Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BIOINTELLISENSE, INC. has 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action.
The involvement of 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units suggests a variety of technical reviews for the company's medical device innovations. With 4 pending office actions active, the prosecution team must manage multiple timelines. Each of the 4 distinct examiners represents a unique point of contact within the 2 distinct art units.
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 + other | 2 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 1 | 60.5% | +27.8% |
| HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 1 | 56.5% | +39.1% |
| TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 1 | 49.8% | +32.1% |
| HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 1 | 27.3% | +33.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18299501 | BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION OVER A PERIOD OF TIME | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 107d overdue |
| 18499977 | WEARABLE VITAL SIGNS MONITOR WITH SKIN TONE DETECTION | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 92d overdue |
| 17485315 | MULTI-USE ECG SYSTEM | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18299501 | BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION OVER A PERIOD OF TIME | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 107d overdue |
| 18499977 | WEARABLE VITAL SIGNS MONITOR WITH SKIN TONE DETECTION | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 92d overdue |
| 18957040 | SENSOR FUSION TO VALIDATE SOUND-PRODUCING BEHAVIORS | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | — |
| 17485315 | MULTI-USE ECG SYSTEM | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18957040 | SENSOR FUSION TO VALIDATE SOUND-PRODUCING BEHAVIORS | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18499977 | WEARABLE VITAL SIGNS MONITOR WITH SKIN TONE DETECTION | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 3791 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 92d overdue | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18299501 | BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION OVER A PERIOD OF TIME | TOMBERS, JOSEPH A | 3791 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 107d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 17485315 | MULTI-USE ECG SYSTEM | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2021 |
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