED ANALYTE MONITORING | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 3791 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18930330 | USER PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE PREDICTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | PRICE, NATHAN R | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18913958 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GLYCEMIC PREDICTION AND DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION | LAMPRECHT, JOEL | 3798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18910782 | ANALYTE SENSORS EMPLOYING MULTIPLE ENZYMES AND METHODS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH | BALL, JOHN C | 1795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18903777 | DOSE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR INJECTION DEVICE | NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | 3786 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18896231 | MULTIPLE DEVICE CONNECTIVITY FOR HEALTH SENSOR | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18828225 | SECURED COMMUNICATIONS IN MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEMS | RASHID, HARUNUR | 2497 | §103 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18822170 | DEPLOYMENT AND USE OF A CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED PATIENT TREATMENT | STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN | 3681 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2024 |
| 18821590 | SENSOR FOR DETECTING GLUCOSE AND LACTATE AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC THRESHOLDS | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18813683 | ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING MULTIPLE ANALYTES | HENSON, DEVIN B | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18789387 | BACKGROUND INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR HIGH SENSITIVITY CREATININE SENSING | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18786014 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF ANALYTE MONITORING | YOON, CHANEL J | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18784287 | ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 3791 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18769600 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR POWER-EFFICIENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES | JAVAID, JAMAL | 2412 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18756499 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND FEATURES FOR ANALYTE MONITORING | LIU, ZHENGXI | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18749352 | ANALYTE SENSORS COMPRISING LEVELING AGENTS | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 3791 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18744208 | ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICES HAVING A STRAIN GAUGE | HENSON, DEVIN B | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18732292 | ANALYTE SENSORS WITH A SENSING SURFACE HAVING SMALL SENSING SPOTS | MESSERSMITH, ERIC J | 3791 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18674805 | METHODS FOR INCORPORATING THERAPEUTIC AGENTS INTO ANALYTE SENSORS | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18674252 | CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING THEM | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18667158 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING | NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18652924 | SENSITIVITY CALIBRATION OF IN VIVO SENSORS USED TO MEASURE ANALYTE CONCENTRATION | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 3791 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18597388 | FOCUSED STERILIZATION AND STERILIZED SUB-ASSEMBLIES FOR ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEMS | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18402684 | DRUG DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING DRUG DELIVERY RATES OF SUBCUTANEOUS SENSORS | HIBBERT, CATHERINE S | 1658 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18521870 | UNIVERSAL SENSING SYSTEM | MACFARLANE, STACEY NEE | 1675 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18512733 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTINUOUS CALIBRATION OF IMPLANTABLE ANALYTE SENSORS | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 3791 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18511003 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATING TO MEDICATION DOSE GUIDANCE | JANG, CHRISTIAN Y | 3791 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18383977 | METHODS FOR ANALYTE MONITORING MANAGEMENT AND ANALYTE MEASUREMENT DATA MANAGEMENT, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE RELATED THERETO | WEARE, MEREDITH H | 3791 | §101 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18374245 | ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHODS | SHOSTAK, ANDREY | 3791 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18456951 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND DEVICES FOR ANALYTE MONITORING | ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
| 18226550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIABETES MANAGEMENT | ROBERTS, ANNA L | 3791 | §101§102§103Other | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAbbott Laboratories has 164 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 45 art units and 125 examiners.
Christian Y Jang has the most, with 8 of Abbott Laboratories's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
