Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc.

13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (69%)
1
Easy (8%)
3
Unknown (23%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (69%)
§112 only1 (8%)
No statute on record3 (23%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
92% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL 1 47.7% +22.9%
HUH, VYNN V 1 61.9% +44.9%
CHEN, FRANK S 1 82.2% +8.8%
BAYS, PAMELA M 1 72.2% +36.9%
TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 1 68.1% +10.4%
ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 1 76.8% +15.9%
MAHMOOD, NADIA AHMAD 1 90.1% +8.7%
TEJANI, ANKIT D 1 81.1% +17.3%
SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE 1 80.0% +33.3%
SITTNER, MICHAEL J 1 11.1% +14.7%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17968734 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NEUROSTIMULATION THERAPY USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PATIENT FEATURES SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE 67d overdue
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
18173919 DIGITAL HEALTH ARCHITECTURE INCLUDING A VIRTUAL CLINIC FOR FACILITATING REMOTE PROGRAMMING MAHMOOD, NADIA AHMAD 22d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17891098 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES SITTNER, MICHAEL J 80d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18413500 IMPLANTABLE STIMULATION LEAD INCLUDING A COILED LEAD BODY AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME BAYS, PAMELA M 112d overdue
18782572 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL 98d overdue
17891098 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES SITTNER, MICHAEL J 80d overdue
17968734 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NEUROSTIMULATION THERAPY USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PATIENT FEATURES SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE 67d overdue
18515440 NEUROSTIMULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A DISCHARGE PROFILE IN PRESENCE OF MRI/EMI INTERFERENCE TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 2d overdue
18644071 NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEMS WITH STIMULATION LEADS AND/OR STYLETS WITH IMPROVED MALLEABILITY AND/OR FLEXIBILITY HUH, VYNN V 5d
18074446 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING EVOKED COMPOUND ACTION POTENTIAL (ECAP) FEATURES IN RESPONSE TO NEUROSTIMULATION TEJANI, ANKIT D 8d
18491267 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) INCLUDING SENSING AMPLIFIER CIRCUITRY ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 34d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3796 6
3792 3
3681 1
2611 1
3621 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18782572 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL 3681 Other Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18644071 NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEMS WITH STIMULATION LEADS AND/OR STYLETS WITH IMPROVED MALLEABILITY AND/OR FLEXIBILITY HUH, VYNN V 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Apr 23, 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
18413500 IMPLANTABLE STIMULATION LEAD INCLUDING A COILED LEAD BODY AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME BAYS, PAMELA M 3796 §112 Final Rejection 112d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2024
18515440 NEUROSTIMULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A DISCHARGE PROFILE IN PRESENCE OF MRI/EMI INTERFERENCE TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18491267 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) INCLUDING SENSING AMPLIFIER CIRCUITRY ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18173919 DIGITAL HEALTH ARCHITECTURE INCLUDING A VIRTUAL CLINIC FOR FACILITATING REMOTE PROGRAMMING MAHMOOD, NADIA AHMAD 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 24, 2023
18074446 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING EVOKED COMPOUND ACTION POTENTIAL (ECAP) FEATURES IN RESPONSE TO NEUROSTIMULATION TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 Other Non-Final OA 8d Pending Dec 02, 2022
17968734 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NEUROSTIMULATION THERAPY USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PATIENT FEATURES SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE 3796 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2022
17891098 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES SITTNER, MICHAEL J 3621 §103 Final Rejection 80d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2022
17891105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 18, 2022
17891056 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X 3792 Other Final Rejection 30d Pending Aug 18, 2022
17361293 METHODS FOR OPERATING A SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND RELATED SYSTEMS D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 3796 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending Jun 28, 2021

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