Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Electrocore Inc.

8 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)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.

2
Hard (25%)
5
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (62%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
88% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 2 85.4% +14.8%
CHNG, JOY POH AI 1 60.7% +18.7%
TEJANI, ANKIT D 1 81.0% +16.9%
HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 1 56.1% +13.9%
MORALES, JON ERIC C 1 85.5% +9.7%
STEINBERG, AMANDA L 1 51.2% +28.1%
BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 1 26.2% +31.9%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18396958 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING NERVE STIMULATION THERAPY MORALES, JON ERIC C 6d
19258809 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING SLEEP EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 15d

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
17744557 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING NERVE STIMULATION BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 15d
18754919 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 16d
19230501 Medical Devices for Treating Medical Conditions CHNG, JOY POH AI

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18940026 NON-INVASIVE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR MEDICAL DISORDERS TEJANI, ANKIT D 273d overdue
19258809 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING SLEEP EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 15d
17744557 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING NERVE STIMULATION BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 15d
18754919 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 16d
19230501 Medical Devices for Treating Medical Conditions CHNG, JOY POH AI
18891307 WEARABLE TREATMENT DEVICE FOR NON-INVASIVE NERVE STIMULATION HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA
17981371 NON-INVASIVE NERVE STIMULATION TO TREAT DISORDERS STEINBERG, AMANDA L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3792 4
3796 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19258809 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING SLEEP EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3792 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 02, 2025
19230501 Medical Devices for Treating Medical Conditions CHNG, JOY POH AI §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2025
18940026 NON-INVASIVE ELECTRICAL STIMULATION FOR MEDICAL DISORDERS TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 Other Non-Final OA 273d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2024
18891307 WEARABLE TREATMENT DEVICE FOR NON-INVASIVE NERVE STIMULATION HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18754919 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ELECTRICAL STIMULATION EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3792 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18396958 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING NERVE STIMULATION THERAPY MORALES, JON ERIC C 3796 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Dec 27, 2023
17981371 NON-INVASIVE NERVE STIMULATION TO TREAT DISORDERS STEINBERG, AMANDA L 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2022
17744557 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING NERVE STIMULATION BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 13, 2022

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