Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
144 pending office actions • 56 art units • 118 examiners • 0 of 144 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 389 patents granted in the last 365 days
GE Precision Healthcare LLC currently has 144 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 120 distinct examiners across 44 distinct art units. This distribution indicates a broad range of medical and mechanical technologies that require interaction with 120 distinct examiners, reflecting the diverse technical nature of the company's healthcare innovations.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is PATEL, RISHI R, who is managing 5 pending office actions. While the examiners are numerous, the concentration of 144 pending actions in 44 distinct art units suggests that some administrative groups handle multiple cases. Practitioners should monitor the 5 actions with PATEL, RISHI R for potential trends that could influence the broader medical device portfolio. The 44 distinct art units represent the diverse technical classifications where the company is currently seeking patent protection, requiring a prosecution strategy that accounts for varied examination cultures.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 47 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. 47 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 only | 6 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 33 (23%) |
| §103 only | 55 (38%) |
| §112 only | 6 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 42 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 5 | 81.4% | +23.1% |
| PATEL, RISHI R | 4 | 82.7% | +2.3% |
| KLEIN, BROOKE L | 4 | 54.0% | +55.2% |
| SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 3 | 56.7% | +55.1% |
| LEE, SHUN K | 3 | 42.5% | +16.7% |
| BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | 2 | 77.4% | +25.8% |
| LANGHALS, RENEE C | 2 | 58.6% | +42.7% |
| WASEEM, HUMA | 2 | 17.7% | +20.5% |
| LI, JOHN DENNY | 2 | 63.2% | +48.4% |
| CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 2 | 64.4% | +27.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18677188 | MATERNAL MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 70d |
| 18644742 | MATERNAL AND FETAL MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 70d |
| 19278472 | Non-Invasive Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation to Treat Physiological Conditions | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18597458 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS USING SUB-GROUP TRAINING DATASETS OF A MAJORTIY CLASS OF SAMPLES | MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA | 56d overdue |
| 19061813 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING BREAST DENSITY AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM | FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | 49d overdue |
| 18977420 | HARDWARE IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION METHOD FOR MEDICAL DEVICE AND MEDICAL DEVICE | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 44d overdue |
| 18906528 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENT MEDICAL EDITORS | SHELDEN, BION A | 44d overdue |
| 18538256 | SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING ORIENTATION OF 4D ULTRASOUND IMAGE | KLEIN, BROOKE L | 32d overdue |
| 18661435 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODEL-BASED DATA ROUTING | ERICKSON, BENNETT S | 11d overdue |
| 18458007 | ENHANCED ECG WORKFLOWS | ROBLES, EILEEN | 8d overdue |
| 18771774 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC SCAN SUBJECT POSITIONING | LEE, SHUN K | 1d overdue |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18538256 | SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING ORIENTATION OF 4D ULTRASOUND IMAGE | KLEIN, BROOKE L | 32d overdue |
| 18771774 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC SCAN SUBJECT POSITIONING | LEE, SHUN K | 1d overdue |
| 18499118 | PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR AND SENSING METHOD WITH SENSOR LIFT DETECTION | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 13d |
| 18631749 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO GENERATE LABOR AND DELIVERY PREDICTIONS | SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 15d |
| 18957527 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERANOSTICS MANAGEMENT | WASEEM, HUMA | 33d |
| 18889284 | SCANNING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND SCANNING SYSTEM, AND ULTRASOUND SCANNING SYSTEM | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 41d |
| 18677188 | MATERNAL MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 70d |
| 18644742 | MATERNAL AND FETAL MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 70d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 20 |
| 3798 | 16 |
| 2884 | 14 |
| 3686 | 5 |
| 3791 | 5 |
| 3785 | 4 |
| 3794 | 3 |
| 3645 | 3 |
| 3681 | 3 |
| 3685 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19483155 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RADIATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT | EZEWOKO, MICHAEL I | 3682 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19347259 | A MACHINE LEARNING BASED CLINICAL SCAN GUIDANCE ALGORITHM FOR ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND | BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
| 19278472 | Non-Invasive Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation to Treat Physiological Conditions | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19274197 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING | MCDONALD, JAMES F | 3797 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19221124 | CALIBRATION METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | 3798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 79d | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19205291 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTRAST FLOW MODELING WITH DEEP LEARNING | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 3798 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19199172 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED SCAN PROTOCOL RECOMMENDATION | SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 3686 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19190454 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT WITH IMAGING PARAMETERS ADJUSTMENT USING COMMENTS ENTERED BY OPERATOR | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19190497 | ULTRASONIC PROBE | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19175616 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND STORING MEDIUM | KIKNADZE, IRAKLI | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19175685 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM | LEE, SHUN K | 2884 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19074097 | PROGRAM AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DETECTION SIGNAL OF RADIATION TRANSMITTED