Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
36 pending office actions • 20 art units • 34 examiners • 0 of 36 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 52 patents granted in the last 365 days
Roche Diabetes Care Inc. has 37 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 35 distinct examiners and 20 distinct art units, indicating a broadly distributed docket with recurring activity within several examination groups.
KRETZER, KYLE W. is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration favors coordinated portfolio oversight, while art-unit-level tracking may help counsel identify common examination themes affecting related medical-device matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 4 (11%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (11%) |
| §103 only | 9 (25%) |
| §102 only | 3 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 16 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRETZER, KYLE W. | 2 | 65.2% | +40.3% |
| GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 2 | 67.6% | +52.2% |
| MAI, THIEN T | 1 | 59.1% | +19.9% |
| ABDULLAH, AAISHA | 1 | 23.5% | +39.2% |
| FARDANESH, MARJAN | 1 | 72.6% | +19.0% |
| BERHANU, ETSUB D | 1 | 65.1% | +24.7% |
| BORISSOV, IGOR N | 1 | 28.5% | +41.7% |
| BIBBEE, JARED M | 1 | 80.4% | +13.5% |
| HAILE, BENYAM | 1 | 61.7% | +24.6% |
| XU, JUSTIN | 1 | 60.7% | +35.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18169347 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION OF LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE THRESHOLDS AND VOLTAGE DROOP DETECTION IN A MEDICAL DEVICE | MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK | 92d overdue |
| 18479855 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATION IN DIABETES TREATMENT PLANS | FERNSTROM, KURT | 42d overdue |
| 18438235 | REGULATION OF A TWO-ELECTRODE ANALYTE SENSOR | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 24d overdue |
| 18758236 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATA | HUYNH, EMILY | 23d overdue |
| 17824716 | METHOD OF PERFORMING AN ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 22d overdue |
| 18307071 | ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCING | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 19d overdue |
| 18444731 | ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM WITH A PART THAT IS ATTACHABLE TO THE BODY OF A PATIENT | PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | 7d |
| 18415736 | OPENING FORMATION IN A MEMBRANE | TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH | 63d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17824716 | METHOD OF PERFORMING AN ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 22d overdue |
| 18307071 | ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCING | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 19d overdue |
| 18315858 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANALYTE SENSOR, AN ANALYTE SENSOR, AND A USE THEREOF | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 28d |
| 19410489 | MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE ACTIVATION LABEL | MAI, THIEN T | — |
| 19305467 | OPTIMIZATION AND PERSONALIZATION OF THERAPEUTIC PROTOCOLS | ABDULLAH, AAISHA | — |
| 19036983 | METHOD AND AN ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE ANALYTE | FARDANESH, MARJAN | — |
| 18947053 | ANALYTE SENSOR MORPHOLOGY | BERHANU, ETSUB D | — |
| 18934299 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE GENERATION OF GRAPHICAL DATA OF A TREATMENT HISTORY | BORISSOV, IGOR N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 12 |
| 3783 | 4 |
| 3681 | 2 |
| 1798 | 2 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 2688 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19410489 | MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE ACTIVATION LABEL | MAI, THIEN T | 2876 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19305467 | OPTIMIZATION AND PERSONALIZATION OF THERAPEUTIC PROTOCOLS | ABDULLAH, AAISHA | 3681 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19036983 | METHOD AND AN ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE ANALYTE | FARDANESH, MARJAN | 3791 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18947053 | ANALYTE SENSOR MORPHOLOGY | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18934299 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE GENERATION OF GRAPHICAL DATA OF A TREATMENT HISTORY | BORISSOV, IGOR N | 3685 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18919086 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING MEASUREMENT DATA DETECTED BY A SENSOR DEVICE AND INDICATIVE OF AN ANALYTE IN A SAMPLE OF A BODILY FLUID | BIBBEE, JARED M | 2161 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18913531 | MEDICAL DEVICE ALERT, OPTIMIZATION, PERSONALIZATION, AND ESCALATION | HAILE, BENYAM | 2688 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18899202 | INSERTION SYSTEM | XU, JUSTIN | 3791 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18884634 | INFUSION DELIVERY DEVICE | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18798243 | BODY-WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING A SUPERABSORBENT SUBSTANCE | WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18774381 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3791 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18758236 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATA | HUYNH, EMILY | 3683 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18749276 | BODY WEARABLE ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM WITH INFRARED TEMPERATURE SENSOR DEVICE | TOTH, KAREN E | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18639062 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED OPTICAL ANALYTE MEASUREMENTS VIA WEARABLE SMART DEVICES | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18611917 | SENSOR WITH VARYING STIFFNESS | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18583979 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING AUTO WHITE BALANCE SETTINGS OF A MOBILE DEVICE FOR A COLOR BASED MEASUREMENT USING A COLOR REFERENCE CARD | ABDI, AMARA | 2668 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18444731 | ANALYTE MONITORING SYSTEM WITH A PART THAT IS ATTACHABLE TO THE BODY OF A PATIENT | PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Feb 18, 2024 |
| 18443926 | FACILITATING ADHERENCE TO TASKS DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN OR IMPROVE HEALTH | CHOI, PETER H | 3681 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18438235 | REGULATION OF A TWO-ELECTRODE ANALYTE SENSOR | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18415736 | OPENING FORMATION IN A MEMBRANE | TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH | 1794 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18491782 | MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM, AND DISPOSABLE CONTAINER | SHAH, NILAY J | 3783 | §102 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Oct 22, 2023 |
| 18479855 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATION IN DIABETES TREATMENT PLANS | FERNSTROM, KURT | 3715 | §101 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
| 18454939 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MEMBRANE PROPERTY OF AN ANALYTE SENSOR | PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18322335 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A COUNTER/REFERENCE ELECTRODE | NGUYEN, DONGHAI D | 3729 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18315858 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANALYTE SENSOR, AN ANALYTE SENSOR, AND A USE THEREOF | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18307071 | ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCING | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18300106 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTO-EXPOSURE SETTINGS OF A MOBILE DEVICE HAVING A CAMERA | DANG, HUNG Q | 2484 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18169347 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION OF LOW BATTERY VOLTAGE THRESHOLDS AND VOLTAGE DROOP DETECTION IN A MEDICAL DEVICE | MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK | 2859 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 92d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2023 |
| 17824542 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PERFORMING AN ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1798 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 25, 2022 |
| 17824716 | METHOD OF PERFORMING AN ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1798 | §101 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2022 |
| 17743009 | ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR AN ANALYTICAL DETERMINATION OF AN ANALYTE IN A BODY FLUID | ELKINS, BLAKE HARRISON | 1687 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | May 12, 2022 |
| 17665042 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH TACTILE INDICATION | MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Feb 04, 2022 |
| 17284586 | IMMUNOASSAY FOR MEASURING C-PEPTIDE | KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA | 1677 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2021 |
| 17262016 | DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN ANALYTE CONCENTRATION IN A SAMPLE OF BODILY FLUID | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | 1758 | §103 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | Jan 21, 2021 |
| 16660698 | TESTING COGNITIVE ABILITY OF USER TO SELF-TREAT FROM MEDICAL EVENT | LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Oct 22, 2019 |
| 15486948 | SYSTEM FOR IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT OF AN ANALYTE CONCENTRATION | AGAHI, PUYA | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2017 |
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Start Free TrialRoche Diabetes Care Inc. has 36 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 20 art units and 34 examiners.
Kyle W. Kretzer has the most, with 2 of Roche Diabetes Care Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
