Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Siemens Healthcare GmbH

41 pending office actions • 27 art units • 36 examiners • 0 of 41 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 121 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

41
Total Pending OAs
23
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 41 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

20
Overdue
1
Due this week
12
Due this month
7
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. 41 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (20)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (7)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.

4
Hard (10%)
33
Medium (80%)
4
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (10%)
§103 only33 (80%)
§112 only4 (10%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
7% of docket
3
Information Tech
7% of docket
8
Communications
20% of docket
13
Semiconductors
32% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
34% 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.

410 h
Manual time on pending OAs
82 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
144 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, RISHI R 6 82.5% +2.9%
GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE 1 0.0% +0.0%
MAINI, RAHUL 1 74.5% +19.1%
YOUNG, MONICA S 1 74.6% +32.4%
YENINAS, STEVEN LEE 1 73.4% +3.7%
TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1 20.0% +72.0%
LEE, SHUN K 1 41.9% +15.7%
ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED 1 67.7% +15.6%
RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1 72.6% +24.9%
BARTLEY, KENNETH 1 36.3% +28.8%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18076724 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY COMPENSATING EDDY CURRENTS IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS PATEL, RISHI R 97d overdue
18131459 Method and Device for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pre-Scan, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging System PATEL, RISHI R 60d overdue
18499808 METHOD FOR CALCULATING AN OPERATING PARAMETER OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SEQUENCE, MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT PATEL, RISHI R 4d overdue
18096558 METHOD FOR PERFORMING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENT, A MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS, AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT PATEL, RISHI R 16d
18520362 Magnetic Resonance Scanning PATEL, RISHI R 43d
18522591 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PARAMETER SETTING FOR A GRADIENT POWER OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE PATEL, RISHI R 54d

