Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
EndoChoice Inc. is currently navigating 5 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners. Despite the variety of examiners, all 5 pending actions are housed within 1 distinct art unit.
Rynae E Boler is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action. Because there are 5 distinct examiners for 5 pending actions, each examiner is managing exactly 1 case. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, they all share a common technical classification. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of this 1 distinct art unit while managing the 5 distinct examiners. This distribution ensures that no single examiner's style dominates the current prosecution of the 5 pending office actions. The 5 distinct examiners provide a variety of individual review styles within a single technical group.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLER, RYNAE E | 1 | 62.4% | +8.8% |
| CHOU, WILLIAM B | 1 | 72.6% | +20.6% |
| NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 1 | 77.8% | +13.5% |
| WOO, JAE KYUN | 1 | 59.8% | +16.2% |
| NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL | 1 | 74.4% | +18.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18463783 | CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY FOR A MULTIPLE VIEWING ELEMENTS ENDOSCOPE USING CMOS SENSORS | NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL | 96d overdue |
| 19081753 | DISPOSABLE AIR/WATER AND SUCTION VALVES FOR AN ENDOSCOPE | BOLER, RYNAE E | — |
| 19021577 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRACKING THE POSITION OF AN ENDOSCOPE WITHIN A PATIENT'S BODY | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | — |
| 18978685 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-SENSOR ENDOSCOPES | WOO, JAE KYUN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18463783 | CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY FOR A MULTIPLE VIEWING ELEMENTS ENDOSCOPE USING CMOS SENSORS | NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL | 96d overdue |
| 19028099 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE LOCATION OF AN ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE | CHOU, WILLIAM B | — |
| 19021577 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRACKING THE POSITION OF AN ENDOSCOPE WITHIN A PATIENT'S BODY | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | — |
| 18978685 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-SENSOR ENDOSCOPES | WOO, JAE KYUN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2896 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19081753 | DISPOSABLE AIR/WATER AND SUCTION VALVES FOR AN ENDOSCOPE | BOLER, RYNAE E | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19028099 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE LOCATION OF AN ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE | CHOU, WILLIAM B | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19021577 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRACKING THE POSITION OF AN ENDOSCOPE WITHIN A PATIENT'S BODY | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | — | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18978685 | OPTICAL SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-SENSOR ENDOSCOPES | WOO, JAE KYUN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18463783 | CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY FOR A MULTIPLE VIEWING ELEMENTS ENDOSCOPE USING CMOS SENSORS | NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL | 2896 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 96d overdue | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
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