Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Siemens Healthineers International AG

14 pending office actions • 7 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 42 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (2)

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 (7%)
13
Medium (93%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§103 only11 (79%)
§102 only2 (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
1
Communications
7% of docket
8
Semiconductors
57% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
36% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FAYE, MAMADOU 2 78.3% +7.1%
KANAAN, LIZA TONY 1 22.4% +35.2%
KEFAYATI, SOORENA 1 83.0% +7.8%
GUNBERG, EDWIN C 1 77.9% +6.6%
ALLEN, KYLA GUAN-PING TI 1 90.0% +15.4%
SONG, HOON K 1 86.1% +8.4%
SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. 1 30.4% +29.4%
HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 1 53.6% +61.9%
LEE, SHUN K 1 41.9% +15.7%
NEWTON, CHAD A 1 36.9% +25.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18586532 TEMPLATE GENERATION AND TARGET STRUCTURE TRACKING FOR RADIATION THERAPY ALLEN, KYLA GUAN-PING TI 10d overdue
18637599 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE OPTIMIZING A RADIATION TREATMENT PLAN KEFAYATI, SOORENA 53d
18510771 MULTI-FIELD RADIATION TREATMENT PLAN METHOD AND APPARATUS SONG, HOON K 55d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18387794 USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS TO TEST THE VALIDITY OF A USER ACTION IN TREATMENT PLANNING SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. 16d
18732529 USING MACHINE-LEARNING LANGUAGE PROCESSING MODEL FOR RADIOTHERAPY VISUALIZATION KANAAN, LIZA TONY 84d

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
18586532 TEMPLATE GENERATION AND TARGET STRUCTURE TRACKING FOR RADIATION THERAPY ALLEN, KYLA GUAN-PING TI 10d overdue
18267972 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RADIOABLATION TREATMENT HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 15d
18387794 USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS TO TEST THE VALIDITY OF A USER ACTION IN TREATMENT PLANNING SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. 16d
18129364 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC NORMAL TISSUE OBJECTIVES IN STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY LEE, SHUN K 16d
18192915 IMAGE PROCESSING TO SUPPORT RADIATION THERAPY WORKFLOW STEPS NEWTON, CHAD A 83d
18732529 USING MACHINE-LEARNING LANGUAGE PROCESSING MODEL FOR RADIOTHERAPY VISUALIZATION KANAAN, LIZA TONY 84d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2884 8
3683 1
2661 1
3684 1
3682 1
3681 1
3797 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18732529 USING MACHINE-LEARNING LANGUAGE PROCESSING MODEL FOR RADIOTHERAPY VISUALIZATION KANAAN, LIZA TONY 3683 §102 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jun 03, 2024
18637599 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE OPTIMIZING A RADIATION TREATMENT PLAN KEFAYATI, SOORENA 2884 §103 Final Rejection 53d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18630012 IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS GUNBERG, EDWIN C 2884 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18586532 TEMPLATE GENERATION AND TARGET STRUCTURE TRACKING FOR RADIATION THERAPY ALLEN, KYLA GUAN-PING TI 2661 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Feb 25, 2024
18510771 MULTI-FIELD RADIATION TREATMENT PLAN METHOD AND APPARATUS SONG, HOON K 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18387794 USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS TO TEST THE VALIDITY OF A USER ACTION IN TREATMENT PLANNING SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. 3684 §101 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18239067 BIOMECHANICAL DATA AUGMENTATION FOR AI AND IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY FAYE, MAMADOU 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18239068 BIOMECHANICAL DATA AUGMENTATION FOR AI AND IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY FAYE, MAMADOU 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18267972 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RADIOABLATION TREATMENT HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 3682 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18129364 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC NORMAL TISSUE OBJECTIVES IN STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY LEE, SHUN K 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18192915 IMAGE PROCESSING TO SUPPORT RADIATION THERAPY WORKFLOW STEPS NEWTON, CHAD A 3681 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Mar 30, 2023
18192039 RADIATION TREATMENT PLAN OPTIMIZATION PER A GENERALIZED METRIC TYPE TANINGCO, MARCUS H 2884 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Mar 29, 2023
17853395 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION TREATMENT PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION JOHNSON, GERALD 3797 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2022
17839206 DOSE-DIRECTED RADIATION THERAPY PLAN GENERATION USING COMPUTER MODELING TECHNIQUES WONG, DON KITSUN 2884 §102 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022

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