Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 6 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Physio-control Inc. is managing 10 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 10 actions are assigned to 10 distinct examiners, resulting in a unique examiner for every pending matter. This distribution suggests that the company must navigate ten different individual examiner styles and preferences, as no two actions share the same reviewer.
The portfolio's pending actions are located within 5 distinct art units. NGUYEN, TRAN N is the busiest examiner, though they are currently handling only 1 pending office action. This indicates that the 10 pending actions are spread across the 5 art units and 10 examiners involved without any concentration of workload. Managing this diverse set of 10 actions requires a broad strategy to address the various requirements of the different examiners and art units currently overseeing the company's medical device and mechanical engineering applications.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (27%) |
| §103 only | 4 (36%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (9%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, TRAN N | 1 | 61.9% | +16.8% |
| DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 1 | 80.8% | +8.6% |
| COLLINS, RAVEN | 1 | 62.5% | +10.4% |
| ALI, AFAQ | 1 | 89.5% | +11.9% |
| CHOI, DAVID | 1 | 18.8% | +27.9% |
| KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | 1 | 67.1% | +36.9% |
| HOLMES, REX R | 1 | 80.2% | +17.9% |
| VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 1 | 83.5% | +14.0% |
| PHAM, QUANG | 1 | 54.2% | +57.3% |
| SHAHINIAN, LEVON J | 1 | 85.6% | -6.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19027936 | Automatic Lead Switching | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | — |
| 18982105 | External Device Authentication | ALI, AFAQ | — |
| 18882630 | REDUCING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ARTIFACTS DURING AND POST CPR | HOLMES, REX R | — |
| 18384374 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF DEFIBRILLATION PAD LOCATION ON PATIENT'S CHEST | SHAHINIAN, LEVON J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18781949 | DETERMINING POST-SHOCK TREATMENT BASED ON HEART VIABILITY | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 22d |
| 19266528 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-DEVICE REAL-TIME ACCESS AND REVIEW OF EVENTS DURING A PATIENT TREATMENT EPISODE | NGUYEN, TRAN N | — |
| 18982112 | Multi-Device Patient Encounters | CHOI, DAVID | — |
| 17725488 | CONTEXT SCORES TO ENHANCE ACCURACY OF ECG READINGS | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18781949 | DETERMINING POST-SHOCK TREATMENT BASED ON HEART VIABILITY | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 22d |
| 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 | — |
| 18982105 | External Device Authentication | ALI, AFAQ | — |
| 18982112 | Multi-Device Patient Encounters | CHOI, DAVID | — |
| 18882614 | LIGHTING FOR MECHANICAL CPR DEVICE | KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 3 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 2434 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19266528 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON-DEVICE REAL-TIME ACCESS AND REVIEW OF EVENTS DURING A PATIENT TREATMENT EPISODE | NGUYEN, TRAN N | 3685 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19027936 | Automatic Lead Switching | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030071 | PEELABLE LID FOR CONTAINER WITH MULTI-POINT PEEL SYSTEM | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18982105 | External Device Authentication | ALI, AFAQ | 2434 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18982112 | Multi-Device Patient Encounters | CHOI, DAVID | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18882614 | LIGHTING FOR MECHANICAL CPR DEVICE | KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18882630 | REDUCING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ARTIFACTS DURING AND POST CPR | HOLMES, REX R | 3796 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18781949 | DETERMINING POST-SHOCK TREATMENT BASED ON HEART VIABILITY | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Jul 23, 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 |
| 18384374 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF DEFIBRILLATION PAD LOCATION ON PATIENT'S CHEST | SHAHINIAN, LEVON J | 1711 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 17725488 | CONTEXT SCORES TO ENHANCE ACCURACY OF ECG READINGS | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 3796 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2022 |
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