Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

GE HEALTHCARE Limited

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1 66.2% +52.8%
SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 1 63.0% +17.2%
ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1 46.2% +22.1%
CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1 32.8% +26.5%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18557528 ANALYTICAL HPLC BRAZIN, JACQUELINE
17415842 ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17787545 NOVEL MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR GADOLINIUM COMPLEXES ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 23d
17786383 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 29d
18557528 ANALYTICAL HPLC BRAZIN, JACQUELINE
17415842 ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1618 2
1798 1
1758 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18557528 ANALYTICAL HPLC BRAZIN, JACQUELINE 1798 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2023
17786383 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 1758 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 16, 2022
17787545 NOVEL MANUFACTURING PROCESS FOR GADOLINIUM COMPLEXES ROGERS, JAMES WILLIAM 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jun 20, 2022
17415842 ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1618 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2021

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