Olympus Corporation

Portfolio Summary

64

Total Pending OAs

32

Non-Final OAs

30

Final Rejections

2

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 64 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

38

Overdue

1

Due this week

19

Due this month

3

Due in next 60 days

3

Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 64 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (38)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (19)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (3)

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.

3

Hard (5%)

54

Medium (84%)

5

Easy (8%)

2

Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	3 (5%)
§103 only	44 (69%)
§102 only	9 (14%)
§112 only	5 (8%)
Double-patenting + other	1 (2%)
No statute on record	2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

0

Life Sciences

0% of docket

2

Information Tech

3% of docket

5

Communications

8% of docket

2

Semiconductors

3% of docket

55

Mechanical / Eng

86% 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.

640 h

Manual time on pending OAs

128 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

224 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.6 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
WU, PAMELA F	4	57.3%	+21.7%
SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L	3	47.1%	+27.2%
SONG, LI-TING	2	65.1%	+38.9%
BOICE, JAMES EDWARD	2	77.0%	+8.6%
SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE	2	72.2%	+18.9%
OUYANG, BO	2	60.5%	+8.3%
LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN	2	45.2%	+46.4%
LY, TOMMY TAI	1	80.3%	+22.9%
TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA	1	56.4%	+30.1%
SENFI, BEHROOZ M	1	82.6%	+10.1%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
19057350	ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE	LY, TOMMY TAI	15d
19000902	ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, OPERATING METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM	SENFI, BEHROOZ M	22d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17884971	TRAINING DATA COLLECTION REQUEST DEVICE AND TRAINING DATA COLLECTION METHOD	BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R	70d overdue
18800816	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, TREATMENT SYSTEM, LEARNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD	NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC	58d overdue
19023919	ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM	TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA	23d overdue

Interview Candidates (16)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18167558	TREATMENT TOOL	SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE	72d overdue
18133537	ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM	SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L	70d overdue
17682697	SURGICAL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD OF SURGICAL SYSTEM	LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN	66d overdue
18387318	LENS UNIT, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS UNIT	WU, PAMELA F	45d overdue
18762807	BILE DUCT/PANCREATIC DUCT TREATMENT METHOD AND ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENT	SONG, LI-TING	44d overdue
18093022	SURGICAL SYSTEM	SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L	32d overdue
19023919	ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM	TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA	23d overdue
18118342	ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, MANIPULATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND MANIPULATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM	SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L	11d overdue

