Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Alpha Tau Medical Ltd.

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing examiner-level dispersion across a smaller number of technical examination areas.

BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because the busiest assignment is only one part of the docket, counsel should compare examiner positions while tailoring arguments to each application’s device structure and prosecution history.

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

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting + other1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN 1 50.0% +0.0%
KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE 1 37.5% +92.3%
DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18113097 Convection-Enhanced Diffusing Alpha-Emitter Radiation Therapy DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 21d
18569636 Intratumoral Alpha-Emitter Radiation in Combination with Vasculature Inhibitors KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18569636 Intratumoral Alpha-Emitter Radiation in Combination with Vasculature Inhibitors KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 2
1618 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18412655 Gel Loaded with Alpha-Emitter Radionuclides BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN 1618 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2024
18569636 Intratumoral Alpha-Emitter Radiation in Combination with Vasculature Inhibitors KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2023
18113097 Convection-Enhanced Diffusing Alpha-Emitter Radiation Therapy DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Feb 23, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. have?

Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Alpha Tau Medical Ltd. applications?

Jonghwan Nmn Baek has the most, with 1 of Alpha Tau Medical Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Alpha Tau Medical Ltd.'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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