Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Welch Allyn Inc.

23 pending office actions • 11 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 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.

14
Hard (61%)
9
Medium (39%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other11 (48%)
§103 only7 (30%)
§102 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
19
Mechanical / Eng
83% of docket
2
Business / Other
9% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 2 0.0% +0.0%
BROUGHTON, SHAWN CURTIS 2 39.1% +29.5%
WASEEM, HUMA 2 18.6% +23.0%
DUNWOODY, AARON M 1 75.0% +11.6%
WINSTON III, EDWARD B 1 19.8% +31.1%
MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL 1 47.0% +24.5%
VO, TUNG T 1 70.9% +15.0%
HARTMAN JR, RONALD D 1 89.6% +4.6%
ZAMORY, JUSTIN L 1 72.7% +17.4%
BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN 1 50.0% +54.5%

Hard Cases (14)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18178815 TELEHEALTH IMAGING AND ROBOTICS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 67d overdue
18067303 ENHANCED INFORMATION DURING PATIENT MONITORING WASEEM, HUMA 58d overdue
17874131 REGULARIZED MULTIPLE-INPUT PAIN ASSESSMENT AND TREND FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN 20d
19339598 MEDICAL DEVICE CONFIGURATION WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE
19223087 MEDICAL DEVICE REALLOCATION BASED ON USAGE DATA WINSTON III, EDWARD B
18931561 MEDICAL RECORD GENERATION FOR VIRTUAL NURSING WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE
18798963 HEAT MITIGATION FOR MEDICAL DEVICE HARTMAN JR, RONALD D
18656842 SCREENING FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18067303 ENHANCED INFORMATION DURING PATIENT MONITORING WASEEM, HUMA 58d overdue
19039959 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTAMINATION MONITORING AND CONTROL VO, TUNG T 2d overdue
19230182 CONNECTOR FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT DUNWOODY, AARON M
19223087 MEDICAL DEVICE REALLOCATION BASED ON USAGE DATA WINSTON III, EDWARD B
19086588 VIDEO ANALYTICS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE IMPROVEMENTS MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL
18787376 INFUSION PUMP MONITORING ZAMORY, JUSTIN L
18656842 SCREENING FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN
18621245 WEARABLE INCONTINENCE PREDICTOR SYSTEMS AND DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING INCONTINENCE BROUGHTON, SHAWN CURTIS

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3682 4
3796 3
3686 3
3683 2
3791 2
3685 2
3679 1
2425 1
3795 1
2438 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19339598 MEDICAL DEVICE CONFIGURATION WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 3682 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2025
19230182 CONNECTOR FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT DUNWOODY, AARON M 3679 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2025
19223087 MEDICAL DEVICE REALLOCATION BASED ON USAGE DATA WINSTON III, EDWARD B 3683 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2025
19086588 VIDEO ANALYTICS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE IMPROVEMENTS MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL 3682 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2025
19039959 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTAMINATION MONITORING AND CONTROL VO, TUNG T 2425 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2025
18931561 MEDICAL RECORD GENERATION FOR VIRTUAL NURSING WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 3682 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18798963 HEAT MITIGATION FOR MEDICAL DEVICE HARTMAN JR, RONALD D §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18787376 INFUSION PUMP MONITORING ZAMORY, JUSTIN L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18656842 SCREENING FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18621245 WEARABLE INCONTINENCE PREDICTOR SYSTEMS AND DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING INCONTINENCE BROUGHTON, SHAWN CURTIS 3796 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18616007 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING PATIENTS AND ENVIRONMENTS GARTLAND, SCOTT D 3685 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18614411 PREDICTING ERRONEOUS CLASSIFICATIONS OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER SEGMENTS DINH, ANH-KHOA N 3796 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18391367 DEPTH RENDERING SCOPE GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18536648 HEALTH SCORE GENERATION ON MEDICAL DEVICE WASEEM, HUMA 3686 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18525595 KIDNEY HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM HOLCOMB, MARK 3685 §103 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18468446 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ANALYSIS JOHNSON, NICOLE F 3796 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 15, 2023
18341005 EMBEDDED SERVICING AND AUTHENTICATION FOR MEDICAL DEVICE LANE, GREGORY A 2438 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18185454 VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY FOR TELEHEALTH ERICKSON, BENNETT S 3683 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2023
18178815 TELEHEALTH IMAGING AND ROBOTICS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 3686 §101§103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
18067303 ENHANCED INFORMATION DURING PATIENT MONITORING WASEEM, HUMA 3686 §101§103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2022
17823642 PATIENT MONITORING FOR ALARM MANAGEMENT BROUGHTON, SHAWN CURTIS 3791 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2022
17874131 REGULARIZED MULTIPLE-INPUT PAIN ASSESSMENT AND TREND FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN 3792 §101§102 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jul 26, 2022
17693146 ENHANCED REPORTING AND CHARTING OF VITAL SIGNS AND OTHER PATIENT PARAMETERS RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 3682 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2022

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