Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research has 9 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are assigned to 9 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. This distribution suggests that examiner coordination is as important as technical grouping in managing the docket.
EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The data show no concentration of multiple matters with a single examiner. Counsel should use a consistent device description and claim framework across the 6 art units, while preparing responses independently for each examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (38%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 1 | 85.0% | +15.5% |
| LONG, SARAH A | 1 | 60.7% | +42.4% |
| KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | 1 | 78.0% | +23.6% |
| SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY | 1 | 16.7% | +16.3% |
| ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | 1 | 57.4% | +58.6% |
| HALL, DEANNA K | 1 | 75.7% | +15.3% |
| MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 1 | 66.7% | +50.0% |
| TRAN, THIEN JASON | 1 | 74.7% | +18.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19002650 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING BLEEDING VIA COORDINATED TRIGEMINAL AND VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18278688 | NEURAL CONTROL OF ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY | ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | 14d |
| 18927416 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO FACILITATE INTRODUCTION OF CERVICAL BALLOON CATHETER | LONG, SARAH A | — |
| 18829209 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING BLEEDING VIA ELECTRICAL TRIGEMINAL NERVE STIMULATION | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | — |
| 18645129 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF STIMULATION AT TRIGEMINALLY INNERVATED REGIONS FOR DISORDERS OF CEREBRAL PERFUSION | SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY | — |
| 17194094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER INTENTION FROM LIMB OR BODY MOTION OR TRAJECTORY TO CONTROL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMUATION OR PROSTHETIC DEVICE OPERATION | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | — |
| 18905283 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SELECTIVE NERVE STIMULATION OF NEURAL TISSUE OF A SUBJECT | TRAN, THIEN JASON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18167475 | MODULAR, PERCUTANEOUS DUAL-LUMEN CANNULA SYSTEM | HALL, DEANNA K | 5d |
| 18278688 | NEURAL CONTROL OF ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY | ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | 14d |
| 19002650 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING BLEEDING VIA COORDINATED TRIGEMINAL AND VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | — |
| 18927416 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO FACILITATE INTRODUCTION OF CERVICAL BALLOON CATHETER | LONG, SARAH A | — |
| 18829209 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING BLEEDING VIA ELECTRICAL TRIGEMINAL NERVE STIMULATION | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | — |
| 18645129 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF STIMULATION AT TRIGEMINALLY INNERVATED REGIONS FOR DISORDERS OF CEREBRAL PERFUSION | SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY | — |
| 17194094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER INTENTION FROM LIMB OR BODY MOTION OR TRAJECTORY TO CONTROL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMUATION OR PROSTHETIC DEVICE OPERATION | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | — |
| 18905283 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SELECTIVE NERVE STIMULATION OF NEURAL TISSUE OF A SUBJECT | TRAN, THIEN JASON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 4 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19002650 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING BLEEDING VIA COORDINATED TRIGEMINAL AND VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18927416 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO FACILITATE INTRODUCTION OF CERVICAL BALLOON CATHETER | LONG, SARAH A | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18829209 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING BLEEDING VIA ELECTRICAL TRIGEMINAL NERVE STIMULATION | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18645129 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF STIMULATION AT TRIGEMINALLY INNERVATED REGIONS FOR DISORDERS OF CEREBRAL PERFUSION | SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18278688 | NEURAL CONTROL OF ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY | ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | 1611 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18167475 | MODULAR, PERCUTANEOUS DUAL-LUMEN CANNULA SYSTEM | HALL, DEANNA K | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 17194094 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER INTENTION FROM LIMB OR BODY MOTION OR TRAJECTORY TO CONTROL NEUROMUSCULAR STIMUATION OR PROSTHETIC DEVICE OPERATION | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 3796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2021 |
| 18905283 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SELECTIVE NERVE STIMULATION OF NEURAL TISSUE OF A SUBJECT | TRAN, THIEN JASON | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialThe Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 8 examiners.
Philip Charles Edwards has the most, with 1 of The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
