Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Inspire Medical Systems Inc.

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

6
Hard (75%)
2
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only1 (12%)
§102 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
3
Business / Other
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARSH, OWEN LEWIS 2 100.0% +0.0%
TEJANI, ANKIT D 1 81.0% +16.9%
FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN 1 79.5% +18.1%
PATEL, HARESH N 1 77.7% +21.9%
PORTER, JR, GARY A 1 68.9% +25.4%
ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL 1 65.9% +56.6%
WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1 62.2% +29.5%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18281087 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BLADDER AND/OR BOWEL DYSFUNCTION PORTER, JR, GARY A 43d overdue
19039312 IMPLANT-ACCESS INCISION AND SENSING FOR SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING (SDB) CARE TEJANI, ANKIT D
19028048 METHOD OF TREATING SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING MARSH, OWEN LEWIS
18943454 METHOD OF TREATING SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING MARSH, OWEN LEWIS
18482436 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURED SHARING OF MEDICAL DATA GENERATED BY A PATIENT MEDICAL DEVICE PATEL, HARESH N
18239907 METHODS OF MANEUVERING STIMULATION ELEMENTS WITHIN VESSELS VIA A GUIDE TOOL ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18281087 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BLADDER AND/OR BOWEL DYSFUNCTION PORTER, JR, GARY A 43d overdue
18394963 STIMULATING A GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL-RELATED TISSUE FOR UPPER AIRWAY PATENCY FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN 22d overdue
19039312 IMPLANT-ACCESS INCISION AND SENSING FOR SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING (SDB) CARE TEJANI, ANKIT D
18482436 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURED SHARING OF MEDICAL DATA GENERATED BY A PATIENT MEDICAL DEVICE PATEL, HARESH N
18239907 METHODS OF MANEUVERING STIMULATION ELEMENTS WITHIN VESSELS VIA A GUIDE TOOL ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL
18275277 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AT LEAST PARTIALLY FORMED FROM A THERMOSET MATERIAL WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3792 1
2496 1
3796 1
3771 1
1742 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19039312 IMPLANT-ACCESS INCISION AND SENSING FOR SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING (SDB) CARE TEJANI, ANKIT D §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2025
19028048 METHOD OF TREATING SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING MARSH, OWEN LEWIS §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18943454 METHOD OF TREATING SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING MARSH, OWEN LEWIS §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18394963 STIMULATING A GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL-RELATED TISSUE FOR UPPER AIRWAY PATENCY FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN 3792 §102 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18482436 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURED SHARING OF MEDICAL DATA GENERATED BY A PATIENT MEDICAL DEVICE PATEL, HARESH N 2496 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18281087 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BLADDER AND/OR BOWEL DYSFUNCTION PORTER, JR, GARY A 3796 §103§112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18239907 METHODS OF MANEUVERING STIMULATION ELEMENTS WITHIN VESSELS VIA A GUIDE TOOL ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL 3771 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2023
18275277 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AT LEAST PARTIALLY FORMED FROM A THERMOSET MATERIAL WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 01, 2023

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