Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
49 pending office actions • 8 art units • 35 examiners • 0 of 49 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 79 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 47 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. 47 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 | 4 (8%) |
| §103 only | 34 (69%) |
| §102 only | 8 (16%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 4 | 61.1% | +33.3% |
| SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 3 | 31.7% | +40.3% |
| MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 2 | — | — |
| BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 2 | 21.6% | +30.9% |
| VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 2 | 83.3% | +14.4% |
| HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 2 | 77.6% | +14.2% |
| COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD | 2 | — | — |
| D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 2 | 67.0% | +22.1% |
| HUH, VYNN V | 2 | 61.9% | +44.9% |
| TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES | 2 | 68.1% | +10.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18658543 | Integrated Header-Based Data and Charging Antenna for an Implantable Medical Device | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 5d |
| 18645034 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING STIMULATION IN RESPONSE TO A CHANGE IN A SYMPTOM, THERAPEUTIC EFFECT, OR SIDE EFFECT | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 5d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17728227 | ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICALLY GUIDED DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION SURGERY UNDER VARIOUS STATES OF MEDICATION AND AROUSAL | KREMER, MATTHEW | 35d overdue |
| 18766156 | ENHANCED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVOKED POTENTIAL CLASSIFICATION | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 5d overdue |
| 18753787 | Bolus Stimulation in a Neurostimulation Device Particularly Useful in Providing Sub-Perception Stimulation | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 15d |
| 18618726 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF STIMULATION AMPLITUDE | GETZOW, SCOTT M | 15d |
| 16657560 | Varying Stimulation Parameters to Prevent Tissue Habituation in a Spinal Cord Stimulation System | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 62d |
| 18381384 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ASSISTING PATIENTS | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 84d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18084282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING POWER SOURCE CAPACITY OF AN IMPLANTABLE CONTROL MODULE OF AN ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES | 203d overdue |
| 18232621 | PHOTOBIOMODULATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING AN ELECTRODE DISPOSED ON OR OVER A LIGHT EMITTER AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING | TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES | 89d overdue |
| 18086148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERIPHERAL NEUROMODULATION | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 73d overdue |
| 17706309 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TOLERANCE THRESHOLDS FOR NEUROSTIMULATION | HUH, VYNN V | 72d overdue |
| 18453916 | Methods and Systems for Determining Baseline Voltages for Sensed Neural Response in an Implantable Stimulator Device System | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 45d overdue |
| 18440468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOSED-LOOP NEUROSTIMULATION WITH PATIENT CONTROL | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 15d overdue |
| 17594443 | Adjustment of Stimulation in Response to Electrode Array Movement in a Spinal Cord Stimulator System | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 4d overdue |
| 18656175 | Current Generation Architecture for an Implantable Medical Device | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 1d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 25 |
| 3792 | 15 |
| 3794 | 3 |
| 3700 | 2 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18766156 | ENHANCED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVOKED POTENTIAL CLASSIFICATION | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 3796 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18763676 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING ELECTRODES AND PROVIDING STIMULATION | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18753787 | Bolus Stimulation in a Neurostimulation Device Particularly Useful in Providing Sub-Perception Stimulation | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18747174 | METHODS AND ABLATION SYSTEMS FOR TREATMENT OF SACROILIAC JOINT PAIN USING SHORT, HIGH VOLTAGE PULSES | VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18666569 | IMPLANTABLE DEVICE PROGRAMMING MANAGEMENT | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | May 16, 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 |
| 18658543 | Integrated Header-Based Data and Charging Antenna for an Implantable Medical Device | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18656175 | Current Generation Architecture for an Implantable Medical Device | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18655659 | MULTIFACTORIAL PLANNING FOR AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM NEUROMODULATION | BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18652645 | COMPUTER-ASSISTED PROGRAMMING OF NEUROMODULATION THERAPY | MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18651034 | Current Mode-Based Programming for Implantable Stimulators | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18646260 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSED SIGNAL GUIDANCE | COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 32d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18645034 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING STIMULATION IN RESPONSE TO A CHANGE IN A SYMPTOM, THERAPEUTIC EFFECT, OR SIDE EFFECT | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18630224 | ESTIMATION SYSTEMS FOR DBS PROGRAMMING | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18624644 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEAD PLACEMENT BY EVOKED POTENTIAL | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18621815 | NEUROSTIMULATION WITH PHASE OFFSET BETWEEN MODULATED PARAMETERS | KISH, JAMES M | 3792 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18618726 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF STIMULATION AMPLITUDE | GETZOW, SCOTT M | 3792 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18610841 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOVING STIMULATION USING ANATOMICAL DIRECTIONAL CONTROLS | HUH, VYNN V | 3792 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18596368 | Filtering Algorithm for Assessing Communications Wirelessly Received by an Implantable Medical Device | COLLARD JR, DWANE EDWARD | 3792 | Other | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18590631 | LOCATION-BASED NEUROSTIMULATION PROGRAMMING AND USER INTERACTIONS | JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING | 3792 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18440468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOSED-LOOP NEUROSTIMULATION WITH PATIENT CONTROL | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18439651 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRICAL SPATIAL FIELD FOR LEAD IMPLANT | PRUITT, HALEY NICOLE | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18427464 | Automated Selection of Electrodes and Stimulation Parameters in a Deep Brain Stimulation System Using Anatomical Structures | PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18419049 | USE OF BLOOD FLOW IMAGES TO INFORM SCS WORKFLOW | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18414919 | RF ABLATION SYSTEMS WITH AT LEAST ONE DIRECTIONAL ELEMENT AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING | TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18540469 | CONNECTOR CONTACT FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18388371 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING STIMULATION PROGRAMS WITH TEMPORAL VARIATION | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18503811 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROGRAMMING PATTERNED DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION | WU, TONG E | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18381384 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ASSISTING PATIENTS | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 3686 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18373626 | RF ABLATION SYSTEMS WITH A BIPOLAR RF ELECTRODE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18453916 | Methods and Systems for Determining Baseline Voltages for Sensed Neural Response in an Implantable Stimulator Device System | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18450148 | Using Stimulation Circuitry to Provide DC Offset Compensation at Inputs to Sense Amp Circuitry in a Stimulator Device | ANTHONY, MARIA CATHERINE | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18232621 | PHOTOBIOMODULATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING AN ELECTRODE DISPOSED ON OR OVER A LIGHT EMITTER AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING | TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES | 3700 | §103 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18223984 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOSED-LOOP DETERMINATION OF STIMULATION PARAMETER SETTINGS FOR AN ELECTRICAL SIMULATION SYSTEM | WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL | 3799 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18198745 | DEVICES AND METHODS TO USE POWER SPECTRUM OR SIGNAL ASSOCIATION FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §102 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18188063 | Implantable Pulse Generator Charging Alerts | OMAR, AHMED H | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Mar 22, 2023 |
| 18118654 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERLEAVING WAVEFORMS FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION AND MEASUREMENT | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 18110151 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING COST PARAMETERS FOR PROGRAMMING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 3792 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2023 |
| 18086148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERIPHERAL NEUROMODULATION | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18084282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING POWER SOURCE CAPACITY OF AN IMPLANTABLE CONTROL MODULE OF AN ELECTRICAL STIMULATION SYSTEM | TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES | 3700 | §103 | Final Rejection | 203d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
| 18075647 | SYSTEMS FOR USING LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL OSCILLATIONS | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Dec 06, 2022 |
| 17981172 | PRESENTATION OF ELECTROSTIMULATION AND CLINICAL RESPONSE DATA | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2022 |
| 17904891 | Varying Optimal Sub-Perception Stimulation as a Function of Time Using a Modulation Function | ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Aug 24, 2022 |
| 17757922 | Techniques to Allow Patient Control of the Location in an Electrode Array at Which Sub-Perception Stimulation is Provided to Spinal Neural Tissue of a Patient | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 79d | Pending | Jun 23, 2022 |
| 17729473 | REMOTE TITRATION OF NEUROSTIMULATION THERAPY | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2022 |
| 17728227 | ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICALLY GUIDED DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION SURGERY UNDER VARIOUS STATES OF MEDICATION AND AROUSAL | KREMER, MATTHEW | 3791 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
| 17706309 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TOLERANCE THRESHOLDS FOR NEUROSTIMULATION | HUH, VYNN V | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2022 |
| 17594443 | Adjustment of Stimulation in Response to Electrode Array Movement in a Spinal Cord Stimulator System | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
| 16657560 | Varying Stimulation Parameters to Prevent Tissue Habituation in a Spinal Cord Stimulation System | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Oct 18, 2019 |
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