Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
84 pending office actions • 39 art units • 77 examiners • 0 of 84 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 133 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 39 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. 39 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 (1%) |
| §103 only | 57 (68%) |
| §102 only | 14 (17%) |
| §112 only | 4 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (4%) |
| No statute on record | 5 (6%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 4 | 67.1% | +23.0% |
| JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE | 2 | 80.8% | +27.0% |
| LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | 2 | 70.4% | +33.9% |
| CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 2 | 45.2% | +40.1% |
| WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2 | 66.4% | +22.1% |
| NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 1 | 82.8% | +7.4% |
| MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 1 | 70.9% | +35.6% |
| BROSH, BENJAMIN J | 1 | 70.7% | +28.3% |
| LETT, THOMAS J | 1 | 83.7% | -35.6% |
| KONG, SZE-HON | 1 | 65.4% | +14.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18086306 | PORT PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATION IN A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE | 84d overdue |
| 19187243 | Surgical Robotic System and Method for Transitioning Control to a Secondary Robot Controller | NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | — |
| 19000271 | AUGMENTED REALITY HEADSET FOR A SURGICAL ROBOT | LETT, THOMAS J | — |
| 18672080 | NULL SPACE CONTROL FOR END EFFECTOR JOINTS OF A ROBOTIC INSTRUMENT | JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18496741 | Online Surgical Phase Recognition with Cross-Enhancement Causal Transformer | PERLMAN, DAVID S | 70d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18086306 | PORT PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATION IN A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE | 84d overdue |
| 17124454 | CASSETTE DESIGN AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 30d overdue |
| 17124441 | IRRIGATION/ASPIRATION PUMP HEAD AND BLADDER DESIGN AND METHODS | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 22d overdue |
| 17124431 | ROTARY VALVE CONFIGURATION FOR A SURGICAL CASSETTE | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 16d overdue |
| 18136532 | CONTROL OF IRRIGATION IN A PHACOEMULSIFICATION SYSTEM | LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | 33d |
| 18769839 | EASILY REPLACEABLE ADHESIVE BANDAGE FOR ADVANCED WOUND HEALING AND METHOD | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 34d |
| 18429879 | EASILY REPLACEABLE ADHESIVE BANDAGE FOR ADVANCED WOUND HEALING AND METHOD | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 34d |
| 19084348 | ROBOTIC ARM HAVING AN EXTENDABLE PRISMATIC LINK | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 14 |
| 3771 | 7 |
| 2872 | 5 |
| 3657 | 4 |
| 1615 | 4 |
| 3791 | 3 |
| 3658 | 2 |
| 3794 | 2 |
| 3781 | 2 |
| 3786 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19187243 | Surgical Robotic System and Method for Transitioning Control to a Secondary Robot Controller | NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 3656 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19084348 | ROBOTIC ARM HAVING AN EXTENDABLE PRISMATIC LINK | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19001323 | REAL-TIME SURGICAL TOOL PRESENCE/ABSENCE DETECTION IN SURGICAL VIDEOS | BROSH, BENJAMIN J | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 19000271 | AUGMENTED REALITY HEADSET FOR A SURGICAL ROBOT | LETT, THOMAS J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18951243 | ROBOT-ASSISTED SETUP FOR A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | KONG, SZE-HON | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18929392 | THREE DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL IMAGING AND INTERACTIONS | NGUYEN, VI X | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18902768 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION DURING ROBOTIC SURGERY | WALSH, KATHLEEN M. | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18809228 | USER SWITCHING DETECTION DURING ROBOTIC SURGERIES USING DEEP LEARNING | LIU, XIAO | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18785384 | PROJECTION OPERATOR FOR INVERSE KINEMATICS OF A SURGICAL ROBOT FOR LOW DEGREE OF FREEDOM TOOLS | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18672114 | DETECTION OF DISENGAGEMENT IN CABLE DRIVEN TOOL | HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18672080 | NULL SPACE CONTROL FOR END EFFECTOR JOINTS OF A ROBOTIC INSTRUMENT | JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18496741 | Online Surgical Phase Recognition with Cross-Enhancement Causal Transformer | PERLMAN, DAVID S | 2673 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18345845 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT RECOGNITION FROM SURGICAL VIDEOS | SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | 2671 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18212902 | ADMITTANCE COMPENSATION FOR SURGICAL TOOL | RAMANA, ANURADHA | 3775 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18086306 | PORT PLACEMENT RECOMMENDATION IN A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 84d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17742108 | ACTUATION COMBINER MECHANISM APPLICATIONS FOR A SURGICAL TOOL | AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | 3794 | Other | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | May 11, 2022 |
