Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 (8%) |
| §103 only | 3 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (58%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 1 | 77.9% | +19.1% |
| TRAN, THIEN JASON | 1 | 74.4% | +21.0% |
| EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | 1 | 85.3% | +15.0% |
| COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 1 | 69.4% | +31.9% |
| LONG, SARAH A | 1 | 60.6% | +42.6% |
| KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | 1 | 77.9% | +23.9% |
| KUO, JONATHAN T | 1 | 72.3% | +28.3% |
| SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY | 1 | 16.7% | +16.3% |
| VARADARAJ, ARCHANA | 1 | 80.0% | +33.3% |
| ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | 1 | 57.3% | +59.0% |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18278688 | NEURAL CONTROL OF ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY | ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | 14d |
| 19262375 | EAR SPECULUM WITH FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
| 18905283 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SELECTIVE NERVE STIMULATION OF NEURAL TISSUE OF A SUBJECT | TRAN, THIEN JASON | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18538023 | Chimeric molecule to treat sepsis and other inflammatory conditions | VARADARAJ, ARCHANA | — |
| 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 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18278688 | NEURAL CONTROL OF ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY | ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | 14d |
| 18771579 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEURAL TISSUE ANATOMY ESTIMATION AND SELECTIVE NEURAL STIMULATION | KUO, JONATHAN T | 19d |
| 19262375 | EAR SPECULUM WITH FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | — |
| 18905283 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SELECTIVE NERVE STIMULATION OF NEURAL TISSUE OF A SUBJECT | TRAN, THIEN JASON | — |
| 19002650 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING BLEEDING VIA COORDINATED TRIGEMINAL AND VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | — |
| 18964145 | EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL SPACER | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 4 |
| 3773 | 2 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 1658 | 1 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19262375 | EAR SPECULUM WITH FLUID DELIVERY DEVICE | HARVEY, JULIANNA NANCY | 3773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 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 |
| 19002650 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING BLEEDING VIA COORDINATED TRIGEMINAL AND VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION | EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18964145 | EXPANDABLE INTERVERTEBRAL SPACER | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3773 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 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 |
| 18771579 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEURAL TISSUE ANATOMY ESTIMATION AND SELECTIVE NEURAL STIMULATION | KUO, JONATHAN T | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18645129 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF STIMULATION AT TRIGEMINALLY INNERVATED REGIONS FOR DISORDERS OF CEREBRAL PERFUSION | SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY | 3792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18538023 | Chimeric molecule to treat sepsis and other inflammatory conditions | VARADARAJ, ARCHANA | 1658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 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 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2021 |
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