Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
15 pending office actions • 7 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 8 (53%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (27%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 2 | 81.4% | +23.1% |
| ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T | 2 | 69.0% | +28.6% |
| ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 48.6% | +58.2% |
| SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 1 | 69.0% | +27.0% |
| BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 1 | 44.8% | +22.1% |
| DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN | 1 | 75.0% | +22.9% |
| MCDONALD, JAMES F | 1 | 59.3% | +41.2% |
| KIM, SU C | 1 | 77.6% | -11.9% |
| GE, JIN | 1 | 79.6% | +18.6% |
| VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S | 1 | 48.0% | +43.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862288 | THERMAL DISSIPATION STRUCTURES FOR ULTRASOUND PROBES | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 62d |
| 19075381 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MONITORING FETAL HEARTBEAT AND UTERINE CONTRACTION SIGNALS | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17985968 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SCAN PATTERN FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING | VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S | 496d overdue |
| 17841525 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR GUIDING A USER TO COLLECT ULTRASOUND IMAGES | CATTUNGAL, SANJAY | 383d overdue |
| 17555351 | INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED PIEZOELECTRIC ULTRASOUND ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN A CHECKERBOARD PATTERN | ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T | 69d |
| 19290548 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COHERENCE IMAGING IN OBTAINING ULTRASOUND IMAGES | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | — |
| 18504320 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSLATING ULTRASOUND IMAGES | MCDONALD, JAMES F | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17985968 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SCAN PATTERN FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING | VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S | 496d overdue |
| 18137049 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TELE-MEDICINE | GE, JIN | 4d overdue |
| 18862288 | THERMAL DISSIPATION STRUCTURES FOR ULTRASOUND PROBES | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 62d |
| 17555351 | INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED PIEZOELECTRIC ULTRASOUND ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN A CHECKERBOARD PATTERN | ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T | 69d |
| 19310020 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS ON AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 19290548 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COHERENCE IMAGING IN OBTAINING ULTRASOUND IMAGES | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | — |
| 19075381 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MONITORING FETAL HEARTBEAT AND UTERINE CONTRACTION SIGNALS | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | — |
| 18909514 | Ultrasound Imaging System with Enhanced User Interface | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 5 |
| 3797 | 3 |
| 2147 | 1 |
| 2899 | 1 |
| 2619 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19310020 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS ON AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19290548 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COHERENCE IMAGING IN OBTAINING ULTRASOUND IMAGES | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | — | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19075381 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MONITORING FETAL HEARTBEAT AND UTERINE CONTRACTION SIGNALS | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 18862288 | THERMAL DISSIPATION STRUCTURES FOR ULTRASOUND PROBES | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18909514 | Ultrasound Imaging System with Enhanced User Interface | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 3798 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18806916 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICES SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T | 3797 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18389884 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE WITH FILTER FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGE PRESETS | DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN | 2147 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18504320 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSLATING ULTRASOUND IMAGES | MCDONALD, JAMES F | 3797 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18382368 | MICROFABRICATED ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS AND RELATED APPARATUS AND METHODS | KIM, SU C | 2899 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18137049 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR TELE-MEDICINE | GE, JIN | 2619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 17985968 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING SCAN PATTERN FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING | VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 496d overdue | Pending | Nov 14, 2022 |
| 17845940 | ULTRASOUND APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING ULTRASOUND DEVICES | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2022 |
| 17841525 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR GUIDING A USER TO COLLECT ULTRASOUND IMAGES | CATTUNGAL, SANJAY | 3798 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 383d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
| 17555351 | INDEPENDENTLY OPERATED PIEZOELECTRIC ULTRASOUND ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN A CHECKERBOARD PATTERN | ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Dec 17, 2021 |
| 16553693 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR COLLECTION OF ULTRASOUND DATA | YIP, JACK | 3715 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2019 |
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