Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

AliveCor Inc.

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

AliveCor Inc. has 9 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio spans 9 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, indicating broad examiner distribution across a smaller set of technical groupings. Coordinated docket control is important, while application-level analysis remains necessary because the examiner assignments are dispersed.

JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can organize recurring medical-device issues by art unit, but the available data does not indicate concentration with a single examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

6
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (22%)
§101 + other2 (22%)
§103 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
78% 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
JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A 1 83.7% +15.5%
HOLMES, REX R 1 80.1% +17.9%
GEDEON, BRIAN T 1 87.0% +7.2%
SHELTON, SETH CAPRIANO-UMA 1 — —
HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 1 45.8% +35.3%
EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 1 70.4% +34.9%
MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 1 28.9% +26.9%
KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN 1 33.3% +7.3%
BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD 1 63.3% +43.2%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18806620 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF QT INTERVAL ANALYSIS GEDEON, BRIAN T —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17955336 MOBILE QT ANALYSIS INTEGRATION MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 17d overdue
19069054 DIGITAL STETHOSCOPE JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A —
19029919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ANALYTE MEASUREMENT ANALYSIS HOLMES, REX R —
18407346 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ANALYTE MEASUREMENT ANALYSIS SHELTON, SETH CAPRIANO-UMA —
18527094 MACHINE LEARNING HEALTH ANALYSIS WITH A MOBILE DEVICE HOUGH, JESSANDRA F —
18161641 SIX LEAD ECG DEVICE WITH A REDUCED FORM FACTOR EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17955336 MOBILE QT ANALYSIS INTEGRATION MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 17d overdue
19069054 DIGITAL STETHOSCOPE JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A —
19029919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ANALYTE MEASUREMENT ANALYSIS HOLMES, REX R —
18527094 MACHINE LEARNING HEALTH ANALYSIS WITH A MOBILE DEVICE HOUGH, JESSANDRA F —
18161641 SIX LEAD ECG DEVICE WITH A REDUCED FORM FACTOR EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT —
17539164 MULTI-LEAD ELECTRODE PLACEMENT ON A WEARABLE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM DEVICE BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3796 4
2695 1
2141 1
3792 1
3685 1
3794 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19069054 DIGITAL STETHOSCOPE JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A 2695 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
19029919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ANALYTE MEASUREMENT ANALYSIS HOLMES, REX R 3796 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18806620 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF QT INTERVAL ANALYSIS GEDEON, BRIAN T 3796 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18407346 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ANALYTE MEASUREMENT ANALYSIS SHELTON, SETH CAPRIANO-UMA 2141 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2024
18527094 MACHINE LEARNING HEALTH ANALYSIS WITH A MOBILE DEVICE HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 3796 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 01, 2023
18161641 SIX LEAD ECG DEVICE WITH A REDUCED FORM FACTOR EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 3792 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 30, 2023
17955336 MOBILE QT ANALYSIS INTEGRATION MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 3685 §101 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17714909 BEDSIDE COMMODE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN 3794 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Apr 06, 2022
17539164 MULTI-LEAD ELECTRODE PLACEMENT ON A WEARABLE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM DEVICE BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD 3796 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does AliveCor Inc. have?

AliveCor Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most AliveCor Inc. applications?

William A Jerez Lora has the most, with 1 of AliveCor Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are AliveCor Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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