Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 3 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 1 | 80.8% | +8.5% |
| VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 1 | 83.3% | +14.1% |
| FERNANDEZ RIVAS, OMAR F | 1 | 70.2% | +0.7% |
| HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 1 | 44.5% | +36.9% |
| OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | 1 | 33.3% | +100.0% |
| WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 1 | 65.0% | +26.2% |
| SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 1 | 84.0% | +9.1% |
| PORTER, JR, GARY A | 1 | 68.9% | +25.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18986129 | SCALAR TRANSLOCATION DETECTION FOR AN ELECTRODE LEAD OF A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | — |
| 18718210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COCHLEAR TRAUMA MANAGEMENT DURING AN ELECTRODE LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286696 | HEARING PROSTHESIS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | — |
| 18036220 | HEARING OUTCOME PREDICTION ESTIMATOR | FERNANDEZ RIVAS, OMAR F | — |
| 18759686 | COCHLEAR IMPLANT ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND ELECTRODE ARRAY COVER ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH THE SAME | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718422 | COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3d overdue |
| 18286696 | HEARING PROSTHESIS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | — |
| 17914632 | TINNITUS TREATMENT WITH A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | — |
| 18759686 | COCHLEAR IMPLANT ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND ELECTRODE ARRAY COVER ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH THE SAME | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | — |
| 18738593 | CASE FOR USE IN IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEM EXTERNAL COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME | PORTER, JR, GARY A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 3 |
| 3796 | 3 |
| 2128 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18986129 | SCALAR TRANSLOCATION DETECTION FOR AN ELECTRODE LEAD OF A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18286696 | HEARING PROSTHESIS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18036220 | HEARING OUTCOME PREDICTION ESTIMATOR | FERNANDEZ RIVAS, OMAR F | 2128 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 17914632 | TINNITUS TREATMENT WITH A COCHLEAR IMPLANT SYSTEM | HOUGH, JESSANDRA F | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 18759686 | COCHLEAR IMPLANT ELECTRODE ARRAYS AND ELECTRODE ARRAY COVER ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH THE SAME | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18718422 | COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18718210 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COCHLEAR TRAUMA MANAGEMENT DURING AN ELECTRODE LEAD INSERTION PROCEDURE | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18738593 | CASE FOR USE IN IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEM EXTERNAL COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
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