Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
23 pending office actions • 9 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 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. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 14 (61%) |
| §102 only | 3 (13%) |
| §112 only | 5 (22%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IGBOKO, CHIMA U | 1 | 78.1% | +40.5% |
| NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 1 | 77.7% | +13.3% |
| BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 1 | 76.7% | +31.4% |
| LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 1 | 35.6% | -3.3% |
| SONNERS, SCOTT E | 1 | 69.0% | +12.2% |
| HUH, VYNN V | 1 | 61.9% | +44.9% |
| SCHNURR, JOHN R | 1 | 72.0% | +10.6% |
| CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | 1 | 75.5% | +13.1% |
| LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 1 | 68.4% | +38.6% |
| HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | 1 | 49.1% | +54.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856969 | LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE FOR BREAKING UP CALCULI WITH AN AXIALLY MOVABLE ACCELERATION TUBE, AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING A PROJECTILE OF A LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE | IGBOKO, CHIMA U | 28d overdue |
| 18704888 | HANDLING DEVICE FOR HANDLING MEDICAL AND/OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM HAVING A HANDLING DEVICE | HUH, VYNN V | 9d overdue |
| 18293207 | MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR AN ENDOSCOPE OR EXOSCOPE | LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 8d overdue |
| 18826695 | ENDOSCOPE HAVING A RIGID OR FLEXIBLE SHAFT TUBE | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 8d |
| 18442873 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR VERIFYING AN IDENTITY OF A COMPONENT OF AN ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | 22d |
| 18658496 | METHOD FOR CREATING SYNTHETIC DATA FOR AI MODEL TRAINING | SONNERS, SCOTT E | 28d |
| 18291770 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND STEERING GEAR FOR SAME | HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | 35d |
| 18635837 | MEDICAL APPARATUS, MEDICIAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A SOURCE IMAGE STREAM | SCHNURR, JOHN R | 41d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 6 |
| 3795 | 6 |
| 3792 | 3 |
| 3794 | 2 |
| 2425 | 2 |
| 1713 | 1 |
| 2613 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18856969 | LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE FOR BREAKING UP CALCULI WITH AN AXIALLY MOVABLE ACCELERATION TUBE, AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING A PROJECTILE OF A LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE | IGBOKO, CHIMA U | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18826695 | ENDOSCOPE HAVING A RIGID OR FLEXIBLE SHAFT TUBE | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 3795 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18722896 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING AND/OR DRYING AN ENDOSCOPE | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 1713 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18717501 | HANDLING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HANDLING DEVICE, AND ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18658496 | METHOD FOR CREATING SYNTHETIC DATA FOR AI MODEL TRAINING | SONNERS, SCOTT E | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18704888 | HANDLING DEVICE FOR HANDLING MEDICAL AND/OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM HAVING A HANDLING DEVICE | HUH, VYNN V | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18635837 | MEDICAL APPARATUS, MEDICIAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A SOURCE IMAGE STREAM | SCHNURR, JOHN R | 2425 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18442873 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR VERIFYING AN IDENTITY OF A COMPONENT OF AN ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J | 2425 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18293207 | MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR AN ENDOSCOPE OR EXOSCOPE | LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 3795 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18291770 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND STEERING GEAR FOR SAME | HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18577532 | DEFLECTION CONTROL MECHANISM FOR A STEERABLE FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE, STEERABLE FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE | STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 111d overdue | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18535680 | HOLDING DEVICE FOR A LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE, AND LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE FOR FRAGMENTING CALCULI | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18530931 | DEVICE FOR FEEDING AND REMOVING SURGICAL MATERIAL | JENNESS, NATHAN JAY | 3733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18381892 | ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM AND METHOD | TON, MARTIN TRUYEN | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18379432 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT FOR TREATING A BODY WITH A PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICE | DANG, PHONG SON H | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18282957 | SURGICAL OR ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENT AND PRODUCTION THEREOF | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18359219 | Optical System for Endoscope and Endoscope | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18258732 | LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE, LITHOTRIPSY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE | LYNCH, ROBERT A | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18258688 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE | CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES | 3795 | §102 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
| 18138328 | CORRECTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF IMAGE PARAMETERS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | WOO, JAE KYUN | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 17566973 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SURGICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING LINEARLY DRIVEN INSTRUMENT ROLL | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 3792 | Other | Non-Final OA | 139d overdue | Pending | Dec 31, 2021 |
| 16933555 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Aug 11, 2020 |
| 16832127 | BIPOLAR ELECTROSURGICAL TOOL | OUYANG, BO | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Mar 27, 2020 |
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