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3795	15
3794	10
3797	6
3771	6
3799	3
3687	2
3792	2
3791	2
3796	2
2482	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19057350	ULTRASOUND PROBE AND ULTRASOUND ENDOSCOPE	LY, TOMMY TAI	3797	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Feb 19, 2025
19023919	ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM	TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA	3797	§101	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Jan 16, 2025
19000902	ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, OPERATING METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM	SENFI, BEHROOZ M	2482	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Dec 24, 2024
18897728	IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PHOTOTHERAPY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PHOTOTHERAPY METHOD	ZHANG, LEI	3798	§103	Non-Final OA	147d overdue	Pending	Sep 26, 2024
18894685	MEDICAL DEVICE REPAIR SUPPORT	BARR, MARY EVANGELINE	3682	§103	Final Rejection	56d	Pending	Sep 24, 2024
18811918	ENDOSCOPE CLIP AND OPERATION METHOD FOR CLIP ARM	SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN	3771	DPOther	Non-Final OA	77d	Pending	Aug 22, 2024
18800816	IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, TREATMENT SYSTEM, LEARNING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD	NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC	3797	§101	Final Rejection	58d overdue	Pending	Aug 12, 2024
18762807	BILE DUCT/PANCREATIC DUCT TREATMENT METHOD AND ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENT	SONG, LI-TING	3795	§103	Non-Final OA	44d overdue	Pending	Jul 03, 2024
18738750	ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM	GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ	3795	§112	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	Jun 10, 2024
18670108	ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE MOVEMENT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM	SONG, LI-TING	3795	§112	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	May 21, 2024
18654196	NEEDLE HOLDER AND METHOD OF USING SAME	ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL	3771	§102	Final Rejection	76d	Pending	May 03, 2024
18614942	LEARNING SUPPORT DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, METHOD FOR SUPPORTING LEARNING, AND RECORDING MEDIUM	HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO	2661	§103	Non-Final OA	36d	Pending	Mar 25, 2024
18612092	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEDICAL SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD	BHATNAGAR, ANAND P	2668	§102	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Mar 21, 2024
18540074	ENDOSCOPY IN REVERSIBLY ALTERED ANATOMY	FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN	3795	—	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Dec 14, 2023
18533826	MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CONTACT STATE	FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL	3794	§102	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	Dec 08, 2023
18387318	LENS UNIT, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LENS UNIT	WU, PAMELA F	3795	§103	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	Nov 06, 2023
18387174	LENS UNIT, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND ENDOSCOPE	WILSON, PAISLEY L	2871	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Nov 06, 2023
18386047	TREATMENT TOOL GENERATOR, TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND TREATMENT METHOD	BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER	3794	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Nov 01, 2023
18372388	ELECTRODE FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY MEDICAL DEVICE AND MEDICAL DEVICE	DEMIE, TIGIST S	3794	§112	Final Rejection	26d	Pending	Sep 25, 2023
18371613	DISTAL END PORTION OF ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE	BOICE, JAMES EDWARD	3795	§103	Final Rejection	46d overdue	Pending	Sep 22, 2023
18371154	IMAGE PICKUP UNIT AND ENDOSCOPE	BOICE, JAMES EDWARD	3795	§103	Final Rejection	30d overdue	Pending	Sep 21, 2023
18368100	A SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING HEAT DAMAGE DURING ENDOSCOPIC PROCUDURES	ROBERTS, RACHEL L	2674	§103	Final Rejection	50d overdue	Pending	Sep 14, 2023
18243137	TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE TREATMENT SYSTEM	LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES	3619	§103	Non-Final OA	62d	Pending	Sep 07, 2023
18220925	MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CONTROL METHOD	KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE	3687	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Jul 12, 2023
18220362	PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE, PHOTOTHERAPY METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM	NGANGA, BONIFACE N	3797	§103	Final Rejection	87d overdue	Pending	Jul 11, 2023
18200207	ENDOSCOPE CAP, LIGHT TREATMENT ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND LIGHT TREATMENT METHOD	LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X	3792	§103	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	May 22, 2023
18313689	WIRE PUNCTURE OF STRICTURE FOR PANCREATICOBILIARY ACCESS	SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE	3794	§103	Final Rejection	9d	Pending	May 08, 2023
18140106	INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD	MUKUNDHAN, ROHAN TEJAS	2663	§103	Non-Final OA	88d overdue	Pending	Apr 27, 2023
18133537	ENDOSCOPE AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM	SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L	3799	§103	Non-Final OA	70d overdue	Pending	Apr 12, 2023
18118342	ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, MANIPULATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND MANIPULATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM	SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L	3799	§103	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	Pending	Mar 07, 2023
