Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Vektor Medical Inc.

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
0
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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only1 (25%)
Double-patenting + other1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
THOMAS, COURTNEY D 1 89.1% +9.2%
DOWNEY, JOHN R 1 59.6% +23.7%
CLOW, LORI A 1 64.0% +28.6%
BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM 1 32.0% +20.2%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18844018 OVERALL ABLATION WORKFLOW SYSTEM THOMAS, COURTNEY D

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
17110101 MACHINE LEARNING USING SIMULATED CARDIOGRAMS CLOW, LORI A 127d overdue
16042953 GENERATING A MODEL LIBRARY OF MODELS OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SOURCE BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17110101 MACHINE LEARNING USING SIMULATED CARDIOGRAMS CLOW, LORI A 127d overdue
18559049 GUIDING IMPLANTATION OF AN ENERGY DELIVERY COMPONENT IN A BODY DOWNEY, JOHN R
16042953 GENERATING A MODEL LIBRARY OF MODELS OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SOURCE BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1687 2
2884 1
3792 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18844018 OVERALL ABLATION WORKFLOW SYSTEM THOMAS, COURTNEY D 2884 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 04, 2024
18559049 GUIDING IMPLANTATION OF AN ENERGY DELIVERY COMPONENT IN A BODY DOWNEY, JOHN R 3792 §102§103DP Final Rejection Pending Nov 04, 2023
17110101 MACHINE LEARNING USING SIMULATED CARDIOGRAMS CLOW, LORI A 1687 §102§112 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2020
16042953 GENERATING A MODEL LIBRARY OF MODELS OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC SOURCE BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM 1687 §101§102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2018

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