Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

PROCEPT BioRobotics Corporation

10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

2
Hard (20%)
5
Medium (50%)
2
Easy (20%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (30%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only2 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (20%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

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
10
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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP 1 51.5% +57.0%
VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S 1 48.0% +43.4%
MARC, MCDIEUNEL 1 91.0% +7.5%
TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 1 65.1% +28.0%
CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 1 71.1% +48.1%
SAHAND, SANA 1 63.4% +24.5%
ZHANG, LEI 1 16.7% +100.0%
HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE 1 67.7% +27.6%
MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 1 30.6% +66.7%
FREHE, WILLIAM R 1 60.1% +41.8%

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
18539048 USER INTERFACE FOR SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM ZHANG, LEI 17d overdue
18990234 TISSUE RESECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CUTTING PARAMETER VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18539048 USER INTERFACE FOR SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM ZHANG, LEI 17d overdue
18805972 STEP-BASED SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SURGICAL INTRAOPERATIVE CUES SAHAND, SANA 1d overdue
17816321 PROBES TO DETECT TISSUE RESISTANCE DURING INSERTION MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 5d
19333290 TISSUE RESECTION AND TREATMENT WITH SHEDDING PULSES MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP
18990234 TISSUE RESECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CUTTING PARAMETER VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S
18907991 PUMP CARTRIDGE AND CONSOLE TREMARCHE, CONNOR J.
18822884 STIFF SHEATH FOR IMAGING PROBE CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON
18523542 INTEGRATION OF ROBOTIC ARMS WITH SURGICAL PROCEDURES HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3797 2
3798 2
3656 1
3762 1
3796 1
3799 1
3791 1
3783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19333290 TISSUE RESECTION AND TREATMENT WITH SHEDDING PULSES MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP 3797 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 18, 2025
18990234 TISSUE RESECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING CUTTING PARAMETER VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S 3798 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18937553 SYSTEMS FOR DEFINING AND MODIFYING RANGE OF MOTION OF PROBE USED IN PATIENT TREATMENT MARC, MCDIEUNEL 3656 Other Non-Final OA 71d Pending Nov 05, 2024
18907991 PUMP CARTRIDGE AND CONSOLE TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. 3762 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18822884 STIFF SHEATH FOR IMAGING PROBE CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 3797 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18805972 STEP-BASED SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SURGICAL INTRAOPERATIVE CUES SAHAND, SANA 3796 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2024
18539048 USER INTERFACE FOR SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM ZHANG, LEI 3798 §102§103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18523542 INTEGRATION OF ROBOTIC ARMS WITH SURGICAL PROCEDURES HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE 3799 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
17816321 PROBES TO DETECT TISSUE RESISTANCE DURING INSERTION MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 3791 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jul 29, 2022
16376738 MINIMALLY INVASIVE SYSTEMS WITH EXPANDABLE SUPPORT AND PROXIMAL OPENING FOR HEMOSTASIS IN A BLEEDING CLOSED TISSUE VOLUME FREHE, WILLIAM R 3783 §103DPOther Final Rejection Pending Apr 05, 2019

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