Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Virtual Incision Corporation has 6 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The docket involves 5 distinct examiners across 5 distinct art units, indicating that nearly every matter has a separate examination assignment.
EISEMAN, LYNSEY C is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel should monitor that examiner relationship while handling the remaining matters independently and keeping device-related claim positions aligned where the records permit.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 2 | 49.1% | +39.5% |
| NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 1 | 78.0% | +13.2% |
| SMALE, AVERY E | 1 | 72.6% | +18.4% |
| KISH, JAMES M | 1 | 62.4% | +11.8% |
| KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | 1 | 71.3% | +32.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18661197 | REDUCED PROFILE ROBOTIC SURGICAL DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | — |
| 18516078 | INSERTION AND ACCESS DEVICE FOR SURGICAL SYSTEM | SMALE, AVERY E | — |
| 18492832 | Robotic Surgical Devices, Systems and Related Methods | KISH, JAMES M | — |
| 18064784 | Robotic Arm With Hybrid Actuation Assemblies And Related Devices, Systems, And Methods | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19296075 | ROBOTIC SURGICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | — |
| 18661197 | REDUCED PROFILE ROBOTIC SURGICAL DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | — |
| 18689586 | REDUCED PROFILE ROBOTIC SURGICAL DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | — |
| 18516078 | INSERTION AND ACCESS DEVICE FOR SURGICAL SYSTEM | SMALE, AVERY E | — |
| 18492832 | Robotic Surgical Devices, Systems and Related Methods | KISH, JAMES M | — |
| 18064784 | Robotic Arm With Hybrid Actuation Assemblies And Related Devices, Systems, And Methods | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 2 |
| 3795 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19296075 | ROBOTIC SURGICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 3795 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 18661197 | REDUCED PROFILE ROBOTIC SURGICAL DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18689586 | REDUCED PROFILE ROBOTIC SURGICAL DEVICE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18516078 | INSERTION AND ACCESS DEVICE FOR SURGICAL SYSTEM | SMALE, AVERY E | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18492832 | Robotic Surgical Devices, Systems and Related Methods | KISH, JAMES M | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18064784 | Robotic Arm With Hybrid Actuation Assemblies And Related Devices, Systems, And Methods | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialVirtual Incision Corporation has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Lynsey C Eiseman has the most, with 2 of Virtual Incision Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
