Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Exo Imaging Inc. is currently managing 9 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 9 distinct examiners, meaning every pending case is being reviewed by a different individual. The prosecution activity is spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technical focus involves several different specialized groups within the patent office.
IP, JASON M is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, though he is responsible for only 1 pending action. This figure is consistent across the portfolio, as there are 9 distinct examiners for the 9 pending office actions. This lack of examiner overlap requires the company to engage with nine different individuals, each with their own approach to examination.
The use of 5 distinct art units for 9 pending office actions suggests that while the examiners are unique, some are working within the same technical groups. This concentration in 5 distinct art units may allow practitioners to identify broader trends that affect multiple cases. Managing 9 pending office actions across 9 distinct examiners requires a coordinated effort to maintain consistency in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering space.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 2 (22%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (33%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (11%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP, JASON M | 1 | 55.2% | +25.2% |
| VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM | 1 | 37.5% | +46.7% |
| ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 1 | 55.1% | +3.6% |
| SINGER, DAVID L | 1 | 69.1% | +42.2% |
| MCDONALD, JAMES F | 1 | 59.1% | +42.8% |
| FRITH, SEAN A | 1 | 62.5% | +26.7% |
| WALSH, RYAN D | 1 | 86.9% | +5.6% |
| SHELDEN, BION A | 1 | 22.5% | +18.7% |
| ASGHAR, AMINAH | 1 | 61.2% | +46.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18243608 | COHERENT MATRIX OF DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS ON CHIP | WALSH, RYAN D | 49d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18655190 | REAL-TIME REMOTE GUIDANCE | MCDONALD, JAMES F | 28d overdue |
| 18466355 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA TO CONTROL AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM BASED ON CONTEXT PARAMETERS OF AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SESSION | FRITH, SEAN A | 27d |
| 19481796 | REAL-TIME REMOTE GUIDANCE | VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM | — |
| 19063616 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO COMPOUND SIGNALS OF RESPECTIVE RECEIVED ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES TO GENERATE AN OUTPUT ULTRASONIC IMAGE | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | — |
| 18351719 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FORWARD MEDICAL DATA FILES FROM A MEDICAL FACILITY NETWORK TO ANOTHER NETWORK | SHELDEN, BION A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18655190 | REAL-TIME REMOTE GUIDANCE | MCDONALD, JAMES F | 28d overdue |
| 17901461 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL AN ULTRASONIC IMAGE ON A DISPLAY BASED ON SENSOR INPUT AT AN ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 2d overdue |
| 18466355 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA TO CONTROL AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM BASED ON CONTEXT PARAMETERS OF AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SESSION | FRITH, SEAN A | 27d |
| 19388953 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING WITH DYNAMIC MICROBEAMFORMERS | IP, JASON M | — |
| 19481796 | REAL-TIME REMOTE GUIDANCE | VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM | — |
| 18751986 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE WITH PROGRAMMABLE ANATOMY AND FLOW IMAGING | SINGER, DAVID L | — |
| 18351719 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FORWARD MEDICAL DATA FILES FROM A MEDICAL FACILITY NETWORK TO ANOTHER NETWORK | SHELDEN, BION A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 3 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 2852 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19388953 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING WITH DYNAMIC MICROBEAMFORMERS | IP, JASON M | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19481796 | REAL-TIME REMOTE GUIDANCE | VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM | 3682 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 19063616 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO COMPOUND SIGNALS OF RESPECTIVE RECEIVED ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES TO GENERATE AN OUTPUT ULTRASONIC IMAGE | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18751986 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE WITH PROGRAMMABLE ANATOMY AND FLOW IMAGING | SINGER, DAVID L | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18655190 | REAL-TIME REMOTE GUIDANCE | MCDONALD, JAMES F | 3797 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18466355 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA TO CONTROL AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM BASED ON CONTEXT PARAMETERS OF AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SESSION | FRITH, SEAN A | 3798 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18243608 | COHERENT MATRIX OF DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS ON CHIP | WALSH, RYAN D | 2852 | §102 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18351719 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FORWARD MEDICAL DATA FILES FROM A MEDICAL FACILITY NETWORK TO ANOTHER NETWORK | SHELDEN, BION A | 3685 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 17901461 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL AN ULTRASONIC IMAGE ON A DISPLAY BASED ON SENSOR INPUT AT AN ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Sep 01, 2022 |
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