Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
27 pending office actions • 14 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medtronic Navigation Inc. has 27 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 25 distinct examiners and 14 distinct art units, creating a broad prosecution footprint. The portfolio therefore calls for coordination across multiple examination practices rather than a single recurring prosecution approach.
CELESTINE, NYROBI I is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That concentration is limited relative to the overall portfolio, so counsel may obtain more value from consistent internal claim strategy and status tracking than from focusing on one examiner relationship.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 (4%) |
| §103 only | 13 (48%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 2 | 81.4% | +23.1% |
| BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | 2 | 90.3% | +10.8% |
| BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 1 | 47.1% | +19.0% |
| GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | 1 | 72.8% | +14.0% |
| BOLER, RYNAE E | 1 | 62.4% | +8.8% |
| HSIEH, PING Y | 1 | 79.1% | +15.5% |
| FLORA, NURUN N | 1 | 86.0% | +1.9% |
| DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M | 1 | 53.3% | +36.3% |
| TANINGCO, MARCUS H | 1 | 81.0% | +6.6% |
| WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 1 | 82.1% | +13.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18630601 | Ultrasound Depth Calibration for Improving Navigational Accuracy | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 2d overdue |
| 19213643 | NAVIGATION AT ULTRA LOW TO HIGH FREQUENCIES | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | — |
| 19022944 | Method To Superimpose Rendering Over Spine Hardware Implants On Images Produced By Cbct Scanner System | FLORA, NURUN N | — |
| 18892166 | LONG AXIS IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | — |
| 18787810 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF ANATOMY IN NAVIGATED PROCEDURES | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15707387 | Gated Image Acquisition And Patient Model Construction | SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | 46d overdue |
| 16855487 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATION | BUI PHO, PASCAL M | 44d overdue |
| 18630474 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUSTRATING A POSE OF AN OBJECT | LI, JOHN DENNY | 56d |
| 19125763 | REGISTRATION AND NAVIGATION IN CRANIAL PROCEDURES | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | — |
| 19027852 | Powered Drill Assembly | GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | — |
| 19028402 | Manual Hexapod Locking Mechanism | BOLER, RYNAE E | — |
| 18972796 | System And Method For Correlating Proton Resonance Frequency Thermometry With Tissue Temperatures | DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M | — |
| 18956043 | Filter System And Method For Imaging A Subject | TANINGCO, MARCUS H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18630601 | Ultrasound Depth Calibration for Improving Navigational Accuracy | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 2d overdue |
| 19213643 | NAVIGATION AT ULTRA LOW TO HIGH FREQUENCIES | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | — |
| 19125763 | REGISTRATION AND NAVIGATION IN CRANIAL PROCEDURES | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | — |
| 19027852 | Powered Drill Assembly | GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | — |
| 19026682 | System And Methods For Registration Between Patient Space And Image Space Using Registration Frame Apertures | HSIEH, PING Y | — |
| 18972796 | System And Method For Correlating Proton Resonance Frequency Thermometry With Tissue Temperatures | DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M | — |
| 18892166 | LONG AXIS IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | — |
| 18787810 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF ANATOMY IN NAVIGATED PROCEDURES | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 9 |
| 2884 | 4 |
| 3797 | 3 |
| 2682 | 1 |
| 3795 | 1 |
| 2664 | 1 |
| 2619 | 1 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19213643 | NAVIGATION AT ULTRA LOW TO HIGH FREQUENCIES | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 19125763 | REGISTRATION AND NAVIGATION IN CRANIAL PROCEDURES | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19027852 | Powered Drill Assembly | GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | 2682 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028402 | Manual Hexapod Locking Mechanism | BOLER, RYNAE E | 3795 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19026682 | System And Methods For Registration Between Patient Space And Image Space Using Registration Frame Apertures | HSIEH, PING Y | 2664 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19022944 | Method To Superimpose Rendering Over Spine Hardware Implants On Images Produced By Cbct Scanner System | FLORA, NURUN N | 2619 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18972796 | System And Method For Correlating Proton Resonance Frequency Thermometry With Tissue Temperatures | DEUTSCH, TAYLOR M | 3798 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18956043 | Filter System And Method For Imaging A Subject | TANINGCO, MARCUS H | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18892166 | LONG AXIS IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18787810 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF ANATOMY IN NAVIGATED PROCEDURES | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3775 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18759994 | System And Method For Imaging | THOMAS, COURTNEY D | 2884 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2024 |
| 18676263 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO REGISTER AND CALIBRATE ULTRASOUND PROBE FOR NAVIGATION IN REAL TIME | FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18653392 | HYBRID LOCALIZATION FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY AND CERVICAL SPINAL REFERENCING, AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME | SHENG, CHAO | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18631107 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRELATING ONE OR MORE MOTIONS OF AN ANATOMICAL ELEMENT | LHYMN, SARAH | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18630474 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUSTRATING A POSE OF AN OBJECT | LI, JOHN DENNY | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18630348 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING AND REGISTRATION FOR NAVIGATION | ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18630601 | Ultrasound Depth Calibration for Improving Navigational Accuracy | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18630285 | System And Method For Imaging And Registration For Navigation | MCCARTHY, GINA | 3786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18626159 | ULTRA-WIDE 2D SCOUT IMAGES FOR FIELD OF VIEW PREVIEW | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18608575 | TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 3799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18608505 | Surgical Cart With Robotic Arm | KISH, JAMES M | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18066640 | Method and Apparatus for Imaging a Subject | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 17975148 | Method And Apparatus For Planning Placement Of An Implant | EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
| 17516246 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR TRACKING ONE OR MORE SURGICAL LANDMARKS | COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | 2188 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2021 |
| 17023726 | Navigated Surgical Instrument | KELLOGG, MICHAEL S | 3798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2020 |
| 16855487 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATION | BUI PHO, PASCAL M | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 22, 2020 |
| 15707387 | Gated Image Acquisition And Patient Model Construction | SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | 2671 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Sep 18, 2017 |
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Start Free TrialMedtronic Navigation Inc. has 27 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 25 examiners.
Nyrobi I Celestine has the most, with 2 of Medtronic Navigation Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
