Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Bolt Medical Inc.

10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

6
Hard (60%)
3
Medium (30%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (10%)
§102 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting only1 (10%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (60%)

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
9
Mechanical / Eng
90% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 3 49.1% +39.6%
LUONG, PETER 1 69.0% +27.0%
ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 1 76.8% +15.5%
TANNER, JOCELIN C 1 72.1% +35.1%
ALLEN, ROBERT F 1 73.5% +61.7%
HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 1 47.4% +46.1%
ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 1 53.8% +28.7%
TRAN, THIEN JASON 1 74.1% +24.2%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18582889 HIGH BANDWIDTH ENERGY SOURCE FOR IMPROVED TRANSMISSION THROUGH OPTICAL FIBER FOR INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 22d overdue
18904579 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE MONITORING WITHIN A CATHETER SYSTEM ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO
18653148 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE THAT GENERATES AN ADVANCING ENERGY WAVEFRONT EISEMAN, LYNSEY C
18397395 BALLOON WITH EMITTER FOR INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE EISEMAN, LYNSEY C
18500752 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY CATHETER WITH RAPID EXCHANGE PORT ALLEN, ROBERT F
17390594 OPTICAL VALVE MULTIPLEXER FOR LASER-DRIVEN PRESSURE WAVE DEVICE ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18582889 HIGH BANDWIDTH ENERGY SOURCE FOR IMPROVED TRANSMISSION THROUGH OPTICAL FIBER FOR INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 22d overdue
17673221 OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES TO IMPROVE ENERGY COUPLING TO PRESSURE WAVE GENERATOR OF AN INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 12d
19172037 PLASMA CREATION VIA NONAQUEOUS OPTICAL BREAKDOWN OF LASER PULSE ENERGY FOR BREAKUP OF VASCULAR CALCIUM LUONG, PETER
18904579 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE MONITORING WITHIN A CATHETER SYSTEM ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO
18741023 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE WITH PLASMA GENERATOR INCLUDING POLYMERIC MATERIAL TANNER, JOCELIN C
18653148 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE THAT GENERATES AN ADVANCING ENERGY WAVEFRONT EISEMAN, LYNSEY C
18397395 BALLOON WITH EMITTER FOR INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE EISEMAN, LYNSEY C
18500752 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY CATHETER WITH RAPID EXCHANGE PORT ALLEN, ROBERT F

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3796 4
3792 2
3797 1
3771 1
3783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19172037 PLASMA CREATION VIA NONAQUEOUS OPTICAL BREAKDOWN OF LASER PULSE ENERGY FOR BREAKUP OF VASCULAR CALCIUM LUONG, PETER 3797 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2025
18904579 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESSURE MONITORING WITHIN A CATHETER SYSTEM ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18741023 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE WITH PLASMA GENERATOR INCLUDING POLYMERIC MATERIAL TANNER, JOCELIN C 3771 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18653148 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE THAT GENERATES AN ADVANCING ENERGY WAVEFRONT EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2024
18582889 HIGH BANDWIDTH ENERGY SOURCE FOR IMPROVED TRANSMISSION THROUGH OPTICAL FIBER FOR INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 3796 §103§112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18397395 BALLOON WITH EMITTER FOR INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 3796 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18500752 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY CATHETER WITH RAPID EXCHANGE PORT ALLEN, ROBERT F 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2023
17673221 OPTICAL ASSEMBLIES TO IMPROVE ENERGY COUPLING TO PRESSURE WAVE GENERATOR OF AN INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 3792 §103DP Final Rejection 12d Pending Feb 16, 2022
17390594 OPTICAL VALVE MULTIPLEXER FOR LASER-DRIVEN PRESSURE WAVE DEVICE ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 3796 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 30, 2021
17178184 FLUID RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE TRAN, THIEN JASON 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2021

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