Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.

12 pending office actions • 11 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (2)

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 (17%)
9
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (17%)
§103 only7 (58%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
33% of docket
2
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REYES, REGINALD R 1 41.0% +31.2%
NAWAZ, TALHA M 1 89.2% -0.7%
NG, JONATHAN K 1 34.9% +13.5%
FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G 1 77.4% +11.7%
PAULS, JOHN A 1 48.7% +27.3%
DAVIS, RUTH A 1 60.6% +31.1%
ANDREI, RADU 1 36.2% +20.9%
LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1 57.4% +56.8%
WILDER, CYNTHIA B 1 70.9% +26.6%
ROBINSON, KYLE G 1 11.9% +16.7%

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
18989710 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFORM OBLIQUE ILLUMINATION FOR OPTICAL IMAGING NAWAZ, TALHA M 14d

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18757823 Methods and Systems for In-Clinic Compliance Protocols PAULS, JOHN A 30d overdue
18359056 Systems and Methods for Transferring Multi-Frame Image Data ROBINSON, KYLE G 24d overdue
17487782 Methods and Systems for Interpreting a Diagnostic Test Result SEREBOFF, NEAL 3d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18757823 Methods and Systems for In-Clinic Compliance Protocols PAULS, JOHN A 30d overdue
18359056 Systems and Methods for Transferring Multi-Frame Image Data ROBINSON, KYLE G 24d overdue
19009409 MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR ADDISON'S DISEASE RISK ANALYSIS REYES, REGINALD R 28d
18521641 Methods and Systems for Enabling Electronic Access to Medical Record Information of a Veterinary Patient over a Network ANDREI, RADU 34d
18362238 Human Fractional Abundance Assays WILDER, CYNTHIA B 34d
18949828 Devices, Systems, and Methods for Digital Microscopy FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G 39d
18970072 Systems, Devices, and Methods for Managing Operation of Diagnostic Testing Instruments NG, JONATHAN K 56d
18541764 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PANCREATIC LIPASE DAVIS, RUTH A 70d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3683 2
3684 1
2483 1
3619 1
2482 1
1699 1
3698 1
1796 1
1681 1
3685 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19009409 MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR ADDISON'S DISEASE RISK ANALYSIS REYES, REGINALD R 3684 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 03, 2025
18989710 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFORM OBLIQUE ILLUMINATION FOR OPTICAL IMAGING NAWAZ, TALHA M 2483 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 20, 2024
18970072 Systems, Devices, and Methods for Managing Operation of Diagnostic Testing Instruments NG, JONATHAN K 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Dec 05, 2024
18949828 Devices, Systems, and Methods for Digital Microscopy FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G 2482 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18757823 Methods and Systems for In-Clinic Compliance Protocols PAULS, JOHN A 3683 §101 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18541764 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PANCREATIC LIPASE DAVIS, RUTH A 1699 DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18521641 Methods and Systems for Enabling Electronic Access to Medical Record Information of a Veterinary Patient over a Network ANDREI, RADU 3698 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18458502 FECAL GRINDER ASSEMBLIES, FECAL SYRINGE ASSEMBLIES, FECAL MIXERS, AND METHODS OF USING SAME LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18362238 Human Fractional Abundance Assays WILDER, CYNTHIA B 1681 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18359056 Systems and Methods for Transferring Multi-Frame Image Data ROBINSON, KYLE G 3685 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18222429 Determination of Hematocrit MISHRA, DEEPA 1657 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jul 15, 2023
17487782 Methods and Systems for Interpreting a Diagnostic Test Result SEREBOFF, NEAL 3683 §101 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2021

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