Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Onward Medical N V

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 1 of 3 (33%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN 1 79.5% +18.1%
BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 1 26.2% +31.9%
TEJANI, ANKIT D 1 81.0% +16.9%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17206007 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PLANNING AND/OR CONTROL NEUROMODULATION TEJANI, ANKIT D

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17511496 SYSTEM FOR PLANNING AND/OR CONTROLLING NEUROMODULATION FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN
17399780 NEUROMODULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17511496 SYSTEM FOR PLANNING AND/OR CONTROLLING NEUROMODULATION FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN
17399780 NEUROMODULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID
17206007 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PLANNING AND/OR CONTROL NEUROMODULATION TEJANI, ANKIT D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3796 2
3792 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17511496 SYSTEM FOR PLANNING AND/OR CONTROLLING NEUROMODULATION FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN 3792 §103§112 Non-Final OA AI Ready Oct 26, 2021
17399780 NEUROMODULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 3796 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 11, 2021
17206007 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PLANNING AND/OR CONTROL NEUROMODULATION TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2021

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