Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 5 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wuhan United Imaging Healthcare Co. Ltd. currently manages 12 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 12 actions are distributed across 12 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. This ratio of 12 pending actions to 12 examiners means that every active case is being reviewed by a different individual. The involvement of 5 distinct art units for 12 actions suggests that the company's medical imaging innovations are being evaluated across several specialized divisions.
Carolyn A Pehlke is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, though they currently handle only 1 pending office action. Because each of the 12 pending actions is assigned to a different examiner, the workload is spread across the 12 distinct examiners. Practitioners must prepare for different examination styles across these 5 distinct art units, which requires a highly adaptable prosecution strategy. This distribution ensures that no single examiner dominates the company's active 12 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (15%) |
| §103 only | 4 (31%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 1 | 62.2% | +27.9% |
| JACOB, OOMMEN | 1 | 79.1% | +17.5% |
| HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | 1 | 53.5% | +61.4% |
| LIU, GORDON G | 1 | 82.9% | +14.8% |
| JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | 1 | 94.3% | -0.8% |
| YANG, JIANXUN | 1 | 74.1% | +19.3% |
| FOX, DANIELLE A | 1 | 83.3% | +13.1% |
| ARTMAN, THOMAS R | 1 | 84.1% | +12.9% |
| VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM | 1 | 37.5% | +46.7% |
| HINZE, LEO T | 1 | 52.7% | +10.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052261 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE DISPLAY IN A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | LIU, GORDON G | — |
| 19002621 | DATA COMPRESSION AND DATA DECOMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM | JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | — |
| 18896769 | X-RAY TUBES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING FOCAL POINTS OF X-RAY TUBES, AND CATHODE ASSEMBLIES | FOX, DANIELLE A | — |
| 18895360 | CATHODE ASSEMBLIES, METHODS FOR ADJUSTING FOCAL POINTS OF X-RAYS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FOCUSED ELECTRON BEAMS | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17932283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE MONITORING | PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H | 7d |
| 17810330 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING | KLEIN, BROOKE L | 12d |
| 19403289 | INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | — |
| 19329526 | ULTRASONIC MAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM | JACOB, OOMMEN | — |
| 19055410 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY SAVING CONTROL OF MEDICAL DEVICE | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | — |
| 18884461 | METHODS FOR CONFIGURING IMAGING PARAMETERS | VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM | — |
| 18817320 | ULTRASONIC PROBES AND ULTRASONIC DEVICES | HINZE, LEO T | — |
| 18525882 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING REGURGITATION | CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19403289 | INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | — |
| 19329526 | ULTRASONIC MAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM | JACOB, OOMMEN | — |
| 19055410 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY SAVING CONTROL OF MEDICAL DEVICE | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | — |
| 19052261 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE DISPLAY IN A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | LIU, GORDON G | — |
| 19001407 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | YANG, JIANXUN | — |
| 18896769 | X-RAY TUBES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING FOCAL POINTS OF X-RAY TUBES, AND CATHODE ASSEMBLIES | FOX, DANIELLE A | — |
| 18895360 | CATHODE ASSEMBLIES, METHODS FOR ADJUSTING FOCAL POINTS OF X-RAYS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FOCUSED ELECTRON BEAMS | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | — |
| 18884461 | METHODS FOR CONFIGURING IMAGING PARAMETERS | VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 3 |
| 2884 | 2 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19403289 | INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2025 |
| 19329526 | ULTRASONIC MAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM | JACOB, OOMMEN | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19055410 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY SAVING CONTROL OF MEDICAL DEVICE | HAMILTON, MATTHEW L | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19052261 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE DISPLAY IN A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM | LIU, GORDON G | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19002621 | DATA COMPRESSION AND DATA DECOMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM | JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 19001407 | ULTRASONIC IMAGING METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | YANG, JIANXUN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18896769 | X-RAY TUBES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING FOCAL POINTS OF X-RAY TUBES, AND CATHODE ASSEMBLIES | FOX, DANIELLE A | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18895360 | CATHODE ASSEMBLIES, METHODS FOR ADJUSTING FOCAL POINTS OF X-RAYS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FOCUSED ELECTRON BEAMS | ARTMAN, THOMAS R | 2884 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18884461 | METHODS FOR CONFIGURING IMAGING PARAMETERS | VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM | 3682 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18817320 | ULTRASONIC PROBES AND ULTRASONIC DEVICES | HINZE, LEO T | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18525882 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING REGURGITATION | CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 17932283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE MONITORING | PEREZ BERMUDEZ, YARITZA H | 2857 | §101 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Sep 14, 2022 |
| 17810330 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGING | KLEIN, BROOKE L | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
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