| 17741869 | BI-STABLE LEVER ASSEMBLY FOR A SURGICAL TOOL | CLARK, RYAN T | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2022 |
| 18979482 | ERGONOMIC PHACOEMULSIFICATION HANDPIECE | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18830538 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INSERTION SYSTEM | BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE | 3771 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18543386 | Control of Irrigation in a Phacoemulsification System | LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18387494 | REAL-TIME 3D ANATOMICAL MAPPING OF THE EYE | BADER, ROBERT N. | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18383665 | PHACOEMULSIFICATION HANDPIECE WITH INTEGRATED ANTI-VACUUM SURGE MODULE | NICHOLS, CHARLES W | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18221340 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE SENSORS AND MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS | LAGOY, KYRA RAND | 3685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18332709 | COMPUTER-BASED OPERATING ROOM SUPPORT SYSTEM | GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L | 3683 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18324916 | FORKED PHACOEMULSIFICATION NEEDLE | GRAY, PHILLIP A | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18144799 | PRESSURE REGULATOR FOR OCULAR SURGERY | PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP | 3783 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 96d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18136532 | CONTROL OF IRRIGATION IN A PHACOEMULSIFICATION SYSTEM | LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 18135208 | INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE FLUCTUATION CANCELLATION | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
| 18118326 | DRIVING A PHACOEMULSIFIER ACTUATOR | ERDMAN, CHAD G | 2116 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 18089407 | STABILIZING INTRA-OCULAR PRESSURE AT ONSET OF ASPIRATION | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 17954613 | PHACOEMULSIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | YABUT, DIANE D | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2022 |
| 17691321 | AUTOMATIC REAL-TIME CONTROL OF ACTIVATION OF PHACOEMULSIFICATION | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Mar 10, 2022 |
| 17670734 | TIP UNCLOGGING USING CONTROLLED ASPIRATION REFLUX | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2022 |
| 17634426 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR SMART PHACO IN SURGICAL SYSTEMS | GEIGER, RACHAEL L | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2022 |
| 17551243 | MITIGATING PRESSURE PULSE IN VACUUM LINE USING A PRESSURE WAVE DAMPER | ALLEN, ROBERT F | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2021 |
| 17510052 | CONTROLLING INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE DURING PHACOEMULSIFICATION PROCEDURES | IGBOKO, CHIMA U | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Oct 25, 2021 |
| 17381980 | PROXIMAL BYPASS CHANNEL | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2021 |
| 17375614 | COUPLING A FLUID-DYNAMICS CARTRIDGE WITH A PHACOEMULSIFIER PROBE BODY | TRINH, HONG-VAN N | 3783 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Jul 14, 2021 |
| 17355884 | COMPACT VALVE | KOO, BENJAMIN K | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jun 23, 2021 |
| 17124431 | ROTARY VALVE CONFIGURATION FOR A SURGICAL CASSETTE | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 16, 2020 |
| 17124454 | CASSETTE DESIGN AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOF | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Dec 16, 2020 |
| 17124441 | IRRIGATION/ASPIRATION PUMP HEAD AND BLADDER DESIGN AND METHODS | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Dec 16, 2020 |
| 16856835 | MULTI-CHANNEL PIEZOELECTRIC RESONANT SYSTEM | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Apr 23, 2020 |
| 15725133 | System, Apparatus and Method for Maintaining Anterior Chamber Intraoperative Intraocular Pressure | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2017 |
| 18924458 | Correlation-Driven Search Information System For Digestive Health | LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G | 3682 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18852574 | ANHYDROUS FORMULATIONS SUITABLE AS LIP BALMS | MI, QIUWEN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18769839 | EASILY REPLACEABLE ADHESIVE BANDAGE FOR ADVANCED WOUND HEALING AND METHOD | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18613849 | METHODS FOR ACCLIMATING TO RETINOID-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 1629 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18610473 | MELTING MASSAGE BAR | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1655 | Other | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18429870 | Cutibacterium Acnes Biomimetic, Prebiotic, Probiotic and Postbiotic Compositions for Treatment of Skin Conditions | CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL | 1645 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 53d | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18282663 | CONCENTRATED COMPOSITION AND USES OF SAME | JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE | 1613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18038519 | METHODS OF PREVENTING, DELAYING OR AMELIORATING ATOPIC DISEASES | HINES, JANA A | 1645 | §102 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18100061 | Biomarkers Predictive of Atopic Dermatitis | TOTH, KAREN E | 3791 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 17518151 | MICROBIOME AND METOBOLOME CLUSTERS TO EVALUATE SKIN HEALTH | FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA | 1685 | §102 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Nov 03, 2021 |
