Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Given Imaging Ltd. is managing 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 5 distinct examiners and the distinct art units. This distribution means that every pending application is being handled by a different examiner in a different technical unit. There is no overlap in the prosecution of these 5 pending office actions, which requires the company to maintain a broad set of arguments for each individual case.
ALAM, FAYYAZ is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 of the pending office actions. With the distinct examiners and art units involved, the company must address the varying requirements of many different units within the USPTO. This requires a broad strategy to navigate the individual preferences of the distinct examiners simultaneously. Practitioners should be prepared to manage the diverse expectations of the examiners to advance the portfolio effectively.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 1 (20%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAM, FAYYAZ | 1 | 83.4% | +11.2% |
| TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL | 1 | 48.0% | +22.2% |
| CHOU, WILLIAM B | 1 | 72.7% | +20.6% |
| LONG, FONYA M | 1 | 3.4% | +0.8% |
| LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P | 1 | 34.9% | +40.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19010686 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, APPS, AND METHODS FOR CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES | ALAM, FAYYAZ | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17600186 | IN VIVO IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM | LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P | 18d overdue |
| 18561587 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING GASTROINTESTINAL CLEANSING | TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL | 8d |
| 18278986 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VIVO INSPECTION | LONG, FONYA M | 9d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17600186 | IN VIVO IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM | LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P | 18d overdue |
| 18561587 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING GASTROINTESTINAL CLEANSING | TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL | 8d |
| 19010686 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, APPS, AND METHODS FOR CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES | ALAM, FAYYAZ | — |
| 18496253 | IMAGE INPAINTING OF IN-VIVO IMAGES | CHOU, WILLIAM B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2646 | 1 |
| 3681 | 1 |
| 3795 | 1 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19010686 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, APPS, AND METHODS FOR CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURES | ALAM, FAYYAZ | 2646 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18561587 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING GASTROINTESTINAL CLEANSING | TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL | 3681 | §101 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18496253 | IMAGE INPAINTING OF IN-VIVO IMAGES | CHOU, WILLIAM B | 3795 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18278986 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VIVO INSPECTION | LONG, FONYA M | 3682 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 17600186 | IN VIVO IMMUNOASSAY SYSTEM | LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P | 3791 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialGiven Imaging Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Fayyaz Alam has the most, with 1 of Given Imaging Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
