Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Bigfoot Biomedical Inc.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

13 pending office actions • 5 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
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.

11
Hard (85%)
1
Medium (8%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (23%)
§101 + other5 (38%)
§103 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (23%)

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
10
Mechanical / Eng
77% of docket
3
Business / Other
23% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PORTILLO, JAIRO H 1 53.5% +31.1%
SMALLEY, JAMES N 1 70.7% -9.9%
SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 1 65.5% +38.3%
CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 1 54.4% +52.6%
MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 1 68.8% +40.2%
VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1 67.4% +24.4%
GARTLAND, SCOTT D 1 10.9% +12.2%
ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS 1 86.7% +18.2%
ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 1 32.4% +40.8%
COVINGTON, AMANDA R 1 21.8% +28.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17660244 INSULIN DELIVERY AND DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS, INSULIN THERAPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RELATED METHODS ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS —

Hard Cases (11)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17596402 MISSED-BOLUS DOSE DETECTION AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES COVINGTON, AMANDA R 32d overdue
17646568 VISUALIZING OUTCOMES OF APPLYING RECOMMENDED INSULIN THERAPY SETTINGS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND DEVICES ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 28d
18821533 COMPUTER-BASED DIABETES MANAGEMENT PORTILLO, JAIRO H —
18798485 ADAPTABLE REUSEABLE ACCESSORY, DETECTING REVERSIBLE ATTACHMENT OF MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE THEREIN, AND KIT THEREOF SMALLEY, JAMES N —
18398051 CAP FOR USE WITH VARIETY OF INJECTION PENS AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS —
18509123 PNEUMATIC INJECTOR FOR MEDICINE DELIVERY CARPENTER, WILLIAM R —
17822236 TIME MANAGEMENT FOR TIME-DEPENDENT THERAPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH —
17756586 DETERMINING WHETHER ADJUSTMENTS OF INSULIN THERAPY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT GARTLAND, SCOTT D —

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17596402 MISSED-BOLUS DOSE DETECTION AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES COVINGTON, AMANDA R 32d overdue
17646568 VISUALIZING OUTCOMES OF APPLYING RECOMMENDED INSULIN THERAPY SETTINGS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND DEVICES ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 28d
18821533 COMPUTER-BASED DIABETES MANAGEMENT PORTILLO, JAIRO H —
18398051 CAP FOR USE WITH VARIETY OF INJECTION PENS AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS —
18509123 PNEUMATIC INJECTOR FOR MEDICINE DELIVERY CARPENTER, WILLIAM R —
17822236 TIME MANAGEMENT FOR TIME-DEPENDENT THERAPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH —
17810701 SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING INSULIN ON BOARD AND RECOMMENDING INSULIN THERAPY, AND RELATED METHODS VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN —
17756586 DETERMINING WHETHER ADJUSTMENTS OF INSULIN THERAPY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT GARTLAND, SCOTT D —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 4
3682 2
3681 2
3685 1
3686 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18821533 COMPUTER-BASED DIABETES MANAGEMENT PORTILLO, JAIRO H — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18798485 ADAPTABLE REUSEABLE ACCESSORY, DETECTING REVERSIBLE ATTACHMENT OF MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE THEREIN, AND KIT THEREOF SMALLEY, JAMES N — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18398051 CAP FOR USE WITH VARIETY OF INJECTION PENS AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2023
18509123 PNEUMATIC INJECTOR FOR MEDICINE DELIVERY CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2023
17822236 TIME MANAGEMENT FOR TIME-DEPENDENT THERAPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 25, 2022
17810701 SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING INSULIN ON BOARD AND RECOMMENDING INSULIN THERAPY, AND RELATED METHODS VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN — DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2022
17756586 DETERMINING WHETHER ADJUSTMENTS OF INSULIN THERAPY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT GARTLAND, SCOTT D 3685 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2022
17660244 INSULIN DELIVERY AND DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS, INSULIN THERAPY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RELATED METHODS ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 22, 2022
17646568 VISUALIZING OUTCOMES OF APPLYING RECOMMENDED INSULIN THERAPY SETTINGS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND DEVICES ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 3682 §101§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 30, 2021
17596402 MISSED-BOLUS DOSE DETECTION AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES COVINGTON, AMANDA R 3686 §101 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2021
16442271 PRESENTING INSULIN THERAPY INSIGHTS THAT INCLUDE PRE-GENERATED CONTENT AT AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS, AND METHODS RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 3682 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 14, 2019
16442252 RECEIVING INSULIN THERAPY INFORMATION RELATED TO INSULIN-BASED MANAGEMENT OF A PERSON WITH DIABETES (PWD) CHOI, PETER H 3681 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2019
16442238 AUTOMATED PROVISIONING OF CLINICAL ADVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A PATIENT WITH DIABETES (PWD) AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN 3681 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2019

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