Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
49 pending office actions • 11 clients • 47 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 49 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BOSE MCKINNEY & EVANS LLP operates in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has a career history of 1539 applications. Currently, the firm is managing 34 pending office actions, which constitutes its active prosecution workload.
The firm's resolved allowance rate is 86.62 percent. Achieving an allowance requires an average of 3.66 office actions. This average suggests that the firm frequently engages in multiple rounds of prosecution to secure patent rights for its clients in the medical and mechanical fields. The 86.62 percent allowance rate reflects a high level of success in these efforts. With 34 pending actions, the firm maintains an active presence in the prosecution of mechanical and medical device technologies. Practitioners can use the 3.66 average office actions per allowance and the 1539 career applications to evaluate the firm's long-term performance and reliability in these technical sectors.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 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. 19 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 | 4 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (2%) |
| §103 only | 16 (33%) |
| §102 only | 4 (8%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 20 (41%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH | 2 | 55.2% | +43.0% |
| GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 2 | 68.3% | +52.0% |
| MAI, THIEN T | 1 | 59.2% | +19.8% |
| LEA EDMONDS, LISA S | 1 | 86.9% | +4.9% |
| MATES, ROBERT E | 1 | 57.0% | +35.0% |
| MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 1 | 81.6% | +18.1% |
| FARDANESH, MARJAN | 1 | 72.6% | +18.9% |
| TIGHE, BRENDAN P | 1 | 76.0% | +19.3% |
| RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 1 | 78.4% | +15.8% |
| BERHANU, ETSUB D | 1 | 65.3% | +24.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19082273 | OPTICAL PROBE AND RELATED METHODS | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17487940 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A RELATIVE RISK FOR LACK OF GLYCEMIC CONTROL FOR A PLURALITY OF PATIENTS | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 89d overdue |
| 17567620 | IMPLANTATION NEEDLE FOR INSERTING A SUBCUTANEOUSLY INSERTABLE ELEMENT INTO A BODY TISSUE | STIGELL, THEODORE J | 46d overdue |
| 18438235 | REGULATION OF A TWO-ELECTRODE ANALYTE SENSOR | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 24d overdue |
| 18758236 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATA | HUYNH, EMILY | 23d overdue |
| 17824716 | METHOD OF PERFORMING AN ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 22d overdue |
| 18361513 | SO2-BASED ELECTROLYTE FOR A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL | WHITE, SADIE | 16d overdue |
| 18501834 | ANALYTE SENSOR AND A METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCING | TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH | 27d |
| 18415736 | OPENING FORMATION IN A MEMBRANE | TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH | 63d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17824716 | METHOD OF PERFORMING AN ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 22d overdue |
| 18501834 | ANALYTE SENSOR AND A METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCING | TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH | 27d |
| 18415736 | OPENING FORMATION IN A MEMBRANE | TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH | 63d |
| 19410489 | MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE ACTIVATION LABEL | MAI, THIEN T | — |
| 19086874 | ROTOR FOR AN EXTERNAL ROTOR MOTOR | MATES, ROBERT E | — |
| 19082273 | OPTICAL PROBE AND RELATED METHODS | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | — |
| 19036983 | METHOD AND AN ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE ANALYTE | FARDANESH, MARJAN | — |
| 19004137 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING A PLURALITY OF CARRIERS | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC. | 32 |
| BorgWarner | 3 |
| ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS OPERATIONS, INC. | 2 |
| In the Bowl Animal Health | 2 |
| Borgwarner Lnc. | 2 |
| Innolith Technology AG | 2 |
| Roche | 2 |
| Keystone Photonics GmbH | 1 |
| Step Ahead Medical LLC | 1 |
| Indiana Soybean Alliance, Inc. | 1 |
| Roche Diabetes Care Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 7 |
| 3783 | 4 |
| 1794 | 2 |
| 1798 | 2 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19410489 | MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE ACTIVATION LABEL | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | MAI, THIEN T | 2876 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19086716 | HOUSING FOR AN ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC DEVICE | BORGWARNER, INC. | LEA EDMONDS, LISA S | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| 19086874 | ROTOR FOR AN EXTERNAL ROTOR MOTOR | BORGWARNER, INC. | MATES, ROBERT E | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| 19082273 | OPTICAL PROBE AND RELATED METHODS | Keystone Photonics GmbH | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19036983 | METHOD AND AN ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE ANALYTE | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | FARDANESH, MARJAN | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 | |
| 19004137 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING A PLURALITY OF CARRIERS | Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. | TIGHE, BRENDAN P | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 | |
| 19004068 | SAFE POINT PATTERN | Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc. | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 3662 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18947053 | ANALYTE SENSOR MORPHOLOGY | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | BERHANU, ETSUB D | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| 18919086 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STORING MEASUREMENT DATA DETECTED BY A SENSOR DEVICE AND INDICATIVE OF AN ANALYTE IN A SAMPLE OF A BODILY FLUID | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | BIBBEE, JARED M | 2161 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18899202 | INSERTION SYSTEM | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | XU, JUSTIN | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18884634 | INFUSION DELIVERY DEVICE | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 | |
