Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Axonics, Inc. has 6 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 6 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is currently handling exactly one matter for the company. This distribution suggests a broad engagement with different examiners even though the work is concentrated in only 2 distinct art units. The focus on 2 art units implies that the company's technology is being reviewed by a relatively small group of technical peers.
The busiest examiner, LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This matches the workload of the other distinct examiners in the portfolio. The concentration of 6 actions within just 2 distinct art units indicates that while many examiners are involved, they are likely working within closely related technical fields. Practitioners should look for consistency in examination trends across these 2 art units while addressing the individual requirements of the 6 different examiners to ensure a unified prosecution strategy.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (17%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | 1 | 65.4% | +30.1% |
| KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 1 | 64.2% | +57.2% |
| LONG, SARAH A | 1 | 60.6% | +42.6% |
| ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG | 1 | 53.7% | +26.8% |
| PORTER, JR, GARY A | 1 | 68.8% | +25.2% |
| JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 1 | 58.8% | +51.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18219613 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN ESTIMATE OF BATTERY CAPACITY FOR AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 28d overdue |
| 18130126 | DEVICES AND METHODS TO IMPROVE EFFICACY AND EFFICIENCY OF LOCATING THE SACRAL FORAMINA DURING SACRAL NEUROMODULATION PROCEDURE | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 83d |
| 19030286 | ATTACHMENT DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE WITH A NERVE STIMULATION CHARGING DEVICE | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | — |
| 18856863 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT OF NEUROSTIMULATION LEADS | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | — |
| 18913963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT OF NEUROSTIMULATION LEADS | LONG, SARAH 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18219613 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN ESTIMATE OF BATTERY CAPACITY FOR AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 28d overdue |
| 18130126 | DEVICES AND METHODS TO IMPROVE EFFICACY AND EFFICIENCY OF LOCATING THE SACRAL FORAMINA DURING SACRAL NEUROMODULATION PROCEDURE | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 83d |
| 19030286 | ATTACHMENT DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE WITH A NERVE STIMULATION CHARGING DEVICE | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | — |
| 18856863 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT OF NEUROSTIMULATION LEADS | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | — |
| 18913963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT OF NEUROSTIMULATION LEADS | LONG, SARAH A | — |
| 18908733 | MRI DETECTION SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE | ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 3 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19030286 | ATTACHMENT DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF USE WITH A NERVE STIMULATION CHARGING DEVICE | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18856863 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT OF NEUROSTIMULATION LEADS | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 3796 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18913963 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT OF NEUROSTIMULATION LEADS | LONG, SARAH A | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18908733 | MRI DETECTION SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE | ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18219613 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN ESTIMATE OF BATTERY CAPACITY FOR AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18130126 | DEVICES AND METHODS TO IMPROVE EFFICACY AND EFFICIENCY OF LOCATING THE SACRAL FORAMINA DURING SACRAL NEUROMODULATION PROCEDURE | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Apr 03, 2023 |
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