Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Aetna Inc.

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 1 53.6% +61.9%
HUQ, FARZANA B 1 79.9% +31.0%
HRANEK, KAREN AMANDA 1 36.0% +46.8%
LADONI, AHOORA 1 6.7% +11.7%

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
17967517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING BOUNDING BOX GEOSEARCHING TO IDENTIFY SERVICE PROVIDERS LADONI, AHOORA 27d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18947650 MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR DETECTION OF CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 32d overdue
18130149 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING TREATMENT EFFECT MODELS FOR CARE MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS HRANEK, KAREN AMANDA 8d overdue
17967517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING BOUNDING BOX GEOSEARCHING TO IDENTIFY SERVICE PROVIDERS LADONI, AHOORA 27d
18612788 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING TRAFFIC DIRECTION IN NETWORK TRAFFIC LOGS HUQ, FARZANA B

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3682 1
2455 1
3684 1
3689 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18947650 MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR DETECTION OF CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 3682 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2024
18612788 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING TRAFFIC DIRECTION IN NETWORK TRAFFIC LOGS HUQ, FARZANA B 2455 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18130149 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING TREATMENT EFFECT MODELS FOR CARE MANAGEMENT INTERVENTIONS HRANEK, KAREN AMANDA 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
17967517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING BOUNDING BOX GEOSEARCHING TO IDENTIFY SERVICE PROVIDERS LADONI, AHOORA 3689 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Oct 17, 2022

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