Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Vector Surgical LLC

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

2
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 1 68.3% +16.3%
FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1 52.3% +60.9%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19060444 APPLICATOR DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR APPLYING SURGICAL SITE MARKERS RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH
18301815 COMPOSITIONS FOR STAINING TISSUE AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19060444 APPLICATOR DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR APPLYING SURGICAL SITE MARKERS RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH
18301815 COMPOSITIONS FOR STAINING TISSUE AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3771 1
1651 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19060444 APPLICATOR DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR APPLYING SURGICAL SITE MARKERS RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
18301815 COMPOSITIONS FOR STAINING TISSUE AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1651 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 17, 2023

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