Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
19 pending office actions • 12 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Seoul National University Hospital has 17 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are distributed across 16 distinct examiners and 12 distinct art units. This profile reflects a broad examination spread, with most examiner assignments appearing individually and some art units containing more than one examiner relationship.
WESTFALL, SARAH ANN is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That is the highest examiner-specific concentration in the supplied data, but it does not make the docket examiner-centered. Practitioners should coordinate recurring medical-device disclosures at the art-unit level while preserving separate records for examiner preferences, cited references, and unresolved claim issues. A matter-by-matter review remains important because the examiner count is close to the action count.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 2 (11%) |
| §101 + other | 8 (42%) |
| §103 only | 3 (16%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (26%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTFALL, SARAH ANN | 2 | 5.0% | +25.0% |
| LYNCH, ROBERT A | 1 | 80.3% | +12.9% |
| RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 1 | 68.9% | +15.0% |
| MILLER, SERENITY A | 1 | 68.5% | +36.1% |
| JACOB, OOMMEN | 1 | 79.2% | +17.3% |
| BRYANT, MICHAEL CASEY | 1 | 78.5% | +17.1% |
| ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN | 1 | 60.5% | +20.7% |
| ZHANG, LEI | 1 | 13.3% | +100.0% |
| DETWEILER, JAMES M | 1 | 39.0% | +43.6% |
| TRAN, THIEN JASON | 1 | 74.7% | +18.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18251949 | Smart Hospital Bed Operating System and Method using Big Data | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 79d overdue |
| 18287018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IMAGE-BASED PATIENT EVALUATION | TRAN, THIEN JASON | 4d overdue |
| 18700053 | CUSTOMIZED ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD LINKED WITH MEDICAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS SERVICE | DETWEILER, JAMES M | 2d overdue |
| 17926653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING NEEDS OF PATIENT FOR HOSPITAL RESOURCES | JACKSON, JORDAN L | 9d |
| 18233783 | METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER EXPRESSING SPARC | NIEBAUER, RONALD T | 70d |
| 18851305 | VASCULAR CLIP FOR BLOOD FLOW CONTROL | LYNCH, ROBERT A | — |
| 19123848 | CHEST TUBE INSERTER FOR CHEST TUBE INSERTION AND DRUG INJECTION, AND KIT INCLUDING SAME | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | — |
| 19107013 | AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW DEVICE INSERTION APPARATUS FOR INSERTING AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW DEVICE FOR GLAUCOMA TREATMENT INTO EYE | MILLER, SERENITY A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18287018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IMAGE-BASED PATIENT EVALUATION | TRAN, THIEN JASON | 4d overdue |
| 18700053 | CUSTOMIZED ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD LINKED WITH MEDICAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS SERVICE | DETWEILER, JAMES M | 2d overdue |
| 18851305 | VASCULAR CLIP FOR BLOOD FLOW CONTROL | LYNCH, ROBERT A | — |
| 19123848 | CHEST TUBE INSERTER FOR CHEST TUBE INSERTION AND DRUG INJECTION, AND KIT INCLUDING SAME | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | — |
| 19107013 | AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW DEVICE INSERTION APPARATUS FOR INSERTING AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW DEVICE FOR GLAUCOMA TREATMENT INTO EYE | MILLER, SERENITY A | — |
| 18995819 | BRAIN MRI ANALYSIS METHOD AND DEVICE USING NEURAL NETWORK | JACOB, OOMMEN | — |
| 18992923 | SIDE-LYING BED FOR X-RAY IMAGING | BRYANT, MICHAEL CASEY | — |
| 18879387 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING CEREBRAL AUTOREGULATION | WESTFALL, SARAH ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 3 |
| 3791 | 3 |
| 1658 | 3 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3621 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 1631 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18851305 | VASCULAR CLIP FOR BLOOD FLOW CONTROL | LYNCH, ROBERT A | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19123848 | CHEST TUBE INSERTER FOR CHEST TUBE INSERTION AND DRUG INJECTION, AND KIT INCLUDING SAME | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19107013 | AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW DEVICE INSERTION APPARATUS FOR INSERTING AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW DEVICE FOR GLAUCOMA TREATMENT INTO EYE | MILLER, SERENITY A | 3771 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18995819 | BRAIN MRI ANALYSIS METHOD AND DEVICE USING NEURAL NETWORK | JACOB, OOMMEN | 3792 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18992923 | SIDE-LYING BED FOR X-RAY IMAGING | BRYANT, MICHAEL CASEY | 2884 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18879387 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING CEREBRAL AUTOREGULATION | WESTFALL, SARAH ANN | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18715680 | BRAIN WATER MONITORING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY | WESTFALL, SARAH ANN | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18725406 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING WALKING SPEED | ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN | 3791 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18669475 | DEEP LEARNING-BASED CONTINUOUS ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY AND NON-INVASIVE BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18700053 | CUSTOMIZED ADVERTISEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD LINKED WITH MEDICAL INFORMATION ANALYSIS SERVICE | DETWEILER, JAMES M | 3621 | §101 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18287018 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTROCARDIOGRAM IMAGE-BASED PATIENT EVALUATION | TRAN, THIEN JASON | 3792 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18251949 | Smart Hospital Bed Operating System and Method using Big Data | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 3685 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 79d overdue | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18533699 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PROLONG SURVIVAL OF TRANSPLANT AND RECIPIENT | STEELE, AMBER D | 1658 | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18565862 | PREPARATION AND STANDARDIZATION OF CELL SPHEROIDS FOR PROMOTING TISSUE REGENERATION | BARRON, SEAN C | 1653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18553437 | ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITING PEPTIDE AND USE THEREOF | COFFA, SERGIO | 1658 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18233783 | METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER EXPRESSING SPARC | NIEBAUER, RONALD T | 1658 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18194781 | METHODS FOR ISOLATING AND CULTURING LIVING CELLS USING METHOD OF PERMEABILIZING CELL MEMBRANE | SCHUBERG, LAURA J | 1631 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Apr 03, 2023 |
| 17926653 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING NEEDS OF PATIENT FOR HOSPITAL RESOURCES | JACKSON, JORDAN L | 2857 | §101 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18024819 | PEPTIDE, AND COSMETIC COMPOSITION AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME | CHANDRA, GYAN | 1674 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSeoul National University Hospital has 19 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 18 examiners.
Sarah Ann Westfall has the most, with 2 of Seoul National University Hospital's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