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18519136 Flip Angle Determination for Multi-Tissue Magnetic Resonance Scanning YENINAS, STEVEN LEE 88d overdue
18240498 Communication Method and Communication Apparatus for MRI Device FERRELL, CARTER W 22d overdue
18523864 MONITORING REMOTE CONTROL SUITABILITY GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE 8d
18113620 METHOD FOR MONITORING A MEDICAL INTERVENTION, MONITORING SYSTEM AND COMPLETE SYSTEM KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE 16d
18519202 IMAGING APPARATUS, AIR CHANNEL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IMAGING APPARATUS TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 27d
18157905 SUBSCRIPTION AND RETRIEVAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING DATA ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M 40d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18489455 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A RADIATION DETECTOR MODULE AND RADIATION DETECTOR MODULE LEE, SHUN K 66d overdue
18372091 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT FOR A MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 10d overdue
18466356 TECHNOLOGY FOR SAFETY CHECKING A MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC REPORT BARTLEY, KENNETH 12d
18519202 IMAGING APPARATUS, AIR CHANNEL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IMAGING APPARATUS TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 27d
18379438 Detecting a Specified Substance in an Examination Object ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED 39d
18519609 TACTILE SENSOR COVER AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND MEDICAL DEVICE YOUNG, MONICA S 56d
18521072 LOCAL COILS WITH INTEGRATED EXCITATION FIELD SENSORS MAINI, RAHUL 65d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2896 6
3797 4
2884 3
3687 3
2858 2
2666 2
3681 1
2855 1
1758 1
1746 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18522591 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PARAMETER SETTING FOR A GRADIENT POWER OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE PATEL, RISHI R 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18523864 MONITORING REMOTE CONTROL SUITABILITY GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE 3681 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18521072 LOCAL COILS WITH INTEGRATED EXCITATION FIELD SENSORS MAINI, RAHUL 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18519609 TACTILE SENSOR COVER AND PRODUCTION METHOD AND MEDICAL DEVICE YOUNG, MONICA S 2855 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18519136 Flip Angle Determination for Multi-Tissue Magnetic Resonance Scanning YENINAS, STEVEN LEE 2858 §101 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18520362 Magnetic Resonance Scanning PATEL, RISHI R 2896 §112 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18519202 IMAGING APPARATUS, AIR CHANNEL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN IMAGING APPARATUS TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18499808 METHOD FOR CALCULATING AN OPERATING PARAMETER OF A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SEQUENCE, MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT PATEL, RISHI R 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2023
18489455 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A RADIATION DETECTOR MODULE AND RADIATION DETECTOR MODULE LEE, SHUN K 2884 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18379438 Detecting a Specified Substance in an Examination Object ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED 3797 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18372091 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT FOR A MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1746 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2023
18466356 TECHNOLOGY FOR SAFETY CHECKING A MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC REPORT BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18240498 Communication Method and Communication Apparatus for MRI Device FERRELL, CARTER W 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2023
18218187 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING AN IMAGE-BASED TASK WINDSOR, COURTNEY J 2661 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 05, 2023
18199951 MEDICAL IMAGING WITH DISTRIBUTED CLUSTER-BASED PROCESSING HU, SELINA ELISA 2193 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending May 20, 2023
18198924 METHOD FOR PLANNING A RECORDING OF AN X-RAY IMAGE OF A PATIENT BY AN X-RAY SYSTEM, AND OVERALL SYSTEM FOX, DANIELLE A 2884 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending May 18, 2023
18131459 Method and Device for Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pre-Scan, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging System PATEL, RISHI R 2896 §112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18191110 METHOD FOR CORRECTING ARTIFACTS IN A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE DATA SET, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY FACILITY, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND ELECTRONICALLY READABLE DATA CARRIER THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI 2672 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18121623 DETERMINING A MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT, AND THERAPY APPARATUS NGANGA, BONIFACE N 3797 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2023
18174773 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING NUCLEAR MEDICAL IMAGE DATA SETS, IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONICALLY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM RIVERA-MARTINEZ, GUILLERMO M 2677 §112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Feb 27, 2023
18113620 METHOD FOR MONITORING A MEDICAL INTERVENTION, MONITORING SYSTEM AND COMPLETE SYSTEM KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE 3687 §101 Final Rejection 16d Pending Feb 23, 2023
18171744 METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA AND FOR TRAINING A DEEP LEARNING ALGORITHM FOR DETECTION OF A DISEASE INFORMATION, METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETECTION OF A DISEASE INFORMATION CHOI, TIMOTHY WING HO 2671 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2023
18157905 SUBSCRIPTION AND RETRIEVAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING DATA ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M 3687 §101 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jan 23, 2023
18096558 METHOD FOR PERFORMING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE MEASUREMENT, A MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS, AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT PATEL, RISHI R 2896 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jan 12, 2023
18151760 MACHINE LEARNING BASED ON RADIOLOGY REPORT COLEMAN, CHARLES P. 3683 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2023
18076724 METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY COMPENSATING EDDY CURRENTS IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE APPARATUS PATEL, RISHI R 2896 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
17983390 IMAGING USING CAVITATION BUBBLES SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN 3797 §103 Final Rejection 124d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2022
17953320 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLANNING NAVIGATION TC 3600, DOCKET 3658 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Sep 26, 2022
17948409 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DIAGNOSTICALLY RELEVANT SECTIONAL PLANE ZHANG, FAN 2682 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 20, 2022
17948454 CORRECTION OF GEOMETRIC MEASUREMENT VALUES FROM 2D PROJECTION IMAGES LU, ZHIYU 2665 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17941917 GENERATING A TEMPORARY IMAGE VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J 2666 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 09, 2022
17850704 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM, COMPLETE MEDICAL SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD PEARSON, AMANDA HYEONWOO 2666 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jun 27, 2022
17837174 DIFFERENTIAL VOLTAGE MEASURING SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE BREATHING ACTIVITY OF A PATIENT PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2022
17664877 METHODS FOR PROVIDING DYNAMIC SELECTION OF CONTENTS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND DEVICES THEREOF RIEGLER, PATRICK F 2171 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending May 25, 2022
17715422 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL TRAINING TO MULTIPLE MEDICAL PERSONNEL IN REAL-TIME MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2022
17697903 MOBILE X-RAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE X-RAY DEVICE TANINGCO, MARCUS H 2884 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 17, 2022
17480289 CASE PRIORITIZATION FOR A MEDICAL SYSTEM TAPIA, ANDREW KYLE 3687 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Sep 21, 2021
17462156 AI-BASED DETECTION OF PROCESS ANOMALIES IN USAGE DATA FROM PATIENT EXAMINATION DEVICES IN HEALTHCARE DASGUPTA, SHOURJO 2144 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2021
17216606 MICROCATHETER GUIDEWIRE UNIT, ROBOTIC CATHETER SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM BACHMAN, LINDSEY MICHELE 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2021
17017803 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MEDICAL PERSONNEL DURING A RESECTION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT LANGHALS, RENEE C 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2020
16631644 SCANSOFT: A METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF GENOMIC DELETIONS AND DUPLICATIONS IN MASSIVE PARALLEL SEQUENCING DATA DHARITHREESAN, NIDHI 1686 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2020

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