Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (12%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHU, DAVID H | 2 | 78.3% | +3.1% |
| BRUCE, FAROUK A | 2 | 47.4% | +37.4% |
| SHIBRU, HELEN | 1 | 58.9% | +3.1% |
| MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | 1 | 86.6% | +13.0% |
| LHYMN, SARAH | 1 | 65.8% | +14.7% |
| GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 1 | 83.2% | +11.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18959270 | ROTATING MARKER | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | — |
| 18576516 | ILIAC PIN AND ADAPTER | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19027864 | TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY | BRUCE, FAROUK A | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19027864 | TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY | BRUCE, FAROUK A | — |
| 18978615 | TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY | BRUCE, FAROUK A | — |
| 18959270 | ROTATING MARKER | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | — |
| 18683680 | AUGMENTED REALITY ASSISTANCE FOR OSTEOTOMY AND DISCECTOMY | LHYMN, SARAH | — |
| 18576516 | ILIAC PIN AND ADAPTER | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 2 |
| 2613 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19308011 | HEAD-MOUNTED STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DIGITAL LOUPES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | SHIBRU, HELEN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 19028204 | COMBINING VIDEO-BASED AND OPTIC-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY IN A NEAR EYE DISPLAY | CHU, DAVID H | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027864 | TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18978615 | TRACKING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERY | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18970608 | COMBINING VIDEO-BASED AND OPTIC-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY IN A NEAR EYE DISPLAY | CHU, DAVID H | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18959270 | ROTATING MARKER | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18683680 | AUGMENTED REALITY ASSISTANCE FOR OSTEOTOMY AND DISCECTOMY | LHYMN, SARAH | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18576516 | ILIAC PIN AND ADAPTER | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
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