Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
63 pending office actions • 20 art units • 54 examiners • 0 of 63 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 81 patents granted in the last 365 days
ZOLL Medical Corporation currently manages 65 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 56 distinct examiners, which is a smaller number than the total 65 pending office actions. The portfolio spans 21 distinct art units, indicating a broad technical range within the medical and mechanical fields. JOHNSON, NICOLE F is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 3 pending office actions.
The 56 distinct examiners involved in these 65 pending office actions mean that very few examiners are responsible for more than one case. This distribution requires the company to adapt to many different examination styles across the 21 distinct art units. JOHNSON, NICOLE F, with 3 pending office actions, represents a small point of concentration in an otherwise dispersed portfolio. Practitioners should note that the 65 pending office actions are spread across many different technical groups, necessitating a versatile prosecution strategy.
With 21 distinct art units in play, the company must ensure consistency in its technical arguments across the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The 56 distinct examiners provide a broad base of feedback, which can be used to refine future filings. JOHNSON, NICOLE F is the only examiner mentioned with 3 pending office actions, making their specific preferences a key factor for those particular cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 5 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (11%) |
| §103 only | 23 (37%) |
| §102 only | 4 (6%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 15 (24%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 3 | 87.4% | +7.0% |
| MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 2 | 66.7% | +50.0% |
| COBANOGLU, DILEK B | 2 | 33.3% | +27.0% |
| D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 2 | 67.3% | +21.8% |
| KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN | 2 | 32.7% | +8.4% |
| RAUBENSTRAW, TYLER ALLEN | 2 | 71.0% | +30.4% |
| DEMIE, TIGIST S | 2 | 75.1% | +20.7% |
| EKRAMI, YASAMIN | 2 | 41.6% | +46.3% |
| EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 22.8% | +36.9% |
| LE, LINH GIANG | 1 | 66.2% | -4.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18517666 | TRANSMITTING TREATMENT INFORMATION | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 63d |
| 18910259 | Wearable Medical Device Controller With Capacitor Framing | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | — |
| 18906254 | WEARABLE DEFIBRILLATOR WITH AUDIO INPUT/OUTPUT | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18396459 | Automated Detection of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Chest Compressions | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 42d overdue |
| 18681542 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED MEDICAL DATA CAPTURE AND CAREGIVER GUIDANCE | BARTLEY, KENNETH | 31d overdue |
| 18953841 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSOR | ERICKSON, BENNETT S | 15d overdue |
| 16660166 | ACTIVE COMPRESSION-DECOMPRESSION DEVICES AND METHODS | LEDERER, SARAH B | 9d |
| 18439997 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING RISK OF PATIENT DETERIORATION | COBANOGLU, DILEK B | 20d |
| 18407810 | REMOTE CARDIOTOXICITY MONITORING | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 22d |
| 18080420 | PORTABLE MEDICAL TRIAGE KIT | SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. | 29d |
| 17676396 | Therapy Electrode Mesh Interface for Wearable Cardiac Therapeutic Devices | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 29d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18013316 | Patient-Specific Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Ramp Up Protocols | RAUBENSTRAW, TYLER ALLEN | 170d overdue |
| 18439997 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING RISK OF PATIENT DETERIORATION | COBANOGLU, DILEK B | 20d |
| 17591147 | Endovascular Cooling Catheter System Which Employs Phase-Changing Heat Exchange Media | EKRAMI, YASAMIN | 40d |
| 18910185 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL CLAIMS ANALYTICS AND PROCESSING SUPPORT | COBANOGLU, DILEK B | 41d |
| 17550909 | System and Method for Management of Body Temperature | EKRAMI, YASAMIN | 41d |
| 19469620 | IMAGE ANALYTICS FOR CHARTING | EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 19013563 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING LOCATION USING A MEDICAL DEVICE | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | — |
| 18849671 | REMOTE ARRHYTHMIA DETECTION AND TREATMENT ANALYSIS IN WEARABLE CARDIAC DEVICES | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 11 |
| 3794 | 8 |
| 3785 | 6 |
| 3683 | 3 |
| 3781 | 3 |
| 2163 | 2 |
