Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Elekta AB

20 pending office actions • 13 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 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.

4
Hard (20%)
15
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (20%)
§103 only12 (60%)
§102 only3 (15%)
§112 only1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
5% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
5
Communications
25% of docket
5
Semiconductors
25% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
35% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SONG, HOON K 2 86.1% +8.4%
NAJARIAN, LENA 1 38.8% +39.1%
NAH, JONGBONG 1 76.7% +15.8%
TRAN, PHUOC 1 85.2% +8.8%
BEE, ANDREW W. 1 73.0% +32.1%
PARK, EDWARD 1 82.1% +18.0%
JIA, XIN 1 84.4% +13.1%
GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M 1 80.7% +12.7%
HATTEN, DANIEL WARD 1 81.0% +10.6%
BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 1 90.3% +10.8%

Quick Wins (8)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18315823 TEMPORAL PREDICTION IN ANATOMIC POSITION MONITORING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELING JIA, XIN 14d
18744831 CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY RECONSTRUCTION TRAN, PHUOC
18634690 DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION PARK, EDWARD
18393908 GANTRY DRIVE SONG, HOON K
18044715 TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING MOVEMENT DURING RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT SONG, HOON K
18041871 PATIENT IMAGING FOR DYNAMIC ONLINE ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M
17593525 MAGNETRON FOR A RADIOTHERAPY DEVICE HATTEN, DANIEL WARD
18707327 SUPPORTING RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17786758 RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT DECISION METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR PALLIATIVE CARE COLEMAN, CHARLES P. 34d
17598923 DETERMINING HEMATOLOGIC TOXICITY RISK FOLLOWING RADIOTHERAPY SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 34d
18565847 DISCREET PARAMETER AUTOMATED PLANNING COBANOGLU, DILEK B
17755481 CLOUD-BASED DOSE VERIFICATION BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18315823 TEMPORAL PREDICTION IN ANATOMIC POSITION MONITORING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELING JIA, XIN 14d
18915420 METHOD FOR MODIFYING MEDICAL IMAGING PROTOCOL PARAMETERS NAJARIAN, LENA 27d
18762196 REDUCING NOISE AND ALIASING ARTEFACTS IN 4D MEDICAL IMAGES NAH, JONGBONG
18669590 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION BEE, ANDREW W.
18634690 DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION PARK, EDWARD
18041871 PATIENT IMAGING FOR DYNAMIC ONLINE ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M
17593525 MAGNETRON FOR A RADIOTHERAPY DEVICE HATTEN, DANIEL WARD
18707327 SUPPORTING RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2884 5
3687 2
2674 2
2668 1
2675 1
2663 1
3761 1
2144 1
3683 1
3682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18915420 METHOD FOR MODIFYING MEDICAL IMAGING PROTOCOL PARAMETERS NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 15, 2024
18762196 REDUCING NOISE AND ALIASING ARTEFACTS IN 4D MEDICAL IMAGES NAH, JONGBONG 2674 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18744831 CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY RECONSTRUCTION TRAN, PHUOC 2668 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18669590 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION BEE, ANDREW W. 2674 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18634690 DEFORMABLE IMAGE REGISTRATION PARK, EDWARD 2675 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18393908 GANTRY DRIVE SONG, HOON K 2884 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18315823 TEMPORAL PREDICTION IN ANATOMIC POSITION MONITORING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELING JIA, XIN 2663 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending May 11, 2023
18044715 TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING MOVEMENT DURING RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT SONG, HOON K 2884 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 09, 2023
18041871 PATIENT IMAGING FOR DYNAMIC ONLINE ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M 2884 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2023
17593525 MAGNETRON FOR A RADIOTHERAPY DEVICE HATTEN, DANIEL WARD 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2021
18707327 SUPPORTING RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 2884 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18565847 DISCREET PARAMETER AUTOMATED PLANNING COBANOGLU, DILEK B 3687 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18559991 PARTICLE DOSE OPTIMIZATION FOR PARTICLE ARC THERAPY CASLER, BRIAN L §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2023
18015204 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA 2144 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2023
17936225 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLING A RADIOTHERAPY APPARATUS FAYE, MAMADOU 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2022
17786758 RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT DECISION METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR PALLIATIVE CARE COLEMAN, CHARLES P. 3683 §101 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17755481 CLOUD-BASED DOSE VERIFICATION BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL 3682 §101 Final Rejection Pending Apr 29, 2022
17598923 DETERMINING HEMATOLOGIC TOXICITY RISK FOLLOWING RADIOTHERAPY SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 1687 §101 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 28, 2021
17428669 IDENTIFYING RESPONSIVENESS TO RADIO-IMMUNO COMBINATION THERAPY WHALEY, PABLO S 3619 §112 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Aug 05, 2021
17040920 DECISION SUPPORT TOOL FOR ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY IN CT/LINAC CONSOLE MATTHEWS, CHRISTINE HOPKINS 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 23, 2020

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