Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
74 pending office actions • 9 art units • 48 examiners • 0 of 74 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 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. 13 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 only | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 11 (15%) |
| §103 only | 18 (24%) |
| §102 only | 9 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 33 (45%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 4 | 12.0% | +35.0% |
| PORTER, JR, GARY A | 4 | 68.9% | +25.0% |
| OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | 3 | 14.3% | +85.7% |
| MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 3 | 66.7% | +50.0% |
| ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE | 3 | 68.5% | +31.2% |
| MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | 3 | 55.7% | +22.7% |
| SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 3 | 32.7% | +40.7% |
| MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 2 | 75.3% | +20.8% |
| LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 2 | 69.4% | +29.3% |
| WU, TONG E | 2 | 71.0% | +15.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18086148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERIPHERAL NEUROMODULATION | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 73d overdue |
| 18540469 | CONNECTOR CONTACT FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 12d |
| 18651034 | Current Mode-Based Programming for Implantable Stimulators | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 29d |
| 18198745 | DEVICES AND METHODS TO USE POWER SPECTRUM OR SIGNAL ASSOCIATION FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 70d |
| 18075647 | SYSTEMS FOR USING LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL OSCILLATIONS | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 70d |
| 19171993 | NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEMS USING SENSE AND OUTCOMES DATA | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — |
| 19171543 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT GUIDED NEUROMODULATION THERAPY | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | — |
| 19098565 | PATHWAYS TO PAIN RELIEF VIA ADAPTIVE ELECTRICAL NEUROSTIMULATION TREATMENT | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18086148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERIPHERAL NEUROMODULATION | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 73d overdue |
| 18118654 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERLEAVING WAVEFORMS FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND MEASUREMENT | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 1d overdue |
| 18540469 | CONNECTOR CONTACT FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 12d |
| 18651034 | Current Mode-Based Programming for Implantable Stimulators | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 29d |
| 18198745 | DEVICES AND METHODS TO USE POWER SPECTRUM OR SIGNAL ASSOCIATION FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 70d |
| 19171993 | NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEMS USING SENSE AND OUTCOMES DATA | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — |
| 19098565 | PATHWAYS TO PAIN RELIEF VIA ADAPTIVE ELECTRICAL NEUROSTIMULATION TREATMENT | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | — |
| 19090876 | Precise Targeting in a Spinal Cord Stimulation System | WU, TONG E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 42 |
| 3792 | 16 |
| 3794 | 5 |
| 3791 | 3 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| 3684 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19201648 | Stimulation Configuration Variation to Control Evoked Temporal Patterns | WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL | 3799 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19171993 | NEUROSTIMULATION SYSTEMS USING SENSE AND OUTCOMES DATA | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 3796 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19171543 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT GUIDED NEUROMODULATION THERAPY | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 3686 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19098565 | PATHWAYS TO PAIN RELIEF VIA ADAPTIVE ELECTRICAL NEUROSTIMULATION TREATMENT | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 3796 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19090876 | Precise Targeting in a Spinal Cord Stimulation System | WU, TONG E | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19080381 | Paresthesia-Free Spinal Cord Stimulation Occurring at Lower Frequencies and Sweet Spot Searching Using Paresthesia | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 3796 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19055355 | Assessment and Adjustment of Time-Varying Pulse Patterns in a Spinal Cord Stimulator System | SCHLUETER, MARY GRACE | 3796 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19049888 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC NEUROSTIMULATION | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19043997 | ELECTRICAL STIMULATION CUFF LEADS WITH CONJOINED DISTAL END PORTIONS | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19044098 | Paresthesia-Free Spinal Cord Stimulation Occurring at Lower Frequencies Involving Perception Threshold Determinations | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19044030 | Deep Brain Stimulation Neuromodulation Targeting | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19044033 | RF ABLATION SYSTEM WITH FEEDBACK-BASED SPLIT-ELECTRODE GROUND PAD PLACEMENT | DEMIE, TIGIST S | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19040399 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINED PHOTOBIOMODULATION AND ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR EPILEPSY | ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19024853 | STIMULATION FIELD MODEL MANIPULATION | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18991320 | Treating Orthostatic Intolerance Conditions Using Spinal Cord Stimulation | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18991255 | Neural Sensing in an Implantable Stimulator Device During Passive Charge Recovery | ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18977452 | SYSTEM AND METHODS TO GUIDE SCS USING SPECIFIC EVOKED POTENTIALS | BERTRAM, ERIC D | 3796 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18976076 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE NEUROMODULATION BASED ON EVOKED RESPONSES | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18974449 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF STIMULATION SETTINGS BASED ON SIMILARITY METRICS | KUO, JONATHAN T | 3792 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18966575 | USER INTERFACE MARKING FOR RF THERAPY | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | 3794 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18956818 | AUTOMATIC PROGRAM GENERATOR FOR SPINAL CORD STIMULATION | PRUITT, HALEY NICOLE | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18937202 | DETERMINING STIMULATION AND SENSING AREAS FOR ADAPTIVE NEUROSTIMULATION TREATMENTS | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18934118 | OPTIMIZATION OF DBS PROGRAM USING A PRESPECIFIED SELECTION OF CONTACTS | TEHRANI, DANIEL | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18931821 | Use of N-let Pulses in a Deep Brain Stimulation System to Selectively Treat Symptoms | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18915089 | SENSING CONFIGURATIONS FOR NON-UNIFORM NEUROSTIMULATION PATTERNS | CHEN, TSE W | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18915053 | Use of Brain Anatomical Features to Optimize Deep Brain Stimulation | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18909601 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING THE NEUROIMMUNE SYSTEM | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18893268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSONALIZING NEUROSTIMULATION | ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18893108 | EPILEPSY THERAPY USING SPINAL CORD STIMULATION | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18886436 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTABLE LATERAL SPINAL CORD STIMULATION | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 3796 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18882583 | COILED RING CONTACTS FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | HUH, VYNN V | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18826670 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODULATING NEURAL SYNCHRONY | WU, TONG E | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18804678 | INTEGRATION OF RELATED PROBABILITY SHELLS INTO DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION TARGETING | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 3796 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18804599 | INTEGRATION OF FIBER TRACTS INTO DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION TARGETING | PRUITT, HALEY NICOLE | 3796 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18802826 | LINKING PULSE PATTERNS IN A NEUROSTIMULATION DEVICE | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18797077 | Automated Selection of Electrodes and Stimulation Parameters in a Deep Brain Stimulation System | HOLMES, REX R | 3796 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18794723 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING THERAPIES | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 3796 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18791850 | ENHANCING NEUROMODULATION FOR SLEEP | MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18790459 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLINICAL EFFECTS-BASED TARGETING OF NEUROSTIMULATION | BERTRAM, ERIC D | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18784430 | EVOKED RESPONSE-GUIDED NEUROMODULATION LEAD PLACEMENT | MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | 3792 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18784365 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEUROMODULATION BASED ON SELECTIVE EVOKED RESPONSES | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | 3792 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18770423 | NEUROMODULATION USING MODULATED PULSE TRAIN | STICE, PAULA J | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18755397 | TARGETED ELECTROSTIMULATION FIELDS BASED ON FOCAL DERMATOMAL COVERAGE | WELCH, HALLE MARGARET | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18753787 | Bolus Stimulation in a Neurostimulation Device Particularly Useful in Providing Sub-Perception Stimulation | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18747115 | METHODS AND ABLATION SYSTEMS FOR BASIVERTEBRAL NERVE ABLATION USING SHORT, HIGH VOLTAGE PULSES | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18666970 | NEURAL STIMULATION SYSTEM TO DELIVER DIFFERENT WAVEFORMS | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 3796 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18663527 | Adjustment of Stimulation in a Stimulator Using Detected Evoked Compound Action Potentials | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18655659 | MULTIFACTORIAL PLANNING FOR AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM NEUROMODULATION | BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD | 3796 | §102 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18655838 | PATIENT- AND CONTEXT-SPECIFIC NEUROMODULATION THERAPY | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 3796 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18652645 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED PROGRAMMING OF NEUROMODULATION THERAPY | MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
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