Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc. has 8 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners. The portfolio spans 7 distinct art units. REYES, REGINALD R is the busiest examiner and is responsible for 1 pending office action. The one-to-one ratio of 8 pending office actions to 8 distinct examiners means that no examiner is handling more than one case.
The 7 distinct art units indicate a high degree of technical variety within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Practitioners must be prepared for 8 different examination styles across these 7 distinct art units. REYES, REGINALD R handles 1 of the 8 pending office actions. This broad distribution suggests that the company's innovations touch on many different sub-specialties. Each of the 8 distinct examiners will offer a unique perspective on the claims.
The 7 distinct art units require the prosecution team to be familiar with the specific guidelines of many different groups. With 8 pending office actions, the company must manage a diverse set of deadlines and procedural requirements. The Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area is the central theme of the portfolio. The lack of concentration among the 8 distinct examiners means that successful strategies in one case may not be applicable to others.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REYES, REGINALD R | 1 | 40.9% | +31.5% |
| VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A | 1 | 79.6% | +20.0% |
| CHEN, FRANK S | 1 | 82.3% | +8.4% |
| EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 1 | 70.4% | +34.9% |
| GEDEON, BRIAN T | 1 | 87.0% | +7.2% |
| ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR | 1 | 52.2% | +64.7% |
| LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | 1 | 65.4% | +29.7% |
| HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 1 | 40.6% | +50.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18642541 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY MODIFYING ONE OR MORE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) COMPONENTS OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD)-RELATED APPLICATION BY MONITORING AND ANALYZING PATIENT INTERACTION | CHEN, FRANK S | 35d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18919427 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ELECTRODE TISSUE ENGAGEMENT DURING ABLATION | VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A | — |
| 18631737 | METHOD OF IMPLANTING A STIMULATION LEAD FOR DORSAL ROOT GANGLION STIMULATION AND RELATED IMPLANT TOOL | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | — |
| 18540802 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) WITH CODE PATH METRICS | ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17891105 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 27d |
| 19245083 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES | REYES, REGINALD R | — |
| 18919427 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ELECTRODE TISSUE ENGAGEMENT DURING ABLATION | VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A | — |
| 18631737 | METHOD OF IMPLANTING A STIMULATION LEAD FOR DORSAL ROOT GANGLION STIMULATION AND RELATED IMPLANT TOOL | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | — |
| 18540802 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) WITH CODE PATH METRICS | ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR | — |
| 18125696 | SPINAL CORD STIMULATION TO TREAT PAIN | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 2 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 2611 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19245083 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES | REYES, REGINALD R | 3683 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 18919427 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ELECTRODE TISSUE ENGAGEMENT DURING ABLATION | VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18642541 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY MODIFYING ONE OR MORE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) COMPONENTS OF AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD)-RELATED APPLICATION BY MONITORING AND ANALYZING PATIENT INTERACTION | CHEN, FRANK S | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18631737 | METHOD OF IMPLANTING A STIMULATION LEAD FOR DORSAL ROOT GANGLION STIMULATION AND RELATED IMPLANT TOOL | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18609485 | IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR WITH MULTIPLE STIMULATION ENGINES | GEDEON, BRIAN T | 3796 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18540802 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) WITH CODE PATH METRICS | ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR | 3686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18125696 | SPINAL CORD STIMULATION TO TREAT PAIN | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | 3796 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 17891105 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Aug 18, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAdvanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.
Reginald R Reyes has the most, with 1 of Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
