Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 10 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
James R. Glidewell Dental Ceramics Inc. has 16 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 10 distinct art units, showing a broad range of technical classifications within the medical sector. With 16 pending office actions active, the company maintains a significant presence in the patent office's medical examination divisions.
Prosecution is handled by 15 distinct examiners, with MATTHEW M NELSON serving as the busiest examiner for 2 pending office actions. The high count of 15 distinct examiners across 10 distinct art units suggests that the company faces a diverse array of examination styles and requirements. Because 15 distinct examiners are reviewing the 16 pending office actions, the portfolio is highly distributed. This distribution requires a highly individualized approach to each application, as there is very little examiner overlap to leverage across the 10 distinct art units. Practitioners must manage a complex workload where almost every pending action involves a unique examiner. MATTHEW M NELSON is the busiest examiner with 2 pending office actions, representing the only point of examiner concentration.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 + other | 4 (25%) |
| §103 only | 6 (38%) |
| §102 only | 2 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NELSON, MATTHEW M | 2 | 57.9% | +23.9% |
| LE, MICHAEL | 1 | 65.8% | +21.6% |
| KASENGE, CHARLES R | 1 | 84.0% | +13.8% |
| ROSEN, ERIC J | 1 | 41.3% | +22.8% |
| FUJITA, KATRINA R | 1 | 70.7% | +22.9% |
| ISMAIL, OMAR S | 1 | 91.2% | +10.0% |
| MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1 | 46.2% | +43.1% |
| MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | 1 | 81.5% | +0.2% |
| MOYER, ANDREW M | 1 | 76.6% | +12.6% |
| HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 1 | 67.5% | +44.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18759601 | MILL CALIBRATION WITH SINGLE SCAN | KASENGE, CHARLES R | — |
| 18620144 | DETERMINING ROTATION AXIS FROM X-RAY RADIOGRAPHS | ISMAIL, OMAR S | — |
| 18501681 | Highly Translucent Zirconia Material, Device, Methods of Making the Same, and Use Thereof | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17007922 | AUTOMATIC BITE SETTING | FARAJ, LINA AHMAD | 103d overdue |
| 18665272 | VIRTUAL DENTAL BRIDGE | ROSEN, ERIC J | 66d overdue |
| 18779374 | DENTAL CAD AUTOMATION USING DEEP LEARNING | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 46d overdue |
| 18633139 | PROCESSING DIGITAL DENTAL IMPRESSION | FUJITA, KATRINA R | 34d |
| 18364744 | MILLING BURS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING QUALITY CONTROL OF THE SAME | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 35d |
| 18338011 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPOSITION FOR COLORING DENTAL CERAMICS | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18665272 | VIRTUAL DENTAL BRIDGE | ROSEN, ERIC J | 66d overdue |
| 18779374 | DENTAL CAD AUTOMATION USING DEEP LEARNING | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 46d overdue |
| 18633139 | PROCESSING DIGITAL DENTAL IMPRESSION | FUJITA, KATRINA R | 34d |
| 18364744 | MILLING BURS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING QUALITY CONTROL OF THE SAME | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 35d |
| 18428929 | RECYCLING OF SCRAP DENTAL ZIRCONIA BLOCK | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 56d |
| 18585904 | Reduction or Guidance Coping | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 84d |
| 18985677 | COMPRESSION OF CT RECONSTRUCTION IMAGES | LE, MICHAEL | — |
| 18759601 | MILL CALIBRATION WITH SINGLE SCAN | KASENGE, CHARLES R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 4 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 2672 | 1 |
| 2635 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 2675 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18985677 | COMPRESSION OF CT RECONSTRUCTION IMAGES | LE, MICHAEL | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18779374 | DENTAL CAD AUTOMATION USING DEEP LEARNING | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 3772 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18759601 | MILL CALIBRATION WITH SINGLE SCAN | KASENGE, CHARLES R | 2116 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18665272 | VIRTUAL DENTAL BRIDGE | ROSEN, ERIC J | 3772 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18633139 | PROCESSING DIGITAL DENTAL IMPRESSION | FUJITA, KATRINA R | 2672 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18620144 | DETERMINING ROTATION AXIS FROM X-RAY RADIOGRAPHS | ISMAIL, OMAR S | 2635 | §103DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18585904 | Reduction or Guidance Coping | NELSON, MATTHEW M | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18428929 | RECYCLING OF SCRAP DENTAL ZIRCONIA BLOCK | MELENDEZ, ARMAND | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18501681 | Highly Translucent Zirconia Material, Device, Methods of Making the Same, and Use Thereof | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18501546 | ALIGNMENT OF DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS OF PATIENT DENTITION | MOYER, ANDREW M | 2675 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18364744 | MILLING BURS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING QUALITY CONTROL OF THE SAME | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18353947 | DENTAL RESTORATION AUTOMATION | SHANKAR, VIJAY | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2023 |
| 18338011 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPOSITION FOR COLORING DENTAL CERAMICS | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | 1732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18314678 | SCREW RETAINED DENTAL RESTORATION AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | FARINA, MICHAEL VINCENT | 2115 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 107d overdue | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 17373088 | DENTAL RESTORATION DESIGN TOOLS | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 2186 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jul 12, 2021 |
| 17007922 | AUTOMATIC BITE SETTING | FARAJ, LINA AHMAD | 3772 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 103d overdue | Pending | Aug 31, 2020 |
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