Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
15 pending office actions • 8 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 9 (60%) |
| §102 only | 2 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (27%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH | 2 | 52.4% | +79.4% |
| CHOU, WILLIAM B | 2 | 73.2% | +21.2% |
| PECHE, JORGE O | 1 | 80.5% | +16.9% |
| KOLKIN, ADAM D. | 1 | 47.3% | +6.7% |
| SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL | 1 | — | — |
| EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 1 | 75.4% | +3.1% |
| DOROS, KAYLA RENEE | 1 | 72.7% | +10.2% |
| COLLINS, SEAN W | 1 | 74.6% | +27.1% |
| ANDERSON, MICHAEL W. | 1 | 44.7% | +52.7% |
| WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | 1 | 50.0% | +52.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997112 | CONTROL OF A SURGICAL ROBOT ARM | PECHE, JORGE O | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19021872 | ENDOSCOPE | KOLKIN, ADAM D. | 16d overdue |
| 18696456 | A ROBOTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | COLLINS, SEAN W | — |
| 18247482 | SURGICAL ROBOT CALIBRATION DEVICE | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | — |
| 18005450 | GEARED INSTRUMENTS | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18012771 | JOINT CONTROL IN A MECHANICAL SYSTEM | MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH | 7d |
| 18617523 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SURGICAL ROBOT ARM | ANDERSON, MICHAEL W. | 41d |
| 18997112 | CONTROL OF A SURGICAL ROBOT ARM | PECHE, JORGE O | — |
| 18847132 | GRIP FORCE CONTROL IN A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | DOROS, KAYLA RENEE | — |
| 18696456 | A ROBOTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | COLLINS, SEAN W | — |
| 18580426 | A ROBOTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | — |
| 18043409 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SURGICAL ROBOT SYSTEM WITH SAFETY MONITOR | MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH | — |
| 17811098 | CAMERA CONTROL | CHOU, WILLIAM B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3656 | 2 |
| 3795 | 2 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18997112 | CONTROL OF A SURGICAL ROBOT ARM | PECHE, JORGE O | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2025 |
| 19021872 | ENDOSCOPE | KOLKIN, ADAM D. | 3798 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18881086 | APPLYING ENERGY TO AN ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT | SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18880437 | CALIBRATING A SURGICAL ROBOT ARM | EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18847132 | GRIP FORCE CONTROL IN A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | DOROS, KAYLA RENEE | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18696456 | A ROBOTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | COLLINS, SEAN W | 3794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18617523 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SURGICAL ROBOT ARM | ANDERSON, MICHAEL W. | 3693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18580426 | A ROBOTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | WELCH, WILLOW GRACE | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18475962 | SECURING A DRIVING ELEMENT IN AN INSTRUMENT INTERFACE OF A ROBOTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18247482 | SURGICAL ROBOT CALIBRATION DEVICE | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18043409 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR SURGICAL ROBOT SYSTEM WITH SAFETY MONITOR | MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18005450 | GEARED INSTRUMENTS | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2023 |
| 18012771 | JOINT CONTROL IN A MECHANICAL SYSTEM | MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 17811098 | CAMERA CONTROL | CHOU, WILLIAM B | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2022 |
| 17811099 | CAMERA CONTROL | CHOU, WILLIAM B | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2022 |
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