Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
12 pending office actions • 1 client • 11 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 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. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 6 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (17%) |
| No statute on record | 4 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L | 2 | 81.6% | +10.4% |
| SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E | 1 | 72.8% | +20.0% |
| SAKAMOTO, COLIN T | 1 | 66.2% | +25.5% |
| FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 1 | 57.6% | +38.1% |
| LAROSE, RENEE MARIE | 1 | 79.3% | +8.9% |
| SIOZOPOULOS, CONSTANTINE B | 1 | 57.2% | +41.2% |
| PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A | 1 | 83.5% | +13.8% |
| COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 1 | 86.4% | -8.5% |
| BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | 1 | 84.0% | +9.0% |
| CHEN, CHIA WEI A | 1 | 77.1% | +19.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18035993 | MULTI-VIEW MEDICAL ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | 4d overdue |
| 18704649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL PROPERTY VALUES FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL MODEL OF AN ANATOMICAL OBJECT | PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A | 21d |
| 18014467 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DISCOUNTING AN OBJECT WHILE MANAGING AUTO-EXPOSURE OF IMAGE FRAMES DEPICTING THE OBJECT | GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L | 26d |
| 18588452 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 60d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19088154 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TISSUE CONTACT BY AN ULTRASOUND PROBE | SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E | 30d overdue |
| 19064458 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMANCE OF DEPTH SENSOR AND AUXILIARY SENSOR-BASED OPERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGICAL SYSTEM | SAKAMOTO, COLIN T | 29d overdue |
| 18962441 | BEACON-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO APPLICATION FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDICAL SESSION | SIOZOPOULOS, CONSTANTINE B | 22d overdue |
| 18035989 | VISIBILITY METRICS IN MULTI-VIEW MEDICAL ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | CHEN, CHIA WEI A | 13d |
| 18800636 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AUTO-EXPOSURE OF IMAGE FRAMES DEPICTING SIGNAL CONTENT AGAINST A DARKENED BACKGROUND | GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L | 16d |
| 18704649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL PROPERTY VALUES FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL MODEL OF AN ANATOMICAL OBJECT | PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A | 21d |
| 18014467 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DISCOUNTING AN OBJECT WHILE MANAGING AUTO-EXPOSURE OF IMAGE FRAMES DEPICTING THE OBJECT | GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L | 26d |
| 19028977 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT FACILITATE USE OF DIFFERENT FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AGENTS | FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 79d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. | 12 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2637 | 3 |
| 3798 | 2 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| 2617 | 1 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| 2661 | 1 |
| 2178 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19088154 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TISSUE CONTACT BY AN ULTRASOUND PROBE | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | SEBASTIAN, KAITLYN E | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19064458 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMANCE OF DEPTH SENSOR AND AUXILIARY SENSOR-BASED OPERATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGICAL SYSTEM | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | SAKAMOTO, COLIN T | 3798 | Other | Non-Final OA | 29d overdue | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19028977 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS THAT FACILITATE USE OF DIFFERENT FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AGENTS | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | FERNANDEZ, KATHERINE L | 3798 | DPOther | Non-Final OA | 79d | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19000109 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BIFURCATED NAVIGATION CONTROL OF A MANIPULATOR CART INCLUDED WITHIN A COMPUTER-ASSISTED MEDICAL SYSTEM | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | LAROSE, RENEE MARIE | 3657 | Other | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18962441 | BEACON-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO APPLICATION FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH A MEDICAL SESSION | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | SIOZOPOULOS, CONSTANTINE B | 3686 | Other | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18800636 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AUTO-EXPOSURE OF IMAGE FRAMES DEPICTING SIGNAL CONTENT AGAINST A DARKENED BACKGROUND | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L | 2637 | Other | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18704649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL PROPERTY VALUES FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL MODEL OF AN ANATOMICAL OBJECT | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18588452 | MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 3773 | DPOther | Non-Final OA | 60d | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18035993 | MULTI-VIEW MEDICAL ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | 2661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18035989 | VISIBILITY METRICS IN MULTI-VIEW MEDICAL ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | CHEN, CHIA WEI A | 2637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18014467 | APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DISCOUNTING AN OBJECT WHILE MANAGING AUTO-EXPOSURE OF IMAGE FRAMES DEPICTING THE OBJECT | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | GARCES-RIVERA, ANGEL L | 2637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jan 04, 2023 |
| 17911290 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING AUTOMATED OPERATION OF A DEVICE IN A SURGICAL SPACE | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | BARNES JR, CARL E | 2178 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Sep 13, 2022 |
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