Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Neuralink Corp.

Technology area: Computing & Software

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Neuralink Corp. is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Computing & Software technology area. This specific action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, BURKE, TIONNA M, who also serves as the busiest examiner for the company. Because the portfolio currently involves 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution is technically concentrated in a single area of the patent office. The busiest examiner pending count of 1 indicates that BURKE, TIONNA M is responsible for the entirety of the company's active office actions.

Practitioners should note that having 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit prevents the comparison of different examiner behaviors within the portfolio. This lack of diversification means that the outcome of this 1 pending office action will be the primary determinant of the company's current prosecution success in Computing & Software. Strategy should be focused on the specific tendencies of BURKE, TIONNA M, as there are no other examiners or art units to provide alternative paths for these claims. The resolution of this 1 pending office action is the current priority for the company.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BURKE, TIONNA M 1 53.7% +20.5%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18320073 Vascular Segmentation and Avoidance Using Imaging BURKE, TIONNA M 55d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2178 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18320073 Vascular Segmentation and Avoidance Using Imaging BURKE, TIONNA M 2178 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending May 18, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Neuralink Corp. have?

Neuralink Corp. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Neuralink Corp. applications?

Tionna M Burke has the most, with 1 of Neuralink Corp.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Neuralink Corp.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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