THROUGH IMAGING SUBJECT TO GENERATE RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE | FAYE, MAMADOU | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19063132 | SYSTEM FOR ANGLE ESTIMATION AND ADJUSTMENT FOR BI-PLANE ULTRASOUND IMAGING | LANGHALS, RENEE C | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19061813 | METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING BREAST DENSITY AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM | FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | 3798 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19055255 | HOME-BASED LABOR ONSET DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 3791 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19054037 | FETAL ALIGNMENT RECOMMENDATIONS | ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19102792 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DENOISED SPECTRAL CT IMAGES FROM SPECTRAL CT IMAGE DATA ACQUIRED USING A SPECTRAL CT IMAGING SYSTEM | PERLMAN, DAVID S | 2673 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19043584 | ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) MEDICAL DEVICE INSTRUMENT TRACKING APPARATUS | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19039317 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOTION CORRECTION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES | SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH | 2672 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19039282 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING EDDY CURRENTS GENERATED BY AN MRI SYSTEM COMPONENT | NGUYEN, VINH P | 2858 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18831435 | Untitled | JACOB, OOMMEN | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19034184 | SUBJECT TRACKING METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGING AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | 2673 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19034085 | POSITIONING ASSISTING METHOD FOR IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19025211 | MATERNAL FETAL MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | WASEEM, HUMA | 3686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19022265 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THRESHOLDING FOR X-RAY TECHNIQUE OPTIMIZATION | BRYANT, MICHAEL CASEY | 2884 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19020728 | LINKAGE APPARATUS FOR PRINTER, PRINTER, AND MEDICAL APPARATUS | POLK, SHARON A | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19014586 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEAKAGE CURRENT REDUCTION IN AN X-RAY DETECTOR | HO, ALLEN C | 2884 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19012669 | SPARE ASSEMBLY FOR MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM, SUSPENSION APPARATUS, AND X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM | CULLEY, EMILY MARGARET | 3632 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19008164 | SINGLE ML/AI MODEL ON MULTIPLE ULTRASOUND PLATFORMS AND FOR MULTIPLE SCANNING MODES | LI, JOHN DENNY | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19008083 | SINGLE ML/AI MODEL ON MULTIPLE ULTRASOUND PLATFORMS AND FOR MULTIPLE SCANNING MODES | ATALA, JAMIE JO | 2486 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19007127 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS, AND ULTRASOUND SYSTEM | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19005219 | SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATION OF AN ULTRASOUND PROBE BASED ON DETERMINED SENSITIVITES OF TRANSDUCER ELEMENTS OF THE ULTRASOUND PROBE | BREIER, KRYSTINE E | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19003720 | MEDICAL INFORMATION EXTRACTION USING A TREE OF LLM PROMPTS | NEWTON, CHAD A | 3681 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18988605 | MEDICAL IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER DEVICE | BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G | 2674 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18984759 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MOTION OF DETECTORS HAVING MOVING DETECTOR HEADS | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18984914 | KEYPOINT DETECTION METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGING, AND MEDICAL IMAGING METHOD, AND SYSTEM | AKHAVANNIK, HADI | 2676 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18977420 | HARDWARE IDENTITY AUTHENTICATION METHOD FOR MEDICAL DEVICE AND MEDICAL DEVICE | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 3685 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18972422 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING COLLISION BETWEEN EXAMINATION SUBJECT AND IMAGING APPARATUS | LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18969928 | Mammography Imaging System with Enhanced Image Resolution and Method of Use | DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18969066 | USER-SPECIFIC ADAPTIVE SEGMENTATION IN MEDICAL IMAGING | ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18967196 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A MEDICAL IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO A RADIOLOGY REPORT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS | NGUYEN, TRAN N | 3685 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18958808 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM AND SCANNING METHOD BASED ON MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM | PATEL, RISHI R | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18959152 | ULTRASONIC BEAM PATH DETERMINATION AND TARGETING | PARK, PATRICIA JOO YOUNG | 3798 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18957527 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERANOSTICS MANAGEMENT | WASEEM, HUMA | 3686 | §101§102Other | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18957231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ENHANCED TREATMENT PLANNING ANCILLARY DATA | NGUYEN, LEON VIET Q | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18952020 | IMAGE LABEL SHARING SYSTEM | HUANG, WEN WU | 2648 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18951587 | OPTIMIZED ORGAN IMAGE PROCESSING USING AI | DARDANO, STEFANO ANTHONY | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18938592 | NEONATAL POD WITH CHARGER | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18936389 | SYSTEM FOR CATHETER AND SHADOW SUPPRESSION IN RENDERED 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY | WILBURN, MOLLY K | 2666 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18935221 | INTERACTIVE 3D ANNOTATION TOOL WITH SLICE INTERPOLATION | STREGE, JOHN B | 2669 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialGE Precision Healthcare LLC has 144 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 56 art units and 118 examiners.
Nyrobi I Celestine has the most, with 5 of GE Precision Healthcare LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.