Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

ResMed

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 6 of 7 (86%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

1
Hard (14%)
5
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only5 (71%)
No statute on record1 (14%)

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
7
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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TIEDEMAN, JASON S 2 29.3% +34.6%
SASS, KIMBERLY A. 1 52.6% +54.0%
EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 1 10.0% +29.9%
PAULS, JOHN A 1 48.7% +27.3%
DIETRICH, JOSEPH M 1 80.9% +8.3%
CHOI, PETER H 1 25.7% +19.5%

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
18219085 Systems And Methods For Holistic Habitual Improvement Via Digital Solutions DIETRICH, JOSEPH M 12d

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18568209 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE STEP UP AND STEP DOWN OF TREATMENTS EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 97d overdue
18828543 PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TIEDEMAN, JASON S 29d overdue
17786105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COPD MONITORING CHOI, PETER H 9d overdue
17826226 PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TIEDEMAN, JASON S 19d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18568209 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE STEP UP AND STEP DOWN OF TREATMENTS EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 97d overdue
18828543 PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TIEDEMAN, JASON S 29d overdue
17786105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COPD MONITORING CHOI, PETER H 9d overdue
18562210 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPLIANCE PREDICTION BASED ON DEVICE USAGE AND PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS PAULS, JOHN A 14d
17826226 PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TIEDEMAN, JASON S 19d
18893046 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT DATA PROCESSING DURING DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY SASS, KIMBERLY A. 84d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3683 3
3686 1
3687 1
3796 1
3681 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18893046 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT DATA PROCESSING DURING DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY SASS, KIMBERLY A. 3686 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Sep 23, 2024
18828543 PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TIEDEMAN, JASON S 3683 Other Non-Final OA 29d overdue AI Ready Sep 09, 2024
18568209 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETERMINE STEP UP AND STEP DOWN OF TREATMENTS EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 3687 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue AI Ready Dec 07, 2023
18562210 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPLIANCE PREDICTION BASED ON DEVICE USAGE AND PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS PAULS, JOHN A 3683 §103 Non-Final OA 14d AI Ready Nov 17, 2023
18219085 Systems And Methods For Holistic Habitual Improvement Via Digital Solutions DIETRICH, JOSEPH M 3796 §103 Final Rejection 12d AI Ready Jul 06, 2023
17786105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COPD MONITORING CHOI, PETER H 3681 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue AI Ready Jun 16, 2022
17826226 PATIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TIEDEMAN, JASON S 3683 §101 Non-Final OA 19d AI Ready May 27, 2022

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