Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Noah Medical Corporation is managing 8 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, indicating that most cases are being reviewed by different individuals. However, these examiners are concentrated within only 2 distinct art units, suggesting a technical focus despite the number of active files.
The busiest examiner, BOICE, JAMES EDWARD, is responsible for 2 pending actions. With 8 pending office actions and only 2 distinct art units, the company may experience consistency in examination standards or prior art citations within those specific units. Practitioners should monitor the 7 distinct examiners for individual variations, though the concentration in 2 art units provides a more consolidated environment than a more widely dispersed portfolio. BOICE, JAMES EDWARD represents the examiner with 2 pending actions.
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 | 5 (56%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 2 | 45.7% | +38.1% |
| BOICE, JAMES EDWARD | 2 | 75.7% | +9.9% |
| SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 1 | 50.4% | +27.4% |
| WOO, JAE KYUN | 1 | 59.8% | +16.2% |
| SHENG, CHAO | 1 | 64.4% | +26.8% |
| STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE | 1 | 70.4% | -4.8% |
| WU, PAMELA F | 1 | 57.3% | +22.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19082681 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM UTILIZING TOMOSYNTHESIS AND AUGMENTED FLUOROSCOPY | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | — |
| 19082739 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE BENDING SECTION | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | — |
| 18971494 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC BRONCHOSCOPY NAVIGATION | WOO, JAE KYUN | — |
| 18738282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSE ESTIMATION OF IMAGING SYSTEM | SHENG, CHAO | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19082681 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM UTILIZING TOMOSYNTHESIS AND AUGMENTED FLUOROSCOPY | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | — |
| 19082739 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE BENDING SECTION | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | — |
| 18973406 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING VIEWING DIRECTION | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | — |
| 18971494 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC BRONCHOSCOPY NAVIGATION | WOO, JAE KYUN | — |
| 18738282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSE ESTIMATION OF IMAGING SYSTEM | SHENG, CHAO | — |
| 17381105 | SINGLE USE DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED VISION CAPABILITIES | WU, PAMELA F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 6 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19082681 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM UTILIZING TOMOSYNTHESIS AND AUGMENTED FLUOROSCOPY | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19082739 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE BENDING SECTION | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 18973406 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING VIEWING DIRECTION | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18971494 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC BRONCHOSCOPY NAVIGATION | WOO, JAE KYUN | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18738282 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POSE ESTIMATION OF IMAGING SYSTEM | SHENG, CHAO | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18657531 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONSIVE INSERTION AND RETRACTION OF ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPE | BOICE, JAMES EDWARD | 3795 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18605303 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LASER-BASED MEDICAL DEVICE ILLUMINATION | STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18054810 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOSCOPIC SUBMUCOSAL DISSECTION | BOICE, JAMES EDWARD | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 87d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2022 |
| 17381105 | SINGLE USE DEVICES WITH INTEGRATED VISION CAPABILITIES | WU, PAMELA F | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2021 |
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