Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Hologic Inc.

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

2
Hard (18%)
8
Medium (73%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (18%)
§103 only8 (73%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

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
2
Communications
18% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
73% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FANG, MICHAEL YIMING 1 62.7% +41.1%
CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 1 71.1% +48.1%
KOLKIN, ADAM D. 1 48.3% +7.3%
KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D 1 71.2% +33.5%
DESIRE, GREGORY M 1 90.7% +5.9%
CWERN, JONATHAN 1 50.7% +35.3%
THOMAS, COURTNEY D 1 89.0% +9.2%
MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 1 26.6% +26.9%
GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA 1 75.6% +25.0%
PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 1 55.3% +35.2%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18292491 ANATOMIC VISUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERIES THOMAS, COURTNEY D 21d

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
18625622 MEDICAL IMAGE DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION DESIRE, GREGORY M 2d overdue
18559456 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED OPTIMAL EXPOSURE TECHNIQUE PREDICTION FOR ACQUIRING MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGES MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 14d

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
19058651 BIOPSY SITE MARKER CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 128d overdue
18057459 IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES FOR ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 86d overdue
19081366 REAL-TIME AI FOR PHYSICAL BIOPSY MARKER DETECTION FANG, MICHAEL YIMING 22d overdue
18181242 MEASURING INTRAMUSCULAR FAT GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA 2d overdue
18559456 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED OPTIMAL EXPOSURE TECHNIQUE PREDICTION FOR ACQUIRING MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGES MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 14d
18591130 BREAST SECUREMENT DEVICES CWERN, JONATHAN 16d
18958691 TISSUE REMOVAL SYSTEM KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D 40d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3797 3
3798 2
3771 1
2676 1
2884 1
3685 1
2677 1
3799 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19081366 REAL-TIME AI FOR PHYSICAL BIOPSY MARKER DETECTION FANG, MICHAEL YIMING 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2025
19058651 BIOPSY SITE MARKER CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 3797 Other Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2025
18984187 MOTION, COMPRESSION, AND POSITIONING CORRECTIONS IN MEDICAL IMAGING KOLKIN, ADAM D. 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2024
18958691 TISSUE REMOVAL SYSTEM KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Nov 25, 2024
18625622 MEDICAL IMAGE DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION DESIRE, GREGORY M 2676 §101 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18591130 BREAST SECUREMENT DEVICES CWERN, JONATHAN 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18292491 ANATOMIC VISUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERIES THOMAS, COURTNEY D 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18559456 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED OPTIMAL EXPOSURE TECHNIQUE PREDICTION FOR ACQUIRING MAMMOGRAPHIC IMAGES MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 3685 §101 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18181242 MEASURING INTRAMUSCULAR FAT GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA 2677 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2023
18057459 IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND TECHNIQUES FOR ONCOPLASTIC SURGERY PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2022
17910144 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PRODUCE TISSUE IMAGING BIOMARKERS ASGHAR, AMINAH 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 08, 2022

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