Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Texas Medical Center is managing 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct art units, indicating that the center's innovations are being evaluated by several different technical teams. This distribution across 3 distinct art units suggests a diverse range of mechanical and systems technologies that require specialized review from multiple examination groups. The presence of 4 pending office actions shows a moderate level of current activity in this technical sector. This structure ensures that the center's applications are being reviewed in multiple technical environments.
WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. The portfolio is characterized by a high degree of examiner diversity, as there are 4 distinct examiners for the 4 pending office actions. This 1 to 1 ratio of examiners to actions means that no single individual has a concentrated influence over the center's pending applications. By interacting with 4 distinct examiners, the center is exposed to a variety of examination styles and interpretations of patentability within its chosen technology area across 3 distinct art units. This distribution helps to diversify its patenting risk.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 1 | 79.3% | +13.8% |
| MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 1 | 49.0% | +49.0% |
| FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 1 | 73.0% | +20.4% |
| KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 1 | 23.4% | +31.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18860528 | PROLONGED AIR LEAK PERCEPTION | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 35d |
| 18870906 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING AIRWAY EVENTS | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | — |
| 17995657 | SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING TARGETED CONTENT WITH CARE PREFERENCE SUGGESTIONS | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18571170 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERRUPTING NERVE ACTIVITY TO TREAT A MEDICAL CONDITION | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 33d |
| 18860528 | PROLONGED AIR LEAK PERCEPTION | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 35d |
| 18870906 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING AIRWAY EVENTS | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | — |
| 17995657 | SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING TARGETED CONTENT WITH CARE PREFERENCE SUGGESTIONS | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3682 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18870906 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING AIRWAY EVENTS | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18860528 | PROLONGED AIR LEAK PERCEPTION | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 3682 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18571170 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERRUPTING NERVE ACTIVITY TO TREAT A MEDICAL CONDITION | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 3794 | §102 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 17995657 | SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING TARGETED CONTENT WITH CARE PREFERENCE SUGGESTIONS | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 3683 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2022 |
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