Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

DexCom Inc.

62 pending office actions • 12 art units • 46 examiners • 0 of 62 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

62
Total Pending OAs
36
Non-Final OAs
26
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

34
Hard (55%)
20
Medium (32%)
6
Easy (10%)
2
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (6%)
§101 + other16 (26%)
§103 only18 (29%)
§102 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting only6 (10%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (23%)
No statute on record2 (3%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
2% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
2
Semiconductors
3% of docket
41
Mechanical / Eng
66% of docket
16
Business / Other
26% 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.

620 h
Manual time on pending OAs
124 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
217 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 4 71.4% +30.2%
JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 3 68.5% +21.0%
TOTH, KAREN E 3 46.7% +25.4%
SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3 52.2% +61.9%
PREVIL, DANIEL 2 85.8% +12.1%
WEARE, MEREDITH H 2 50.1% +31.6%
AGAHI, PUYA 2 49.1% +23.7%
PATEL, OM 2 58.3% +54.4%
FLICK, JASON E 2 80.5% +13.5%
HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 2 65.0% +46.7%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19230203 Individualized Multiple-Day Simulation Model of Type I Diabetic Patient Decision-Making For Developing, Testing and Optimizing Insulin Therapies Driven By Glucose Sensors PREVIL, DANIEL
19190335 ANALYTE SENSOR PREVIL, DANIEL
18433530 TIME AVERAGED BASAL RATE OPTIMIZER FLICK, JASON E
17873971 INTEGRATED MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE FOR USE WITH CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSOR FLICK, JASON E

Hard Cases (34)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19000454 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE AND HOST MONITORING COMMUNICATIONS SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. 49d overdue
17956738 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF IMPROVING PATCH PERFORMANCE FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 49d overdue
18208126 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SENSOR DEPLOYMENT SHOSTAK, ANDREY 37d overdue
18425940 ANALYTE SENSOR WITH IMPEDANCE DETERMINATION NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 32d overdue
18091984 MINIATURIZED WEARABLE DEVICES FOR ANALYTE MEASUREMENT WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 28d overdue
18400603 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ADAPTORS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 26d overdue
17746048 Data-Stream Bridging for Sensor Transitions ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 17d overdue
18642267 GLYCEMIC URGENCY ASSESSMENT AND ALERTS INTERFACE SHOSTAK, ANDREY 9d overdue

