Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Brainlab AG

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
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.

3
Hard (38%)
4
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (25%)
§103 only4 (50%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

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
1
Communications
12% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 1 86.2% +21.4%
COX, THADDEUS B 1 76.9% +18.8%
STEAR, RYAN JAMES 1 100.0% +0.0%
STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM 1 33.3% +25.0%
TANINGCO, MARCUS H 1 80.9% +6.6%
GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL 1 70.2% +40.2%
ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN 1 25.3% +31.8%
HANKS, BENJAMIN L 1 21.8% +31.7%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18855367 ROBOTIC CALIBRATION KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL
18565330 ORIENTING AN X-RAY DEVICE BASED ON AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE TANINGCO, MARCUS H

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17279904 AUTOMATIC SETTING OF IMAGING PARAMETERS HANKS, BENJAMIN L 15d
18704770 CT-LESS FREE BREATHING IMAGE CONTOUR FOR PLANNING RADIATION TREATMENT COX, THADDEUS B
18687584 ULTRASOUND TO 3D REGISTRATION USING A-MODE SIGNALS STEAR, RYAN JAMES
17783675 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING INTERNAL ORGAN SHIFT ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17279904 AUTOMATIC SETTING OF IMAGING PARAMETERS HANKS, BENJAMIN L 15d
18855367 ROBOTIC CALIBRATION KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL
18704770 CT-LESS FREE BREATHING IMAGE CONTOUR FOR PLANNING RADIATION TREATMENT COX, THADDEUS B
18686566 VIRTUAL CAMERA SOURCES SHOWING REGIONS OF INTEREST OF DEVICES STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM
18279344 PATIENT TABLE MOUNTING FRAME GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL
17783675 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING INTERNAL ORGAN SHIFT ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3657 1
2611 1
2884 1
3673 1
3791 1
3684 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18855367 ROBOTIC CALIBRATION KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL 3657 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 09, 2024
18704770 CT-LESS FREE BREATHING IMAGE CONTOUR FOR PLANNING RADIATION TREATMENT COX, THADDEUS B §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18687584 ULTRASOUND TO 3D REGISTRATION USING A-MODE SIGNALS STEAR, RYAN JAMES §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18686566 VIRTUAL CAMERA SOURCES SHOWING REGIONS OF INTEREST OF DEVICES STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM 2611 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 26, 2024
18565330 ORIENTING AN X-RAY DEVICE BASED ON AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE TANINGCO, MARCUS H 2884 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18279344 PATIENT TABLE MOUNTING FRAME GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL 3673 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2023
17783675 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING INTERNAL ORGAN SHIFT ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 09, 2022
17279904 AUTOMATIC SETTING OF IMAGING PARAMETERS HANKS, BENJAMIN L 3684 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 25, 2021

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