Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Varian Inc.

16 pending office actions • 8 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

1
Hard (6%)
15
Medium (94%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only14 (88%)
§102 only1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
8
Semiconductors
50% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 1 90.3% +10.8%
DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR 1 77.5% +6.0%
TANINGCO, MARCUS H 1 80.9% +6.6%
KAO, CHIH CHENG G 1 82.5% +9.6%
HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE 1 67.6% +27.4%
TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY 1 62.3% +48.7%
SONG, HOON K 1 86.1% +8.4%
ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M 1 45.5% +48.2%
SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 1 82.3% +20.9%
LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON 1 82.5% +23.7%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18376461 MULTI-SYSTEM SYNCHRONIZATION FOR OPTICAL SURFACE MONITORING SONG, HOON K 17d overdue
18983403 REDUCTION OF A LINEAR ACCELERATOR (LINAC) ISOCENTER SIZE THROUGH ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF A POSITION OF A MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC) OR A COUCH BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS
18946970 RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM WITH O-RING LINAC AND ROTATABLE TREATMENT COUCH TANINGCO, MARCUS H
18946979 RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM WITH O-RING LINAC AND MOVABLE COLLISION SHIELD KAO, CHIH CHENG G
18471050 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CRYOABLATION SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS AND PURGE SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON
18361190 GEOMETRIC ASPECTS OF RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING AND TREATMENT LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18617144 MICROBEAD SIZE-DRIVEN ADAPTIVE VESSEL VISUALIZATION FOR PLANNING EMBOLIZATION PROCEDURES HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18477388 PORTABLE ABLATION APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M 38d overdue
18983403 REDUCTION OF A LINEAR ACCELERATOR (LINAC) ISOCENTER SIZE THROUGH ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF A POSITION OF A MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC) OR A COUCH BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS
18617144 MICROBEAD SIZE-DRIVEN ADAPTIVE VESSEL VISUALIZATION FOR PLANNING EMBOLIZATION PROCEDURES HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE
18422325 USER INTERFACE FOR OPERATION OF ABLATION CONSOLE AND RELATED METHODS TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY
18471050 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CRYOABLATION SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS AND PURGE SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON
18361190 GEOMETRIC ASPECTS OF RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING AND TREATMENT LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2884 6
3794 3
3791 2
3799 1
3792 1
2881 1
2800 1
2145 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18983403 REDUCTION OF A LINEAR ACCELERATOR (LINAC) ISOCENTER SIZE THROUGH ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF A POSITION OF A MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATOR (MLC) OR A COUCH BOOSALIS, FANI POLYZOS 2884 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18956194 METAL WINDOW ION CHAMBERS AND RADIATION APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE SAME DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR 2884 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18946970 RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM WITH O-RING LINAC AND ROTATABLE TREATMENT COUCH TANINGCO, MARCUS H 2884 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18946979 RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM WITH O-RING LINAC AND MOVABLE COLLISION SHIELD KAO, CHIH CHENG G 2884 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18617144 MICROBEAD SIZE-DRIVEN ADAPTIVE VESSEL VISUALIZATION FOR PLANNING EMBOLIZATION PROCEDURES HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE 3799 §101 Final Rejection Pending Mar 26, 2024
18422325 USER INTERFACE FOR OPERATION OF ABLATION CONSOLE AND RELATED METHODS TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY 3794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 25, 2024
18376461 MULTI-SYSTEM SYNCHRONIZATION FOR OPTICAL SURFACE MONITORING SONG, HOON K 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2023
18477388 PORTABLE ABLATION APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS OF USE ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M 3794 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18471050 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CRYOABLATION SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS AND PURGE SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2023
18361190 GEOMETRIC ASPECTS OF RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING AND TREATMENT LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 28, 2023
18101971 RADIOTHERAPY METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND WORKFLOW-ORIENTED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES MALEVIC, DJURA 2884 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 26, 2023
17933266 PROBE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2022
17710970 BRACHYTHERAPY TREATMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SYSTEM DORNA, CARRIE R 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Mar 31, 2022
17204657 USE OF MAGNETIC ELEMENTS TO SHAPE AND DEFOCUS CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMS OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 2881 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 17, 2021
17538563 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE WITH EMBEDDED FLUID CONDUITS KIM, ROBERT H 2800 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2021
15885498 FEEDBACK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT PLANNING HEFFINGTON, JOHN M 2145 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 2018

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