Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 9 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dignity Health has 12 pending office actions, involving 12 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The examiner total matches the action total, while the smaller art-unit total indicates that some units handle multiple matters.
BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel must coordinate across 9 examination units while tracking a separate examiner for each listed action.
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 (17%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (33%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (8%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 83.5% | +14.0% |
| CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | 1 | 60.5% | +40.8% |
| SHIN, SOO JUNG | 1 | 87.2% | +16.1% |
| LAMPRECHT, JOEL | 1 | 81.4% | +16.5% |
| KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 1 | 63.9% | +18.8% |
| TRAN, NHU | 1 | 68.7% | +17.2% |
| SMITH, EMILIE ALINE | 1 | 49.4% | +35.4% |
| ZHANG, LEI | 1 | 13.3% | +100.0% |
| NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 1 | 46.2% | +44.4% |
| ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K | 1 | 10.5% | +8.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18117842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING MICROSACCADE DYNAMICS TO MEASURE ATTENTIONAL RESPONSE TO A STIMULUS | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 146d overdue |
| 17998884 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PREDICTIVE DOUBLE-BOOKING MEDICAL APPOINTMENT SYSTEM | ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K | 4d overdue |
| 17771329 | APPARATUS FOR STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF AN EXOSKELETON | HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA | 12d |
| 17118944 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EARLY DETECTION OF SEPSIS | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 27d |
| 18936762 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR SELECTIVELY PRESENTING IMAGES CAPTURED BY CONFOCAL LASER ENDOMICROSCOPY | SHIN, SOO JUNG | — |
| 18728019 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REINFORCEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CHANNELS | LAMPRECHT, JOEL | — |
| 18575777 | ONE-PASS CATHETER TUNNELER | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | — |
| 18551430 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE-LEARNING GUIDED TREATMENT PLANNING AND MONITORING OF ELECTRIC FIELD THERAPY IMPLANTS | SMITH, EMILIE ALINE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18117842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING MICROSACCADE DYNAMICS TO MEASURE ATTENTIONAL RESPONSE TO A STIMULUS | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 146d overdue |
| 18545736 | CATHETER SYSTEM FOR DRAINING A BODILY FLUID FROM A FLUID SOURCE IN A BODY | TRAN, NHU | 3d overdue |
| 19096693 | MULTIPURPOSE MEDICAL DEVICE | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — |
| 19027421 | DRUG DELIVERY COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FABRICATION | CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | — |
| 18936762 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR SELECTIVELY PRESENTING IMAGES CAPTURED BY CONFOCAL LASER ENDOMICROSCOPY | SHIN, SOO JUNG | — |
| 18728019 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REINFORCEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CHANNELS | LAMPRECHT, JOEL | — |
| 18575777 | ONE-PASS CATHETER TUNNELER | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | — |
| 18551430 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE-LEARNING GUIDED TREATMENT PLANNING AND MONITORING OF ELECTRIC FIELD THERAPY IMPLANTS | SMITH, EMILIE ALINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 2 |
| 3781 | 2 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 2667 | 1 |
| 1686 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19096693 | MULTIPURPOSE MEDICAL DEVICE | BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19027421 | DRUG DELIVERY COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FABRICATION | CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | 1613 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18936762 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR SELECTIVELY PRESENTING IMAGES CAPTURED BY CONFOCAL LASER ENDOMICROSCOPY | SHIN, SOO JUNG | 2667 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18728019 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REINFORCEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CHANNELS | LAMPRECHT, JOEL | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18575777 | ONE-PASS CATHETER TUNNELER | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 3781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18545736 | CATHETER SYSTEM FOR DRAINING A BODILY FLUID FROM A FLUID SOURCE IN A BODY | TRAN, NHU | 3781 | DP | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18551430 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE-LEARNING GUIDED TREATMENT PLANNING AND MONITORING OF ELECTRIC FIELD THERAPY IMPLANTS | SMITH, EMILIE ALINE | 1686 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18251580 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING ELECTRIC FIELD IN BIOLOGICAL TISSUES | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 18117842 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING MICROSACCADE DYNAMICS TO MEASURE ATTENTIONAL RESPONSE TO A STIMULUS | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 3791 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 146d overdue | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
| 17998884 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PREDICTIVE DOUBLE-BOOKING MEDICAL APPOINTMENT SYSTEM | ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
| 17771329 | APPARATUS FOR STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF AN EXOSKELETON | HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 17118944 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EARLY DETECTION OF SEPSIS | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 3796 | §101 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Dec 11, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialDignity Health has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 12 examiners.
Christopher J Beccia has the most, with 1 of Dignity Health's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
