Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Advanced Neuromodulation Systems Inc.

9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

4
Hard (44%)
5
Medium (56%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (44%)
§103 only4 (44%)
§102 only1 (11%)

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
11% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
89% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 2 65.1% +30.5%
PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y 1 69.2% +48.9%
TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL 1 48.0% +22.6%
CHEN, FRANK S 1 82.4% +8.6%
ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR 1 38.9% +73.3%
D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 1 67.5% +21.9%
SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE 1 84.0% +25.0%
HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 1 41.1% +49.6%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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
17968739 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NEUROSTIMULATION THERAPY USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PATIENT FEATURES SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18782572 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL 98d overdue
17891105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 27d
18540802 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) WITH CODE PATH METRICS ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR
18540777 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) WITH CODE PATH METRICS D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH

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
18782572 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL 98d overdue
17891105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 27d
18951606 DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUITRY FOR MONITORING AND MITIGATING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) IN AN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y
18540802 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) WITH CODE PATH METRICS ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR
18540777 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) WITH CODE PATH METRICS D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH
18451181 DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUITRY FOR MONITORING CHARGE STATES OF ELECTRODES OF A LEAD SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH AN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI
18125696 SPINAL CORD STIMULATION TO TREAT PAIN LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI
17968739 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NEUROSTIMULATION THERAPY USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PATIENT FEATURES SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3796 5
3681 1
2611 1
3686 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18951606 DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUITRY FOR MONITORING AND MITIGATING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) IN AN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y 3796 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18782572 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL 3681 §101§112Other Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Jul 24, 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 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18540802 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) WITH CODE PATH METRICS ILAGAN, VINCENT CAESAR 3686 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2023
18540777 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE (IMD) WITH CODE PATH METRICS D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 3796 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18451181 DIAGNOSTIC CIRCUITRY FOR MONITORING CHARGE STATES OF ELECTRODES OF A LEAD SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH AN IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 3796 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2023
18125696 SPINAL CORD STIMULATION TO TREAT PAIN LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 3796 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Mar 23, 2023
17968739 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING NEUROSTIMULATION THERAPY USING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL PATIENT FEATURES SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2022
17891105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL HEALTH SERVICES HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI 3791 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Aug 18, 2022

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