Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 1 | 80.8% | +13.2% |
| YANG, ANDREW | 1 | 84.2% | +10.6% |
| SAHAND, SANA | 1 | 63.4% | +24.5% |
| STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 1 | 51.4% | +27.9% |
| SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L | 1 | 47.7% | +28.0% |
| RAMIREZ, ELLIS B | 1 | 81.4% | +18.0% |
| HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 1 | 77.6% | +15.5% |
| SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18782742 | TOOLS AND METHODS FOR VAGINAL ACCESS | YANG, ANDREW | 62d |
| 18866096 | MANUAL RELEASE TOOL | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — |
| 18687337 | ADJUSTABLE CLAMPING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SURGICAL ARMS | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | — |
| 18685275 | POSITIONING SYSTEMS FOR ROBOTIC-SURGERY DEVICES | RAMIREZ, ELLIS B | — |
| 18579375 | INPUT ARM FOR CONTROL OF A SURGICAL ARM | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | — |
| 18571989 | ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING PRACTICE EXERCISES WITH A SURGICAL DEVICE | SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18685797 | IMAGING DEVICE WITH ELONGATE ARM AND PIVOTABLE CAMERA | SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L | 32d overdue |
| 18782742 | TOOLS AND METHODS FOR VAGINAL ACCESS | YANG, ANDREW | 62d |
| 18866096 | MANUAL RELEASE TOOL | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — |
| 18697751 | RAIL EXTENSION FOR ROBOTIC-SURGERY DEVICES | SAHAND, SANA | — |
| 18687337 | ADJUSTABLE CLAMPING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SURGICAL ARMS | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | — |
| 18685275 | POSITIONING SYSTEMS FOR ROBOTIC-SURGERY DEVICES | RAMIREZ, ELLIS B | — |
| 18579375 | INPUT ARM FOR CONTROL OF A SURGICAL ARM | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 2 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18866096 | MANUAL RELEASE TOOL | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18782742 | TOOLS AND METHODS FOR VAGINAL ACCESS | YANG, ANDREW | 3775 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18697751 | RAIL EXTENSION FOR ROBOTIC-SURGERY DEVICES | SAHAND, SANA | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18687337 | ADJUSTABLE CLAMPING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SURGICAL ARMS | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18685797 | IMAGING DEVICE WITH ELONGATE ARM AND PIVOTABLE CAMERA | SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L | 3799 | §103 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18685275 | POSITIONING SYSTEMS FOR ROBOTIC-SURGERY DEVICES | RAMIREZ, ELLIS B | 3658 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18579375 | INPUT ARM FOR CONTROL OF A SURGICAL ARM | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2024 |
| 18571989 | ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING PRACTICE EXERCISES WITH A SURGICAL DEVICE | SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | 3715 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
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