Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Dignity Health

10 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

1
Hard (10%)
8
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§103 only8 (80%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
30% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
70% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 1 21.5% +31.5%
TRAN, NHU 1 68.8% +26.7%
MOLOYE, TITILAYO 1 63.4% +47.1%
CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON 1 58.4% +22.0%
NGUYEN, HUONG Q 1 45.6% +44.3%
ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY 1 55.9% +55.6%
HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA 1 42.4% +80.2%
STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 1 51.9% +48.7%
HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 1 25.0% +27.0%
OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18923266 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND MONITORING OF OVER SEDATION TO PREVENT HARM TO PATIENTS MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 157d overdue
16975877 CHITINASE PROTEINS IN NEUROLOGIC DISEASE OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 35d overdue
17118944 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EARLY DETECTION OF SEPSIS HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 27d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18923266 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND MONITORING OF OVER SEDATION TO PREVENT HARM TO PATIENTS MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 157d overdue
18117842 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING MICROSACCADE DYNAMICS TO MEASURE ATTENTIONAL RESPONSE TO A STIMULUS NGUYEN, HUONG Q 146d overdue
18298786 TOOTHBRUSH WITH CONTROLLED SUCTION AND/OR IRRIGATION CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON 42d overdue
17342090 Coated Electroencephalogram Electrodes STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 19d overdue
17759480 BERBERINE COMPOUNDS, BERBERINE COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTRATION THEREOF ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY 5d overdue
18545736 CATHETER SYSTEM FOR DRAINING A BODILY FLUID FROM A FLUID SOURCE IN A BODY TRAN, NHU 3d overdue
17771329 APPARATUS FOR STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF AN EXOSKELETON HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA 12d
18261319 MODULATION OF CHITINASE PROTEIN EXPRESSION MOLOYE, TITILAYO 20d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3687 1
3781 1
1632 1
3723 1
3791 1
1625 1
3785 1
3794 1
3796 1
1677 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18923266 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND MONITORING OF OVER SEDATION TO PREVENT HARM TO PATIENTS MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 3687 §103 Non-Final OA 157d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2024
18545736 CATHETER SYSTEM FOR DRAINING A BODILY FLUID FROM A FLUID SOURCE IN A BODY TRAN, NHU 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18261319 MODULATION OF CHITINASE PROTEIN EXPRESSION MOLOYE, TITILAYO 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jul 13, 2023
18298786 TOOTHBRUSH WITH CONTROLLED SUCTION AND/OR IRRIGATION CRANDALL, JOEL DILLON 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2023
18117842 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING MICROSACCADE DYNAMICS TO MEASURE ATTENTIONAL RESPONSE TO A STIMULUS NGUYEN, HUONG Q 3791 Other Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
17759480 BERBERINE COMPOUNDS, BERBERINE COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR ADMINISTRATION THEREOF ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY 1625 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2022
17771329 APPARATUS FOR STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF AN EXOSKELETON HOWELL, GWYNNETH LINNEA 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 22, 2022
17342090 Coated Electroencephalogram Electrodes STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 3794 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2021
17118944 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EARLY DETECTION OF SEPSIS HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §101 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 11, 2020
16975877 CHITINASE PROTEINS IN NEUROLOGIC DISEASE OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 1677 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2020

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