| 3687 | 2 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3684 | 2 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19469620 | IMAGE ANALYTICS FOR CHARTING | EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 3683 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19301610 | INVENTORY MANAGEMENT OF PORTABLE MEDICAL TREATMENT AND GUIDANCE APPARATUSES | LE, LINH GIANG | 3686 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19275473 | INTERACTIVE QUERY FLOWS USING PORTABLE MEDICAL TREATMENT AND GUIDANCE APPARATUSES | ACKUN, JACOB K | 3736 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19048138 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A RECTILINEAR BIPHASIC POWER WAVEFORM TO A LOAD | MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19016116 | EMS ELECTRONIC PATIENT CARE RECORD VALIDATION TOOL | RAJAPUTRA, SUMAN | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19013563 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING LOCATION USING A MEDICAL DEVICE | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 3663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19004875 | Support Garment for a Wearable Medical Device | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18989308 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSISTING PATIENT AIRWAY MANAGEMENT | BROUGHTON, SHAWN CURTIS | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18978316 | ELECTRODE WITH REDUNDANT IMPEDANCE REDUCTION | ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18978241 | PORTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR USED FOR DISPLAY, HARDCOPY, AND CONTROL FOR OTHER DEVICES | FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18978350 | MEDICAL RECORD DIGEST | SEREBOFF, NEAL | 3683 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18955101 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION IN A MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM OR NETWORK | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18954727 | PATIENT MONITOR SCREEN AGGREGATION | PHAM, QUANG | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18954938 | Use of Muscle Oxygen Saturation and PH in Clinical Decision Support | SHAH, JAY B | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18953841 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSOR | ERICKSON, BENNETT S | 3683 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18938575 | SECURE LIMITED COMPONENTS FOR USE WITH MEDICAL DEVICES | STICE, PAULA J | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18922956 | BATTERY LOCK FOR AMBULATORY MEDICAL DEVICE | MOSS, JAMES R | — | §112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18910185 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL CLAIMS ANALYTICS AND PROCESSING SUPPORT | COBANOGLU, DILEK B | 3687 | §101 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18910259 | Wearable Medical Device Controller With Capacitor Framing | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18906254 | WEARABLE DEFIBRILLATOR WITH AUDIO INPUT/OUTPUT | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 3796 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18849671 | REMOTE ARRHYTHMIA DETECTION AND TREATMENT ANALYSIS IN WEARABLE CARDIAC DEVICES | MARSH, OWEN LEWIS | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18821264 | RADIOTRANSPARENT ELECTRODE | WU, TONG E | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18805891 | ASSESSING CARDIAC RISK | TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL | 3681 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18782653 | Force Sensing Implementations in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18779271 | AUTOMATED ELECTRONIC PATIENT CARE RECORD DATA CAPTURE | ROBINSON, GRETA LEE | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18770771 | Wrist-Worn Device for Coordinating Patient Care | BLAISE, MALINA D | 3715 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18768136 | Rescue Services Activation | DSOUZA, JOSEPH FRANCIS A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18717372 | Garment Features for ECG Electrode Pressure and/or Stabilization in a Wearable Medical Device | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18715261 | ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC WAVEFORM AND PULSE GENERATION | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18444395 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE INCLUDING THERMAL FLOW SENSING AND INTERNAL PRESSURE SENSING | CALLISON, KEIRA EILEEN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18439997 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING RISK OF PATIENT DETERIORATION | COBANOGLU, DILEK B | 3687 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18681542 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED MEDICAL DATA CAPTURE AND CAREGIVER GUIDANCE | BARTLEY, KENNETH | 3684 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18418646 | MEDICAL DEVICE MANAGEMENT | WILLIAMS, CLAYTON R | 2443 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18413819 | ELECTRODE ATTACHMENT IN WEARABLE CARDIAC DEVICES | KISH, JAMES M | 3792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18407810 | REMOTE CARDIOTOXICITY MONITORING | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 3796 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18396459 | Automated Detection of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Chest Compressions | BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN | 3785 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18522716 | MODULAR COMPONENTS FOR MEDICAL DEVICES | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 3796 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18517666 | TRANSMITTING TREATMENT INFORMATION | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 3796 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18319526 | MOBILE DEVICE CONTROL | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18100100 | WEARABLE CARDIAC THERAPEUTIC DEVICES WITH HYDROPHOBIC AND/OR HYDROPHILIC DIELECTRIC FIBERS | KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 18013316 | Patient-Specific Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Ramp Up Protocols | RAUBENSTRAW, TYLER ALLEN | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 170d overdue | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 18080420 | PORTABLE MEDICAL TRIAGE KIT | SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. | 3684 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 17928261 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE WEANING OF VENTILATED PATIENTS | TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
| 17760106 | ACTIVE COMPRESSION-DECOMPRESSION DEVICE INTEGRATION | RAUBENSTRAW, TYLER ALLEN | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2022 |
| 17743806 | SECURELY EXCHANGING INFORMATION BETWEEN A MEDICAL DEVICE AND A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE USING VISUAL INDICATORS | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2022 |
| 17656936 | CLOSED LOOP CONTROL IN MECHANICAL VENTILATION | ZHANG, TINA | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2022 |
| 17653342 | RESUSCITATIVE CARE SYSTEM FOR CONTEXT SENSITIVE GUIDANCE | TILLERY, RASHAWN N | 2174 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
| 17682054 | SELECTION OF OPTIMAL CHANNEL FOR RATE DETERMINATION | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 3796 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2022 |
| 17676396 | Therapy Electrode Mesh Interface for Wearable Cardiac Therapeutic Devices | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Feb 21, 2022 |
| 17331275 | ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC WAVEFORM AND PULSE GENERATION AND DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2021 |
| 17326501 | MONITORING CPR BY A WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICE | KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2021 |
| 17136377 | BLOOD FILTERING OF INFLAMMATORY BIOMARKERS TO TREAT POST-RESUSCITATION SYNDROME | HUANG, RYAN | 1777 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Dec 29, 2020 |
| 19116077 | IMPROVED HEAT EXCHANGE CATHETERS FOR USE WITH A PATIENT BODY TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | CHA, CASEY GEORGE | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 18821238 | USER INTERFACE AND DATA MANAGEMENT FOR TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18630846 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOVASCULAR TEMPERATURE CONTROL | DEMIE, TIGIST S | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18445076 | Radial Access Systems and Methods for Delivery of Gas-Enrichment Therapy | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 18104750 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC BIDIRECTIONAL PRIMING OF A GAS-ENRICHMENT SYSTEM | LE, QUYNH DAO | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 17802880 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUPERSATURATED OXYGEN THERAPY BASED ON PATIENT PARAMETER FEEDBACK | DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Aug 26, 2022 |
| 17651609 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOVASCULAR TEMPERATURE CONTROL | DEMIE, TIGIST S | 3794 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2022 |
| 17591147 | Endovascular Cooling Catheter System Which Employs Phase-Changing Heat Exchange Media | EKRAMI, YASAMIN | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Feb 02, 2022 |
| 17561512 | TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EASE AND TIMING OF SETUP AND OPERATION | KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2021 |
| 17550909 | System and Method for Management of Body Temperature | EKRAMI, YASAMIN | 3794 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Dec 14, 2021 |
| 16660166 | ACTIVE COMPRESSION-DECOMPRESSION DEVICES AND METHODS | LEDERER, SARAH B | 3785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Oct 22, 2019 |
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