Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Robocath

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§112 only1 (20%)

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
5
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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DIETRICH, JOSEPH M 1 80.9% +8.3%
CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 1 64.8% +28.3%
HALL, DEANNA K 1 75.8% +15.4%
SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 1 55.0% +50.0%
MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 1 26.9% +73.3%

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
18576649 ROBOTIC CATHETER AND AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION SYSTEM DIETRICH, JOSEPH M 16d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18258188 CATHETER ROBOT COMPRISING CATHETER TRANSLATION MODULES FOR FLEXIBLE ELONGATED MEDICAL ELEMENTS MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 46d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18259242 CATHETER ROBOT SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 56d overdue
18259558 CATHETER ROBOT COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO TRANSLATION MODULES FOR LONG FLEXIBLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 14d
18259233 CATHETER ROBOT MODULE FOR TRANSLATION AND ROTATION OF A FLEXIBLE ELONGATED MEDICAL ELEMENT HALL, DEANNA K 28d
18258188 CATHETER ROBOT COMPRISING CATHETER TRANSLATION MODULES FOR FLEXIBLE ELONGATED MEDICAL ELEMENTS MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 46d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 2
3796 1
3783 1
3792 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18576649 ROBOTIC CATHETER AND AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION SYSTEM DIETRICH, JOSEPH M 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2024
18259558 CATHETER ROBOT COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO TRANSLATION MODULES FOR LONG FLEXIBLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18259233 CATHETER ROBOT MODULE FOR TRANSLATION AND ROTATION OF A FLEXIBLE ELONGATED MEDICAL ELEMENT HALL, DEANNA K 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18259242 CATHETER ROBOT SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 3792 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18258188 CATHETER ROBOT COMPRISING CATHETER TRANSLATION MODULES FOR FLEXIBLE ELONGATED MEDICAL ELEMENTS MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 3791 §112 Final Rejection 46d Pending Jun 16, 2023

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