Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Fujifilm Healthcare Corporation

19 pending office actions • 12 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 60 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
2
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
18
Medium (95%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only16 (84%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only1 (5%)

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
5
Communications
26% of docket
4
Semiconductors
21% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
53% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAYNARD, JOHNATHAN A 2 39.9% +7.2%
CELESTINE, NYROBI I 1 81.7% +22.6%
WENDEROTH, FREDERICK 1 93.1% -2.9%
THROOP, MYLES A 1 58.0% +41.4%
BASET, NESHAT 1 29.7% +28.0%
NGANGA, BONIFACE N 1 64.1% +30.1%
MANOHARAN, SHASHIDHAR SHANKAR 1 100.0% +0.0%
HO, ALLEN C 1 86.8% +17.7%
MCDONALD, JAMES F 1 56.8% +41.8%
NASIR, TAQI R 1 87.0% +13.6%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18765333 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND MODEL OPERATION VERIFICATION METHOD CELESTINE, NYROBI I 86d overdue
18759973 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS WENDEROTH, FREDERICK 30d overdue
18664299 MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM MANOHARAN, SHASHIDHAR SHANKAR 6d
18633143 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME NASIR, TAQI R 28d
18645647 PHOTON COUNTING CT APPARATUS AND SUBSTANCE DECOMPOSITION METHOD HO, ALLEN C 62d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18731361 MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS BASET, NESHAT 40d

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
18765333 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND MODEL OPERATION VERIFICATION METHOD CELESTINE, NYROBI I 86d overdue
18752768 EXAMINATION TABLE DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND OPERATION METHOD OF EXAMINATION TABLE DEVICE THROOP, MYLES A 43d overdue
18644472 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS MCDONALD, JAMES F 28d
18633143 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME NASIR, TAQI R 28d
18731361 MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS BASET, NESHAT 40d
18664296 MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM NGANGA, BONIFACE N 55d
18645647 PHOTON COUNTING CT APPARATUS AND SUBSTANCE DECOMPOSITION METHOD HO, ALLEN C 62d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3798 5
3797 4
2852 1
3679 1
2655 1
2884 1
2858 1
2896 1
2668 1
2681 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18765333 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND MODEL OPERATION VERIFICATION METHOD CELESTINE, NYROBI I 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2024
18761538 IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MONITORING PATIENT DURING EXAMINATION MAYNARD, JOHNATHAN A 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18759973 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS WENDEROTH, FREDERICK 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2024
18752768 EXAMINATION TABLE DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND OPERATION METHOD OF EXAMINATION TABLE DEVICE THROOP, MYLES A 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18731361 MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS BASET, NESHAT 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jun 03, 2024
18664296 MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM NGANGA, BONIFACE N 3797 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending May 15, 2024
18664299 MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM MANOHARAN, SHASHIDHAR SHANKAR 2655 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending May 15, 2024
18645647 PHOTON COUNTING CT APPARATUS AND SUBSTANCE DECOMPOSITION METHOD HO, ALLEN C 2884 §112 Final Rejection 62d Pending Apr 25, 2024
18644472 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS MCDONALD, JAMES F 3797 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Apr 24, 2024
18633143 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME NASIR, TAQI R 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18620346 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, BODY MOVEMENT INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS MAYNARD, JOHNATHAN A 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18593311 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS PATEL, RISHI R 2896 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Mar 01, 2024
18412271 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD ABDI, AMARA 2668 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18518876 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD CATO, MIYA J 2681 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 24, 2023
18386358 BODY MOVEMENT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE, AND BODY MOVEMENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD KUDO, KEN 2671 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2023
18231961 PHOTOACOUSTIC SIGNAL MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT AND PHOTOACOUSTIC SIGNAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEM SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 142d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2023
18203743 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, FOR OBTAINING ADJUSTMENT PARAMETERS THAT AFFECT IMAGE QUALITY SAINI, AMANDEEP SINGH 2600 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2023
18118798 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSOR, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD PENG, BO JOSEPH 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18117324 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND ELECTROCARDIAC WAVEFORM PROCESSING METHOD VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023

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