Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Lem Surgical AG

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (17%)
4
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
3
Business / Other
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 1 60.7% +47.8%
HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 1 44.6% +38.0%
LUAN, SCOTT 1 65.0% +12.4%
GEDEON, BRIAN T 1 87.0% +7.1%
MERCADO, RAMON A 1 81.5% +18.4%
ROANE, AARON F 1 73.1% +9.6%

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
18798357 MOBILE SYSTEM FOR BILATERAL ROBOTIC TOOL FEEDING GEDEON, BRIAN T

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18782896 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VALIDATION AND MODELING OF ROBOTIC SURGICAL TOOLS MERCADO, RAMON A

Interview Candidates (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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19173644 ROBOTIC SEWING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN
18969084 ROBOTIC ACTIVE AND DYNAMIC COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM
18814062 TOOL GRIPPER WITH INTEGRATED CONCENTRIC SHUTTER AND METHODS FOR ITS USE LUAN, SCOTT
18782896 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VALIDATION AND MODELING OF ROBOTIC SURGICAL TOOLS MERCADO, RAMON A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3771 1
3658 1
3792 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19173644 ROBOTIC SEWING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2025
18969084 ROBOTIC ACTIVE AND DYNAMIC COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18814062 TOOL GRIPPER WITH INTEGRATED CONCENTRIC SHUTTER AND METHODS FOR ITS USE LUAN, SCOTT §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2024
18798357 MOBILE SYSTEM FOR BILATERAL ROBOTIC TOOL FEEDING GEDEON, BRIAN T 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2024
18782896 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR VALIDATION AND MODELING OF ROBOTIC SURGICAL TOOLS MERCADO, RAMON A 3658 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2024
18734249 BILATERAL SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM ROANE, AARON F 3792 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024

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