Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Physio-control Inc.

14 pending office actions • 8 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

6
Hard (43%)
5
Medium (36%)
3
Easy (21%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§101 + other3 (21%)
§103 only4 (29%)
Double-patenting only3 (21%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
64% of docket
3
Business / Other
21% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, TRAN N 1 61.9% +16.9%
COLLINS, RAVEN 1 62.4% +10.4%
CHOI, DAVID 1 19.1% +27.8%
ALI, AFAQ 1 89.4% +11.7%
MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL 1 47.0% +24.5%
DIETRICH, JOSEPH M 1 80.8% +8.5%
HOLMES, REX R 1 80.3% +18.3%
GEDEON, BRIAN T 1 87.0% +7.1%
PHAM, QUANG 1 54.3% +57.3%
HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 1 47.4% +46.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18982105 External Device Authentication ALI, AFAQ
18882630 REDUCING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ARTIFACTS DURING AND POST CPR HOLMES, REX R
18794109 Battery Management for Medical Device GEDEON, BRIAN T

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18227248 MONITORING HYPOXEMIA DOSE DURING EMERGENCY MEDICAL EVENTS MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 52d overdue
18624741 Devices and Methods for Analyzing Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals for Artifact and Notification of Culprit Electrode HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 8d
18982112 Multi-Device Patient Encounters CHOI, DAVID
18980962 Efficient Transfer of Patient Data MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL
18906123 MEDICAL DEVICE HOUSING DIETRICH, JOSEPH M
17725488 CONTEXT SCORES TO ENHANCE ACCURACY OF ECG READINGS SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18624741 Devices and Methods for Analyzing Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals for Artifact and Notification of Culprit Electrode HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 8d
19266528 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-DEVICE REAL-TIME ACCESS AND REVIEW OF EVENTS DURING A PATIENT TREATMENT EPISODE NGUYEN, TRAN N
19030071 PEELABLE LID FOR CONTAINER WITH MULTI-POINT PEEL SYSTEM COLLINS, RAVEN
18982112 Multi-Device Patient Encounters CHOI, DAVID
18982105 External Device Authentication ALI, AFAQ
18980962 Efficient Transfer of Patient Data MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL
18882630 REDUCING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ARTIFACTS DURING AND POST CPR HOLMES, REX R
18777248 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING ADAPTER FACILITATED CONVERSIONS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DEVICES PHAM, QUANG

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3792 3
3796 2
3685 1
3735 1
2434 1
3682 1
2685 1
3785 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19266528 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-DEVICE REAL-TIME ACCESS AND REVIEW OF EVENTS DURING A PATIENT TREATMENT EPISODE NGUYEN, TRAN N 3685 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2025
19030071 PEELABLE LID FOR CONTAINER WITH MULTI-POINT PEEL SYSTEM COLLINS, RAVEN 3735 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18982112 Multi-Device Patient Encounters CHOI, DAVID §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18982105 External Device Authentication ALI, AFAQ 2434 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 16, 2024
18980962 Efficient Transfer of Patient Data MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL 3682 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18906123 MEDICAL DEVICE HOUSING DIETRICH, JOSEPH M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18882630 REDUCING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ARTIFACTS DURING AND POST CPR HOLMES, REX R 3796 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2024
18794109 Battery Management for Medical Device GEDEON, BRIAN T DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2024
18777248 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTILIZING ADAPTER FACILITATED CONVERSIONS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN DEVICES PHAM, QUANG 2685 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 18, 2024
18624741 Devices and Methods for Analyzing Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals for Artifact and Notification of Culprit Electrode HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 3792 §101 Final Rejection 8d Pending Apr 02, 2024
18230055 CPR FEEDBACK SYSTEM PROGRESSIVELY DIMINISHING TARGET COMPRESSION DEPTH TO PREVENT OVER-COMPRESSION WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN 3785 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 03, 2023
18227248 MONITORING HYPOXEMIA DOSE DURING EMERGENCY MEDICAL EVENTS MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN 3792 §103§112 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
17725488 CONTEXT SCORES TO ENHANCE ACCURACY OF ECG READINGS SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 3796 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 20, 2022
17066523 Systems and Methods for Wireless Monitoring of Patient Parameters and Initiating Mitigations Based on Quality of Service (QoS) Measurements TEHRANI, DANIEL 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 09, 2020

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