Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Clearpoint Neuro Inc. is currently managing 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 5 distinct examiners, which indicates a highly diversified prosecution environment. Each pending matter is reviewed by a different individual, requiring a broad strategy to address varying perspectives at the USPTO.
The portfolio spans 4 distinct art units, a count that is slightly lower than the number of examiners. This distribution suggests that some examiners are likely operating within the same art unit, potentially allowing for some administrative consistency. The busiest examiner, HARRIS, WESLEY G, is responsible for 1 pending office action, reflecting an even workload distribution across the portfolio.
With the 5 pending office actions spread across 4 distinct art units, the company must navigate the specific guidelines of multiple specialized groups. The presence of many distinct examiners for the pending actions increases the variability of the prosecution process. Practitioners should prepare for unique examiner styles rather than a centralized negotiation strategy for the various pending matters currently under review.
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.
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 (17%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, WESLEY G | 1 | 73.4% | +21.7% |
| GROSS, JASON PATRICK | 1 | 64.0% | +43.3% |
| MACK, DELAINEY NOELLE | 1 | — | — |
| YANG, QIAN | 1 | 73.6% | +31.3% |
| STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 1 | 63.3% | +48.7% |
| THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18342038 | INLINE PUMP SYSTEM | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 10d overdue |
| 18175638 | SURGICAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING FLEXIBLE MRI-COMPATIBLE SURGICAL CATHETERS FOR TRANSFERRING A SUBSTANCE TO AND/OR FROM A BRAIN OF A PATIENT | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 75d |
| 18887829 | CLOSED LOOP INFUSION PUMP CONTROL | HARRIS, WESLEY G | — |
| 18658295 | PHYSIOLOGICALLY SYNCHRONIZED SURGICAL PROCEDURES | GROSS, JASON PATRICK | — |
| 18364883 | AUTO EJECTING VACUUM TIP | MACK, DELAINEY NOELLE | — |
| 18348271 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF ANTERIOR COMMISSURE, POSTERIOR COMMISSURE, AND MID-SAGITTAL PLANE IN PATIENT SCANS | YANG, QIAN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18342038 | INLINE PUMP SYSTEM | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 10d overdue |
| 18887829 | CLOSED LOOP INFUSION PUMP CONTROL | HARRIS, WESLEY G | — |
| 18658295 | PHYSIOLOGICALLY SYNCHRONIZED SURGICAL PROCEDURES | GROSS, JASON PATRICK | — |
| 18348271 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF ANTERIOR COMMISSURE, POSTERIOR COMMISSURE, AND MID-SAGITTAL PLANE IN PATIENT SCANS | YANG, QIAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 3 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 2677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18887829 | CLOSED LOOP INFUSION PUMP CONTROL | HARRIS, WESLEY G | 3783 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18658295 | PHYSIOLOGICALLY SYNCHRONIZED SURGICAL PROCEDURES | GROSS, JASON PATRICK | 3797 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18364883 | AUTO EJECTING VACUUM TIP | MACK, DELAINEY NOELLE | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18348271 | AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF ANTERIOR COMMISSURE, POSTERIOR COMMISSURE, AND MID-SAGITTAL PLANE IN PATIENT SCANS | YANG, QIAN | 2677 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18342038 | INLINE PUMP SYSTEM | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18175638 | SURGICAL SYSTEMS INCLUDING FLEXIBLE MRI-COMPATIBLE SURGICAL CATHETERS FOR TRANSFERRING A SUBSTANCE TO AND/OR FROM A BRAIN OF A PATIENT | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialClearpoint Neuro Inc. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 6 examiners.
Wesley G Harris has the most, with 1 of Clearpoint Neuro Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
