Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Bigfoot Biomedical Inc.

11 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
3
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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.

9
Hard (82%)
1
Medium (9%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only6 (55%)
§101 + other3 (27%)
§103 only1 (9%)
§112 only1 (9%)

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
91% of docket
1
Business / Other
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PORTILLO, JAIRO H 2 53.4% +30.6%
RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 2 28.8% +27.4%
SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 1 65.7% +38.3%
GARTLAND, SCOTT D 1 11.1% +12.6%
KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE 1 26.3% +30.7%
ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 1 33.5% +40.8%
ABDULLAH, AAISHA 1 24.5% +40.7%
STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN 1 55.2% +21.0%
CHOI, PETER H 1 26.1% +18.5%

Hard Cases (9)

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
17646568 VISUALIZING OUTCOMES OF APPLYING RECOMMENDED INSULIN THERAPY SETTINGS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND DEVICES ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 28d
17303927 DETECTING MEAL INGESTION OR MISSED BOLUS RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 30d
18821533 COMPUTER-BASED DIABETES MANAGEMENT PORTILLO, JAIRO H
17756586 DETERMINING WHETHER ADJUSTMENTS OF INSULIN THERAPY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT GARTLAND, SCOTT D
17756585 DETERMINING TOTAL DAILY BASAL DOSE MISMATCH KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE
16442281 PRESENTING INSULIN THERAPY SETTING RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A THERAPY INSIGHT FOR A PERSON WITH DIABETES (PWD) AND RELATED METHODS ABDULLAH, AAISHA
16442271 PRESENTING INSULIN THERAPY INSIGHTS THAT INCLUDE PRE-GENERATED CONTENT AT AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS, AND METHODS RAPILLO, KRISTINE K
16442252 RECEIVING INSULIN THERAPY INFORMATION RELATED TO INSULIN-BASED MANAGEMENT OF A PERSON WITH DIABETES (PWD) CHOI, PETER H

Interview Candidates (11)

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
17646568 VISUALIZING OUTCOMES OF APPLYING RECOMMENDED INSULIN THERAPY SETTINGS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND DEVICES ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 28d
17303927 DETECTING MEAL INGESTION OR MISSED BOLUS RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 30d
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
17756586 DETERMINING WHETHER ADJUSTMENTS OF INSULIN THERAPY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BEING TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT GARTLAND, SCOTT D
17756585 DETERMINING TOTAL DAILY BASAL DOSE MISMATCH KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE
16442281 PRESENTING INSULIN THERAPY SETTING RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A THERAPY INSIGHT FOR A PERSON WITH DIABETES (PWD) AND RELATED METHODS ABDULLAH, AAISHA
16442238 AUTOMATED PROVISIONING OF CLINICAL ADVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A PATIENT WITH DIABETES (PWD) AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES STONE, RACHAEL SOJIN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3682 3
3681 3
3783 1
3685 1
3687 1
3791 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
18398051 CAP FOR USE WITH VARIETY OF INJECTION PENS AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
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
17756585 DETERMINING TOTAL DAILY BASAL DOSE MISMATCH KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE 3687 §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2022
17646568 VISUALIZING OUTCOMES OF APPLYING RECOMMENDED INSULIN THERAPY SETTINGS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND DEVICES ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K 3682 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 30, 2021
17303927 DETECTING MEAL INGESTION OR MISSED BOLUS RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 3682 §101 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 10, 2021
16442281 PRESENTING INSULIN THERAPY SETTING RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A THERAPY INSIGHT FOR A PERSON WITH DIABETES (PWD) AND RELATED METHODS ABDULLAH, AAISHA 3681 §101§103 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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2019
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
15809816 COMPUTER-BASED DIABETES MANAGEMENT PORTILLO, JAIRO H 3791 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2017

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