Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ceribell Inc. has 6 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, showing concentration at both the examiner and art unit levels. The action volume exceeds the examiner count, so at least one examiner handles more than one matter.
MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those matters provide an opportunity to compare recurring objections and response positions. The broader portfolio still requires coordination across the three art units, with claim strategy adapted to the different examination contexts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 | 2 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | 2 | 63.8% | +34.1% |
| MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 1 | 7.9% | +50.0% |
| BERHANU, ETSUB D | 1 | 65.1% | +24.7% |
| PORTER, JR, GARY A | 1 | 68.9% | +25.0% |
| TU, AURELIE H | 1 | 56.3% | +60.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17203464 | CONNECTION QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR EEG ELECTRODE ARRAYS | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 81d overdue |
| 17083078 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING SONIFIED BRAIN SIGNALS | TU, AURELIE H | 79d overdue |
| 18787979 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRODE PLACEMENT AND TRACKING | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | 56d overdue |
| 18153986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF DELIRIUM AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 51d overdue |
| 17836969 | ADJUSTABLE GEOMETRY WEARABLE ELECTRODES | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | 28d |
| 19098805 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEIZURE DETECTION | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17203464 | CONNECTION QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR EEG ELECTRODE ARRAYS | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 81d overdue |
| 17083078 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING SONIFIED BRAIN SIGNALS | TU, AURELIE H | 79d overdue |
| 18787979 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRODE PLACEMENT AND TRACKING | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | 56d overdue |
| 18153986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF DELIRIUM AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 51d overdue |
| 17836969 | ADJUSTABLE GEOMETRY WEARABLE ELECTRODES | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | 28d |
| 19098805 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEIZURE DETECTION | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 3 |
| 3794 | 2 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19098805 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEIZURE DETECTION | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 18787979 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRODE PLACEMENT AND TRACKING | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | 3794 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 56d overdue | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18153986 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF DELIRIUM AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 3791 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 17836969 | ADJUSTABLE GEOMETRY WEARABLE ELECTRODES | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | 3794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jun 09, 2022 |
| 17203464 | CONNECTION QUALITY ASSESSMENT FOR EEG ELECTRODE ARRAYS | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §101§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 81d overdue | Pending | Mar 16, 2021 |
| 17083078 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING SONIFIED BRAIN SIGNALS | TU, AURELIE H | 3791 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 79d overdue | Pending | Oct 28, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialCeribell Inc. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
Adam Zachary Minchella has the most, with 2 of Ceribell Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
