Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Ulthera Inc.

12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

4
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (33%)
3
Easy (25%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only2 (17%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only2 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (25%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

5
Life Sciences
42% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
2
Semiconductors
17% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
2
Business / Other
17% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, NAM P 2 54.7% +47.4%
REYES, REGINALD R 1 40.8% +31.8%
WINDSOR, COURTNEY J 1 86.1% +9.3%
DESIRE, GREGORY M 1 90.6% +6.0%
ROYSTON, JOHN M 1 77.9% +16.6%
MAHROUKA, WASSIM 1 86.0% +7.8%
HAQ, SHAFIQUL 1 65.0% +55.1%
NGUYEN, THONG Q 1 67.6% +12.1%
LI, SUN M 1 52.8% +28.0%
VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1 67.2% +24.5%

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
18920871 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATION OF IMMUNE CELL INFILTRATE IN TUMOR SAMPLES WINDSOR, COURTNEY J
18887979 MULTI-CLASS INTERACTIVE SEGMENTATION GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DESIRE, GREGORY M
18592418 MACHINE-LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR PREDICTING PHENOTYPES IN DUPLEX DIGITAL PATHOLOGY IMAGES MAHROUKA, WASSIM

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19009479 REPRESENTATIVE DATASETS FOR BIOMEDICAL MACHINE LEARNING MODELS REYES, REGINALD R
18760867 DIGITALLY ENHANCED MICROSCOPY FOR MULTIPLEXED HISTOLOGY NGUYEN, NAM P
18373328 PROXIMITY ASSAYS USING CHEMICAL LIGATION AND HAPTEN TRANSFER HAQ, SHAFIQUL
18036796 IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD NGUYEN, THONG Q

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
16442091 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR QUANTITATIVE IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY NGUYEN, NAM P 38d overdue
17577604 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING SPECIMEN FIXATION DURATION AND QUALITY USING VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 70d
19009479 REPRESENTATIVE DATASETS FOR BIOMEDICAL MACHINE LEARNING MODELS REYES, REGINALD R
18779330 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLE PROCESSING ROYSTON, JOHN M
18760867 DIGITALLY ENHANCED MICROSCOPY FOR MULTIPLEXED HISTOLOGY NGUYEN, NAM P
18373328 PROXIMITY ASSAYS USING CHEMICAL LIGATION AND HAPTEN TRANSFER HAQ, SHAFIQUL
18036796 IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD NGUYEN, THONG Q
17584466 ASSESSING ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL AND TARGET RETRIEVAL PROGRESSION WITH VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY LI, SUN M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1678 3
3684 1
2855 1
2665 1
2872 1
3685 1
1686 1
1643 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19009479 REPRESENTATIVE DATASETS FOR BIOMEDICAL MACHINE LEARNING MODELS REYES, REGINALD R 3684 §101§102Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
18920871 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATION OF IMMUNE CELL INFILTRATE IN TUMOR SAMPLES WINDSOR, COURTNEY J DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2024
18887979 MULTI-CLASS INTERACTIVE SEGMENTATION GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DESIRE, GREGORY M §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 17, 2024
18779330 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLE PROCESSING ROYSTON, JOHN M 2855 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18760867 DIGITALLY ENHANCED MICROSCOPY FOR MULTIPLEXED HISTOLOGY NGUYEN, NAM P 1678 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 01, 2024
18592418 MACHINE-LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR PREDICTING PHENOTYPES IN DUPLEX DIGITAL PATHOLOGY IMAGES MAHROUKA, WASSIM 2665 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18373328 PROXIMITY ASSAYS USING CHEMICAL LIGATION AND HAPTEN TRANSFER HAQ, SHAFIQUL 1678 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18036796 IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD NGUYEN, THONG Q 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2023
17584466 ASSESSING ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL AND TARGET RETRIEVAL PROGRESSION WITH VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY LI, SUN M 3685 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2022
17577604 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING SPECIMEN FIXATION DURATION AND QUALITY USING VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1686 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jan 18, 2022
15734301 UNIVERSAL OR NORMALIZED ANTIBODY FRAMEWORKS FOR IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITY AND MANUFACTURABILITY BRISTOL, LYNN ANNE 1643 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2020
16442091 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR QUANTITATIVE IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY NGUYEN, NAM P 1678 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2019

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