Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Endoquest Robotics Inc. is managing 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed across 3 distinct art units, reflecting a multi-disciplinary approach to their medical device portfolio. The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations are being evaluated by several different specialized groups at the patent office.
The portfolio involves 4 distinct examiners, indicating some concentration of work. LUAN, SCOTT is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 pending office actions. The remaining 3 pending office actions are split among the other 3 distinct examiners. This distribution requires the company to manage 4 different examiner relationships across 3 distinct art units. Practitioners should note that LUAN, SCOTT holds a larger share of the pending actions compared to the other 3 distinct examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUAN, SCOTT | 2 | 65.2% | +12.7% |
| JOS, BASIL T | 1 | 78.0% | +6.2% |
| NIA, ALIREZA | 1 | 41.7% | +49.5% |
| PRATHER, GREGORY T | 1 | 68.5% | +21.8% |
| ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18781663 | MASTER CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS | JOS, BASIL T | 14d |
| 18920441 | USER INTERFACES FOR SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| 18596171 | SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR HOLDING A VIDEOSCOPE ON A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM | NIA, ALIREZA | — |
| 18221037 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR TRANS-LUMINAL INTRODUCTION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE | ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18965829 | WIRE ELONGATION COMPENSATION SYSTEM | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| 18920441 | USER INTERFACES FOR SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| 18596171 | SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR HOLDING A VIDEOSCOPE ON A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM | NIA, ALIREZA | — |
| 18415502 | ROBOTIC MEDICAL SYSTEM DRAPE ADAPTER ASSEMBLIES | PRATHER, GREGORY T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 3795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18965829 | WIRE ELONGATION COMPENSATION SYSTEM | LUAN, SCOTT | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18920441 | USER INTERFACES FOR SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | LUAN, SCOTT | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18781663 | MASTER CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS | JOS, BASIL T | 3658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18596171 | SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR HOLDING A VIDEOSCOPE ON A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM | NIA, ALIREZA | 3786 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18415502 | ROBOTIC MEDICAL SYSTEM DRAPE ADAPTER ASSEMBLIES | PRATHER, GREGORY T | 3618 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18221037 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR TRANS-LUMINAL INTRODUCTION OF A MEDICAL DEVICE | ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
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