18179037	TRACTION TOOL, TRACTION SYSTEM, AND TRACTION METHOD AND SUTURING METHOD FOR SUTURE THREAD	HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT	3771	Other	Final Rejection	15d overdue	Pending	Mar 06, 2023
18115181	THERAPEUTIC LIGHT IRRADIATION UNIT, THERAPEUTIC LIGHT IRRADIATION APPARATUS, AND ENDOSCOPE	KUO, JONATHAN T	3792	§103	Final Rejection	138d overdue	Pending	Feb 28, 2023
18176030	ULTRASONIC TREATMENT TOOL	MILLER, SERENITY A	3771	§102	Final Rejection	10d overdue	Pending	Feb 28, 2023
18170824	TREATMENT TOOL	OUYANG, BO	3794	§102	Final Rejection	36d overdue	Pending	Feb 17, 2023
18171011	TREATMENT TOOL AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING TREATMENT TOOL	OUYANG, BO	3794	§102	Final Rejection	4d overdue	Pending	Feb 17, 2023
18168185	TREATMENT TOOL	DUBOSE, LAUREN	3771	§103	Final Rejection	1d overdue	Pending	Feb 13, 2023
18167558	TREATMENT TOOL	SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE	3794	§103	Final Rejection	72d overdue	Pending	Feb 10, 2023
18165716	POSITIONING AID, POSITIONING AID SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPE AND GUIDE SHEATH, AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING GUIDE SHEATH	NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY	3795	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Feb 07, 2023
18105272	ENERGY RADIATION TREATMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM SUPPORTING ENERGY RADIATION TREATMENT	ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T	3797	§102	Final Rejection	147d overdue	Pending	Feb 03, 2023
18158865	MEDICAL MANIPULATOR SYSTEM AND ACCESS DEVICE	FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN	3771	§102	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Jan 24, 2023
18096070	CONTROL APPARATUS, MEDICAL CENTRAL CONTROL SYSTEM, AND SURGERY-RELATED INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD	TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES	3700	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Jan 12, 2023
18096097	MANAGEMENT DEVICE, EXAMINATION IMAGE EVALUATION METHOD, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM	GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA	2677	§103	Final Rejection	26d	Pending	Jan 12, 2023
18093022	SURGICAL SYSTEM	SURGAN, ALEXANDRA L	3799	§112	Final Rejection	32d overdue	Pending	Jan 04, 2023
17989146	MEDICAL SYSTEM AND CANNULATION METHOD	STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE	3795	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Nov 17, 2022
18047530	AUTOMATIC POSITIONING AND FORCE ADJUSTMENT IN ENDOSCOPY	BOR, HELENE CATHERINE	3797	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Oct 18, 2022
17954683	ENDOSCOPE	LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN	3795	§103	Non-Final OA	23d	Pending	Sep 28, 2022
17953422	ENDOSCOPE OPERATION PORTION AND ENDOSCOPE	COX, THADDEUS B	3791	§102	Final Rejection	58d overdue	Pending	Sep 27, 2022
17946267	TREATMENT INSTRUMENT, TREATMENT SYSTEM AND TREATMENT METHOD	CLARK, RYAN T	3794	§103	Final Rejection	58d overdue	Pending	Sep 16, 2022
17890635	SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, OPERATING METHOD FOR SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE OF SURGERY ASSISTANCE SYSTEM	MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH	3795	§103	Final Rejection	70d overdue	Pending	Aug 18, 2022
17884813	PAIN ESTIMATION APPARATUS, PAIN ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM	BAVA, JANKI MAHESH	3791	§103	Final Rejection	110d overdue	Pending	Aug 10, 2022
17884971	TRAINING DATA COLLECTION REQUEST DEVICE AND TRAINING DATA COLLECTION METHOD	BLAUFELD, JUSTIN R	2151	§101	Non-Final OA	70d overdue	Pending	Aug 10, 2022
17882700	STENT DELIVERY SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND STENT INDWELLING METHOD	TREVINO III, JOSE HERNANDEZ	3774	§103	Non-Final OA	202d overdue	Pending	Aug 08, 2022
17874426	PUNCTURE DEVICE AND PHOTOTHERAPY METHOD	SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN	3796	§103	Final Rejection	121d overdue	Pending	Jul 27, 2022
17862767	MEDICAL SYSTEM AND ENDOSCOPE	WU, PAMELA F	3795	§112	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Jul 12, 2022
17859471	ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD	WU, PAMELA F	3795	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Jul 07, 2022
17840867	SURGICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, SURGICAL SUPPORT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM	NASSER, MALAK MEAGHER	3687	§103	Final Rejection	38d overdue	Pending	Jun 15, 2022
17682697	SURGICAL SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND OPERATION METHOD OF SURGICAL SYSTEM	LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN	3795	§103	Final Rejection	66d overdue	Pending	Feb 28, 2022
17550725	METHOD FOR IRRADIATING CELLS WITH LIGHT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEDICAL DEVICE, AND MEDICAL DEVICE	EISEMAN, LYNSEY C	3796	§103	Final Rejection	49d overdue	Pending	Dec 14, 2021
17485914	ELECTRODE UNIT AND RESECTOSCOPE APPARATUS	PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C	3794	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Sep 27, 2021
17476714	GAS FEEDING APPARATUS, GAS FEEDING AMOUNT CONTROL METHOD AND GAS FEEDING SYSTEM	MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH	3783	§103	Final Rejection	84d overdue	Pending	Sep 16, 2021
17469242	CONTROL APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING LEARNED MODEL, AND MOVEMENT SUPPORT METHOD	WILENSKY, MOSHE K	3726	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Sep 08, 2021
17408793	CENTRALIZED CONTROL APPARATUS, SETTING METHOD, AND CENTRALIZED CONTROL SYSTEM	BECKER, BRANDON J	2857	§103	Final Rejection	44d overdue	Pending	Aug 23, 2021
17380616	ENERGY TREATMENT INSTRUMENT	KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN	3794	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Jul 20, 2021
17360241	ENDOSCOPE DEVICE	WU, PAMELA F	3795	§103	Final Rejection	9d overdue	Pending	Jun 28, 2021

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