Interview Candidates (25)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18208126 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SENSOR DEPLOYMENT SHOSTAK, ANDREY 37d overdue
18425940 ANALYTE SENSOR WITH IMPEDANCE DETERMINATION NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 32d overdue
18400603 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ADAPTORS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 26d overdue
18642267 GLYCEMIC URGENCY ASSESSMENT AND ALERTS INTERFACE SHOSTAK, ANDREY 9d overdue
17583128 NEEDLE FOR TRANSCUTANEOUS ANALYTE SENSOR DELIVERY NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 2d overdue
18538982 CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM INSIGHT NOTIFICATIONS SHOSTAK, ANDREY 19d
18535815 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS TO COMPENSATE FOR EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON IMPLANTABLE SENSORS AGAHI, PUYA 22d
17743786 Intermittent Monitoring NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 22d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 31
3783 4
3796 2
3792 2
2689 1
3684 1
2857 1
1795 1
3686 1
2142 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19241159 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA ANALYTICS AND VISUALIZATION SOREY, ROBERT A §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2025
19230203 Individualized Multiple-Day Simulation Model of Type I Diabetic Patient Decision-Making For Developing, Testing and Optimizing Insulin Therapies Driven By Glucose Sensors PREVIL, DANIEL DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2025
19190335 ANALYTE SENSOR PREVIL, DANIEL 3791 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2025
19190241 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ALERTS OPTIMIZED FOR A USER KING, CURTIS J DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2025
19098398 INDICATOR AND ANALYTICS FOR SENSOR INSERTION IN A CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 2689 Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2025
19000454 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE AND HOST MONITORING COMMUNICATIONS SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. 3684 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2024
18984806 ALERT OPTIMIZATION IN MULTI-RECEIVER ENVIRONMENTS HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18938150 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING SENSOR DATA BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 05, 2024
18923941 CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM POWER CONSERVATION PORTILLO, JAIRO H §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18919368 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS CONNECTION IN AN ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM MAGLOIRE, ELISABETH BENOIT §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2024
18915186 PRECONNECTED ANALYTE SENSORS TU, AURELIE H DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18887956 COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 17, 2024
18828569 ANALYTE SENSOR WITH IMPEDANCE DETERMINATION ZAAB, SHARAH 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2024
18810015 SENSORS FOR CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING WEARE, MEREDITH H §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18760764 EVALUATION OF DATA TO PROVIDE DECISION SUPPORT FOR A KETOGENIC LIFESTYLE FARDANESH, MARJAN §101§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2024
18673130 ANALYTE MONITORING DEVICE CALIBRATION YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2024
18652491 MEMBRANE FOR CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSORS JANG, CHRISTIAN Y §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2024
18646702 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER MANAGEMENT IN ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM TOTH, KAREN E 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18642267 GLYCEMIC URGENCY ASSESSMENT AND ALERTS INTERFACE SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18636210 SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED EXERCISE GUIDANCE TO METABOLICALLY UNFIT HOSTS USING CONTINUOUSLY MONITORED ANALYTE DATA PRUITT, HALEY NICOLE 3796 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2024
18634724 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PATCH APPLICATORS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES TOTH, KAREN E 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18627759 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZED NON-ENZYME SIGNAL COMPENSATION HENSON, DEVIN B 3791 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18614977 METHOD TO IMPROVE SAFETY MONITORING IN TYPE-1 DIABETIC PATIENTS BY DETECTING IN REAL-TIME FAILURES OF THE GLUCOSE AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18612072 DECISION SUPPORT AND TREATMENT ADMINISTRATION SYSTEMS PATEL, OM 3791 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 21, 2024
18592440 PARTICLE-CONTAINING MEMBRANE AND PARTICULATE ELECTRODE FOR ANALYTE SENSORS JANG, CHRISTIAN Y DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18586306 TRANSCUTANEOUS ANALYTE SENSOR NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 23, 2024
18433530 TIME AVERAGED BASAL RATE OPTIMIZER FLICK, JASON E DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18425940 ANALYTE SENSOR WITH IMPEDANCE DETERMINATION NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3791 §101 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18400603 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF ADAPTORS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 3791 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18401163 SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID GLUCOSE AND KETONE MONITORING QIAN, SHIZHI 1795 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18538982 CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM INSIGHT NOTIFICATIONS SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3791 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Dec 13, 2023
18535815 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS TO COMPENSATE FOR EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE ON IMPLANTABLE SENSORS AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 11, 2023
18503486 DETERMINING USER-SPECIFIC HYPERPARAMETERS FOR DECISION SUPPORT MODELS LAI, DYLAN HONG §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18499895 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING, TRANSMITTING AND DISPLAYING SENSOR DATA DOWNEY, JOHN R 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 01, 2023
18498548 DETERMINING DECISION SUPPORT OUTPUTS USING USER-SPECIFIC ANALYTE LEVEL CRITERIA HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2023
18486138 SECURE BROADCAST MESSAGING IN SUPPORT OF GLUCOSE MONITORING MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 3791 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18371124 EVALUATION AND VISUALIZATION OF GLYCEMIC DYSFUNCTION LE, LINH GIANG 3686 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18361827 Automatic Suspension and Resumption of Medicament Delivery BRANDT, DAVID NELSON 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2023
18220565 Location-Aided Glycemic Control TOTH, KAREN E 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jul 11, 2023
18208126 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING SENSOR DEPLOYMENT SHOSTAK, ANDREY 3791 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18327012 SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING KIDNEY DISEASE WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA 3792 §101§103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending May 31, 2023
18326985 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING, DIAGNOSIS, AND DECISION SUPPORT FOR DIABETES IN PATIENTS WITH KIDNEY DISEASE WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 31, 2023
18306074 USER INTERFACES FOR CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 3791 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18176264 System and Method for Mode Switching CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2023
18173753 SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DECISION SUPPORT AROUND KIDNEY HEALTH AND/OR DIABETES CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2023
18091984 MINIATURIZED WEARABLE DEVICES FOR ANALYTE MEASUREMENT WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
18091889 MINIATURIZED WEARABLE DEVICES FOR ANALYTE MEASUREMENT GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2022
18091942 MINIATURIZED WEARABLE DEVICES FOR ANALYTE MEASUREMENT MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
18066254 MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR DATA DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDING USER INTERACTION POLICIES KOWALIK, SKIELER ALEXANDER 2142 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2022
18065390 END-OF-LIFE DETECTION FOR ANALYTE SENSORS EXPERIENCING PROGRESSIVE SENSOR DECLINE SMITH, JENNIFER JOY 4100 §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2022
17974185 Feedback For Improving Diabetes Management ORTEGA, MARTIN NATHAN 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 26, 2022
17956754 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF IMPROVING PATCH PERFORMANCE FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR 3796 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17956738 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF IMPROVING PATCH PERFORMANCE FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 3791 §102§103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17945585 BIOACTIVE RELEASING MEMBRANE FOR ANALYTE SENSOR GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2022
17873971 INTEGRATED MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE FOR USE WITH CONTINUOUS ANALYTE SENSOR FLICK, JASON E 3783 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jul 26, 2022
17746048 Data-Stream Bridging for Sensor Transitions ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 3791 §101§103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending May 17, 2022
17743786 Intermittent Monitoring NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3791 §101 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 13, 2022
17708892 FILTERING OF CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR (CGM) SIGNALS WITH A KALMAN FILTER BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2858 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 30, 2022
17583128 NEEDLE FOR TRANSCUTANEOUS ANALYTE SENSOR DELIVERY NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2022
17559194 BOLUS ADVISOR WITH CORRECTION BOLUSES BASED ON RISK, CARB-FREE BOLUS RECOMMENDER, AND MEAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PATEL, OM 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2021
17452885 MEDICAMENT INJECTION PEN FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN PRIMING PEN EVENTS AND THERAPEUTIC PEN EVENTS ZAMORY, JUSTIN L 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 29, 2021
17392104 INTELLIGENT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS FOR CONTINUOUS ANALYTE MONITORING WEARE, MEREDITH H 3791 Other Final Rejection Pending Aug 02, 2021

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