Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Avinger Inc.

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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 only3 (75%)
Double-patenting + other1 (25%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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
SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M 1 69.0% +27.0%
ORKIN, ALEXANDER J 1 65.5% +26.9%
MILLER, SERENITY A 1 70.0% +33.1%
RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE 1 63.2% +57.6%

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
18952598 OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY FOR BIOLOGICAL IMAGING SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M
18924794 OCCLUSION-CROSSING DEVICES ORKIN, ALEXANDER J
18716831 ATHERECTOMY CATHETER WITH SHAPEABLE DISTAL TIP MILLER, SERENITY A
18582526 IDENTIFICATION OF ELASTIC LAMINA TO GUIDE INTERVENTIONAL THERAPY RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3771 3
3797 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18952598 OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY FOR BIOLOGICAL IMAGING SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M 3797 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18924794 OCCLUSION-CROSSING DEVICES ORKIN, ALEXANDER J 3771 §103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18716831 ATHERECTOMY CATHETER WITH SHAPEABLE DISTAL TIP MILLER, SERENITY A 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18582526 IDENTIFICATION OF ELASTIC LAMINA TO GUIDE INTERVENTIONAL THERAPY RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE 3771 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 20, 2024

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