Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Neuboron Therapy System Ltd. operates within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area, with a portfolio currently containing 5 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, indicating that most matters are being reviewed by different individuals. The portfolio is active in 2 distinct art units, which suggests that the technical subject matter remains concentrated within a few specific areas of semiconductor or optical technology.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. Since there are 5 pending office actions in total, this examiner handles a significant portion of the current workload. The involvement of 2 distinct art units means that the prosecution strategy only needs to account for the standards of two different technical departments at the USPTO. For practitioners, the fact that 4 distinct examiners are involved requires coordination, but the concentration of 2 busiest examiner pending office actions under the busiest examiner provides a focal point for the portfolio's active matters. This balance of 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units allows for a manageable prosecution landscape.
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 (17%) |
| §103 only | 4 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 2 | 73.0% | +16.7% |
| BORISSOV, IGOR N | 1 | 28.5% | +41.8% |
| CRADDOCK, ROBERT J | 1 | 84.0% | +14.4% |
| CASLER, BRIAN L | 1 | 78.8% | +22.2% |
| CHANG, HANWAY | 1 | 86.1% | +7.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18099316 | RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAFETY INTERLOCK THEREOF | CHANG, HANWAY | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19369728 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOSE CALCULATION SYSTEM, AND DOSE CALCULATION SYSTEM | BORISSOV, IGOR N | — |
| 18941359 | TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM, AUTOMATIC OVERLAP CHECKING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR FORMULATING TREATMENT PLAN | CRADDOCK, ROBERT J | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19369728 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOSE CALCULATION SYSTEM, AND DOSE CALCULATION SYSTEM | BORISSOV, IGOR N | — |
| 18941359 | TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM, AUTOMATIC OVERLAP CHECKING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR FORMULATING TREATMENT PLAN | CRADDOCK, ROBERT J | — |
| 18756566 | CALIBRATION METHOD, CALIBRATION DEVICE AND CALIBRATION SYSTEM OF LASER POSITIONING SYSTEM | CASLER, BRIAN L | — |
| 18090575 | NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF MONITORING SYSTEM THEREOF | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | — |
| 18080817 | NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF MONITORING SYSTEM THEREOF | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 2 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 2878 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19369728 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOSE CALCULATION SYSTEM, AND DOSE CALCULATION SYSTEM | BORISSOV, IGOR N | 3685 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2025 |
| 18941359 | TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEM, AUTOMATIC OVERLAP CHECKING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR FORMULATING TREATMENT PLAN | CRADDOCK, ROBERT J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18756566 | CALIBRATION METHOD, CALIBRATION DEVICE AND CALIBRATION SYSTEM OF LASER POSITIONING SYSTEM | CASLER, BRIAN L | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18099316 | RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAFETY INTERLOCK THEREOF | CHANG, HANWAY | 2878 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 18090575 | NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF MONITORING SYSTEM THEREOF | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 2881 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
| 18080817 | NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF MONITORING SYSTEM THEREOF | OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
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