Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
20 pending office actions • 3 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. has 21 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 16 distinct examiners. The portfolio is concentrated within 4 distinct art units, suggesting a focused technical range for these medical device applications. The involvement of 4 distinct art units indicates that the company's mechanical innovations are being evaluated by a small number of specialized groups within the patent office for the 21 pending office actions.
DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE is the busiest examiner, managing 3 pending office actions. The remaining actions are handled by the other 16 distinct examiners. This means that 16 distinct examiners are providing feedback on the company's applications. For the practitioner, the presence of 4 distinct art units allows for a more streamlined strategy that focuses on the specific requirements and precedents of those few specialized groups while managing the 21 pending office actions. Having 3 pending office actions with DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE represents the highest concentration of work.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 + other | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 3 (15%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (55%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 3 | 50.0% | +64.4% |
| OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES | 2 | 78.5% | +11.3% |
| FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 2 | 75.6% | +29.5% |
| RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 2 | 73.4% | +33.8% |
| PREVIL, DANIEL | 1 | 85.9% | +12.5% |
| KASHYAP, ESHA PRAKASH | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| WANG-HURST, KATHY W | 1 | 60.6% | +33.1% |
| ABU-DAYEH, TAGWA MOHAMMAD | 1 | — | — |
| MALATEK, KATHERYN A | 1 | 86.7% | +43.0% |
| SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 1 | 65.5% | +38.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19211785 | Remote Access For Medical Device Therapy | PREVIL, DANIEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18474839 | ZERO GAP AUTOMATED INSULIN DELIVERY TREATMENT SYSTEM | DARB, HAMZA A. | 2d overdue |
| 18215492 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING THERAPEUTIC PARAMETERS FOR AN INFUSION DEVICE | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 8d |
| 18478552 | INFUSION PUMP WITH MULTI-CGM COMPATIBILITY | OLYNICK, DAVID | 12d |
| 18207094 | INFUSION PUMP SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INSULIN PRESERVATIVE LOW THRESHOLD ALERT | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 33d |
| 18220156 | INSULIN PUMP WITH INTEGRATED CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 50d |
| 19221933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING INFUSION CANNULAS | OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES | — |
| 18962169 | ADAPTIVE DELIVERY PROFILES FOR AUTOMATED INSULIN DELIVERY TREATMENT SYSTEM | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | — |
| 18749341 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PATTERNS IN AN INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM TO IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE | KASHYAP, ESHA PRAKASH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17395289 | METHODS OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN AN INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 4d overdue |
| 17587468 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED INSULIN DELIVERY FOR DIABETES THERAPY | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 22d |
| 18207094 | INFUSION PUMP SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INSULIN PRESERVATIVE LOW THRESHOLD ALERT | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 33d |
| 18220156 | INSULIN PUMP WITH INTEGRATED CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 50d |
| 19221933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING INFUSION CANNULAS | OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES | — |
| 19211785 | Remote Access For Medical Device Therapy | PREVIL, DANIEL | — |
| 18962169 | ADAPTIVE DELIVERY PROFILES FOR AUTOMATED INSULIN DELIVERY TREATMENT SYSTEM | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | — |
| 18751761 | HELICAL INSERTION INFUSION DEVICE | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 11 |
| 3741 | 2 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19221933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING INFUSION CANNULAS | OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES | 1742 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19211785 | Remote Access For Medical Device Therapy | PREVIL, DANIEL | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 18962169 | ADAPTIVE DELIVERY PROFILES FOR AUTOMATED INSULIN DELIVERY TREATMENT SYSTEM | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18751761 | HELICAL INSERTION INFUSION DEVICE | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18749341 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PATTERNS IN AN INSULIN DELIVERY SYSTEM TO IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE | KASHYAP, ESHA PRAKASH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18678130 | INFUSION PUMPS AND METHODS WITH SHAPE MEMORY WIRE DRIVEN SYRINGE MECHANISM | OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18700168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PAIRING AN INFUSION PUMP WITH A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE | WANG-HURST, KATHY W | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18441735 | USER-WEARABLE INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM INCLUDING PUMP HOLDER | ABU-DAYEH, TAGWA MOHAMMAD | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18407915 | APPLICATOR DEVICE FOR USER-WEARABLE INFUSION PUMP | MALATEK, KATHERYN A | 3741 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18398543 | EXTENDED WEAR INFUSION SET WITH INCREASED INSULIN PRESERVATIVE RETENTION | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18478552 | INFUSION PUMP WITH MULTI-CGM COMPATIBILITY | OLYNICK, DAVID | 3741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18474839 | ZERO GAP AUTOMATED INSULIN DELIVERY TREATMENT SYSTEM | DARB, HAMZA A. | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18220156 | INSULIN PUMP WITH INTEGRATED CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITOR | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 50d | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18215492 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING THERAPEUTIC PARAMETERS FOR AN INFUSION DEVICE | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18207094 | INFUSION PUMP SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INSULIN PRESERVATIVE LOW THRESHOLD ALERT | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 3783 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18115316 | INSULIN INFUSION SET | GOLOVAN, MARK | 3783 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 17961206 | ALERTS IN AMBULATORY INFUSION PUMP SYSTEMS | WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2022 |
| 17886998 | INFUSION PUMPS AND METHODS WITH SHAPE MEMORY WIRE DRIVEN SYRINGE MECHANISM | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2022 |
| 17587468 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED INSULIN DELIVERY FOR DIABETES THERAPY | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jan 28, 2022 |
| 17395289 | METHODS OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN AN INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Aug 05, 2021 |
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