Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Medtronic Xomed Inc.

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (29%)
3
Medium (43%)
2
Easy (29%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

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
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARCETICH, ADAM M 1 72.6% +18.8%
TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 1 61.8% +35.0%
TEJANI, ANKIT D 1 81.0% +16.9%
HENSON, DEVIN B 1 65.1% +43.5%
GOOD, SAMANTHA M 1 68.0% +11.1%
PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y 1 69.5% +48.8%
KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D 1 71.0% +33.8%

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
18808315 SYSTEM TO MONITOR NEURAL INTEGRITY TEJANI, ANKIT D

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18731532 REMOTE CONTROL MODULE FOR INSTRUMENTS HENSON, DEVIN B
18623125 Interface Module For Use With Nerve Monitoring and Electrosurgery GOOD, SAMANTHA M

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18139342 SINUS DILATION SYSTEM AND METHOD KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D 2d overdue
18892192 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SHUNT MARCETICH, ADAM M
18814455 System And Method For Tracking A Subject TON, MARTIN TRUYEN
18808315 SYSTEM TO MONITOR NEURAL INTEGRITY TEJANI, ANKIT D
18731532 REMOTE CONTROL MODULE FOR INSTRUMENTS HENSON, DEVIN B
18623125 Interface Module For Use With Nerve Monitoring and Electrosurgery GOOD, SAMANTHA M
18201238 PLEDGET STIMULATION AND RECORDING ELECTRODES ASSEMBLIES PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3771 2
3796 2
3791 1
3794 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18892192 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A SHUNT MARCETICH, ADAM M DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18814455 System And Method For Tracking A Subject TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 23, 2024
18808315 SYSTEM TO MONITOR NEURAL INTEGRITY TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18731532 REMOTE CONTROL MODULE FOR INSTRUMENTS HENSON, DEVIN B 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18623125 Interface Module For Use With Nerve Monitoring and Electrosurgery GOOD, SAMANTHA M 3794 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2024
18201238 PLEDGET STIMULATION AND RECORDING ELECTRODES ASSEMBLIES PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y 3796 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2023
18139342 SINUS DILATION SYSTEM AND METHOD KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D 3771 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023

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