Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
27 pending office actions • 13 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medtronic Navigation Inc. is currently managing 25 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are spread across 22 distinct examiners and 13 distinct art units, indicating a complex and technically diverse portfolio. BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 3 pending cases.
The ratio of 25 pending office actions to 22 distinct examiners suggests that while most examiners are handling only one case, there is some slight concentration of work. Specifically, the busiest examiner, BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS, manages 3 of these actions, which provides an opportunity for the practitioner to apply consistent arguments across those specific matters. However, with 22 distinct examiners in total, the majority of the 25 pending actions will still require individualized strategies.
The involvement of 13 distinct art units highlights the breadth of the company's innovations within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area. Practitioners must be prepared to navigate the specific examination cultures of 13 different technical groups. Because the 25 pending office actions are so widely distributed, the overall prosecution effort is decentralized, requiring the practitioner to stay updated on the preferences of 22 different examiners to ensure successful outcomes across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 | 1 (4%) |
| §103 only | 12 (44%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (41%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | 3 | 90.3% | +10.8% |
| WANG, YUEHAN | 2 | 82.5% | +13.6% |
| ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 2 | 48.3% | +58.1% |
| BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | 1 | 46.2% | +20.2% |
| BOLER, RYNAE E | 1 | 62.4% | +8.8% |
| HSIEH, PING Y | 1 | 79.1% | +15.4% |
| FLORA, NURUN N | 1 | 86.1% | +1.7% |
| TANINGCO, MARCUS H | 1 | 81.0% | +6.6% |
| PATEL, PINALBEN V | 1 | 89.2% | +9.5% |
| WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 1 | 82.0% | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18764105 | Method And System For Non-Contract Patient Registration In Image-Guided Surgery | WANG, YUEHAN | 30d overdue |
| 18819556 | Method And System For Non-Contact Registration In Electromagnetic-Based Image Guided Surgery | WANG, YUEHAN | 5d overdue |
| 19022944 | Method To Superimpose Rendering Over Spine Hardware Implants On Images Produced By Cbct Scanner System | FLORA, NURUN N | — |
| 18954306 | Imaging System | PATEL, PINALBEN V | — |
| 18892166 | LONG AXIS IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | — |
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 | — |
| 19028402 | Manual Hexapod Locking Mechanism | BOLER, RYNAE E | — |
| 19026310 | System And Method For Imaging A Subject | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | — |
| 18956043 | Filter System And Method For Imaging A Subject | TANINGCO, MARCUS H | — |
| 18787810 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF ANATOMY IN NAVIGATED PROCEDURES | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18764105 | Method And System For Non-Contract Patient Registration In Image-Guided Surgery | WANG, YUEHAN | 30d overdue |
| 18819556 | Method And System For Non-Contact Registration In Electromagnetic-Based Image Guided Surgery | WANG, YUEHAN | 5d overdue |
| 19125763 | REGISTRATION AND NAVIGATION IN CRANIAL PROCEDURES | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | — |
| 19026682 | System And Methods For Registration Between Patient Space And Image Space Using Registration Frame Apertures | HSIEH, PING Y | — |
| 19026310 | System And Method For Imaging A Subject | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18626159 | ULTRA-WIDE 2D SCOUT IMAGES FOR FIELD OF VIEW PREVIEW | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3798 | 6 |
| 2884 | 3 |
| 2617 | 2 |
| 2614 | 1 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 2676 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19125763 | REGISTRATION AND NAVIGATION IN CRANIAL PROCEDURES | BEGEMAN, ANDREW W | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19028402 | Manual Hexapod Locking Mechanism | BOLER, RYNAE E | — | §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 | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19026310 | System And Method For Imaging A Subject | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19022944 | Method To Superimpose Rendering Over Spine Hardware Implants On Images Produced By Cbct Scanner System | FLORA, NURUN N | 2614 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18956043 | Filter System And Method For Imaging A Subject | TANINGCO, MARCUS H | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18954306 | Imaging System | PATEL, PINALBEN V | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18892166 | LONG AXIS IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD | BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18819556 | Method And System For Non-Contact Registration In Electromagnetic-Based Image Guided Surgery | WANG, YUEHAN | 2617 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18787810 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF ANATOMY IN NAVIGATED PROCEDURES | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3775 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18764105 | Method And System For Non-Contract Patient Registration In Image-Guided Surgery | WANG, YUEHAN | 2617 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18759994 | System And Method For Imaging | THOMAS, COURTNEY D | 2884 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18608417 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING A POSITION OF AN IMAGING SYSTEM | FATIMA, UROOJ | 2676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 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§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 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 |
| 17489498 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEGMENTAL TRACKING | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 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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