| 18918530 | COSMETIC CONTACT LENS HAVING AN ELLIPTICAL DOT PATTERN SUITABLE FOR FORMING AN APPARENT LIMBAL RING | HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18897041 | METHODS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PHOTOABSORBING CONTACT LENSES AND PHOTOABSORBING CONTACT LENSES PRODUCED THEREBY | ALEXANDER, WILLIAM R | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18719005 | CONTACT LENS PACKAGES WITH SLIDING OR TILTING LENS TRANSFER AND METHODS OF HANDLING | PERREAULT, ANDREW D | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18537862 | OPTHALMIC LENS FOR MYOPIA CONTROL | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18537679 | OPTHALMIC LENS FOR MYOPIA CONTROL | NIGAM, NATASHA | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18496051 | OPHTHALMIC DEVICES CONTAINING TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES AS HIGH ENERGY VISIBLE LIGHT FILTERS | MOORE, MARGARET G | 1765 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18373757 | Optimized Posterior Surface for Toric Contact Lenses | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18008940 | SINGLE TOUCH CONTACT LENS CASE | PAGAN, JAVIER A | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2022 |
| 17838019 | DUAL CONFIGURATION CONTACT LENSES | GAGNON, GRANT A | 2872 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
| 17169126 | MECHANISMS FOR INDUCING TRANSITIONS IN DYNAMIC CONTACT LENSES | HUSTOFT, JUSTIN WAYNE | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d | Pending | Feb 05, 2021 |
| 18910170 | RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM | WEBB III, JAMES L | 3624 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18800473 | CLEANSING COMPOSITIONS | HIRT, ERIN E | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18782894 | MINERAL SUNSCREEN CONTAINING ZINC OXIDE AND TITANIUM DIOXIDE | ALAOUIE, ALI MUSTAFA | 1614 | Other | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18733498 | Systems, Methods, And Apparatus For Attaching An Otoscope Using An Angled Clip-On Device | WOOD, KIMBERLY T | 3631 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18585836 | PREMATURE AGING DETECTION USING DYNAMIC FACIAL IMAGING | HENSON, DEVIN B | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18429879 | EASILY REPLACEABLE ADHESIVE BANDAGE FOR ADVANCED WOUND HEALING AND METHOD | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18475416 | GUMMY DOSAGE FORMS | TRUONG, QUANGLONG N | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18551393 | METHODS OF USING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING AN ICELAND MOSS EXTRACT | MELLER, MICHAEL V | 1655 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18550506 | Umbilical Cord Sensors and Methods of Using the Same | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 3791 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18255388 | MULTI-LAYERED PARTICLE COMPRISING SIMETHICONE | TRAN, SUSAN T | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18322135 | ADVANCED METHOD AND KIT FOR WOUND TREATMENT | BARHAM, BETHANY P | 1611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18139476 | TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING VITAMIN C | SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN | 1615 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18026999 | ORAL CAVITY DETECTION METHOD, ORAL CAVITY DETECTION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | BUI PHO, PASCAL M | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Mar 17, 2023 |
| 18114937 | Oral Care Compositions | WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 1612 | Other | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18150730 | TABLETS HAVING DISCONTINUOUS COATED REGIONS | PENCE, JETHRO M | 1717 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
| 18052707 | Curable Absorbent Films | DIGGS, TANISHA | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Nov 04, 2022 |
| 18052354 | CUSTOMIZABLE DOSAGE FORMS CONTAINING SIMETHICONE | YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | 1618 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2022 |
| 17948837 | Method of Quantifying Product Impact on Human Microbiome | GIAMMONA, FRANCESCA FILIPPA | 1681 | §103 | Final Rejection | 175d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2022 |
| 17522171 | PRESERVATIVE CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS | COPPINS, JANET L | 1628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2021 |
| 17323392 | MULTI-CAVITY CUSTOMIZABLE DOSAGE FORMS | TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | 1615 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 18, 2021 |
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