| 18799705 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING THE CONCENTRATION OF AT LEAST ONE ANALYTE IN A BODY FLUID | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | KEUP, AIDAN JAMES | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 | |
| 18798243 | BODY-WEARABLE MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING A SUPERABSORBENT SUBSTANCE | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 | |
| 18774381 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY | 3791 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18769358 | ELECTRIC MOTOR | BORGWARNER, INC. | SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | 2834 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18758236 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL DATA | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | HUYNH, EMILY | 3683 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18749768 | ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS AND METHOD OF MAKING AND USING | Step Ahead Medical LLC | RODRIQUEZ, KARI KRISTIN | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18749276 | BODY WEARABLE ANALYTE SENSOR SYSTEM WITH INFRARED TEMPERATURE SENSOR DEVICE | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | TOTH, KAREN E | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18639062 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED OPTICAL ANALYTE MEASUREMENTS VIA WEARABLE SMART DEVICES | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 | |
| 18621012 | BIODEGRADABLE MOLDABLE SOY-BASED FOAMS | Indiana Soybean Alliance, Inc. | WILLIAMS, EMMALEE RAE | 1653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18611917 | SENSOR WITH VARYING STIFFNESS | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18583979 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING AUTO WHITE BALANCE SETTINGS OF A MOBILE DEVICE FOR A COLOR BASED MEASUREMENT USING A COLOR REFERENCE CARD | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | ABDI, AMARA | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 | |
| 18438235 | REGULATION OF A TWO-ELECTRODE ANALYTE SENSOR | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18415736 | OPENING FORMATION IN A MEMBRANE | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH | 1794 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18543539 | ORAL FELINE FEED AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FLEA INFESTATIONS IN A FELINE | In The Bowl Animal Health, Inc. | MITCHELL, EDWIN COLEMAN | 1619 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18543411 | ORAL FELINE FEED AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FLEA INFESTATIONS IN A FELINE | In The Bowl Animal Health, Inc. | LAU, JONATHAN S | 1793 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18512977 | HEATER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEATER | Borgwarner Lnc. | ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 | |
| 18501834 | ANALYTE SENSOR AND A METHOD FOR ITS PRODUCING | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | TRAN, VIVIAN AILINH | 1794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18491782 | MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM, AND DISPOSABLE CONTAINER | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | SHAH, NILAY J | 3783 | §102 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Oct 22, 2023 |
| 18483369 | COOLING MODULE FOR BATTERIES OF AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE | Borgwarner Lnc. | TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI | 1723 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2023 |
| 18452096 | MEANS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTING CELLS SECRETING A THERAPEUTIC COMPOUND | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | GRAY, PHILLIP A | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18361513 | SO2-BASED ELECTROLYTE FOR A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL | Innolith Technology AG | WHITE, SADIE | 1721 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18361595 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY CELL | Innolith Technology AG | FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH | 1728 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 50d | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18322335 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A COUNTER/REFERENCE ELECTRODE | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | NGUYEN, DONGHAI D | 3729 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18315858 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANALYTE SENSOR, AN ANALYTE SENSOR, AND A USE THEREOF | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | KRETZER, KYLE W. | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18300106 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTO-EXPOSURE SETTINGS OF A MOBILE DEVICE HAVING A CAMERA | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | DANG, HUNG Q | 2484 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18163101 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A MEDICAL VALUE | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | PARCHER, DANIEL W | 2174 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 17822352 | MEDICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF STERILITY TESTING THE MEDICAL SYSTEM | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2022 |
| 17824542 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PERFORMING AN ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1798 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 25, 2022 |
| 17824716 | METHOD OF PERFORMING AN ANALYTICAL MEASUREMENT | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1798 | §101 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2022 |
| 17743009 | ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR AN ANALYTICAL DETERMINATION OF AN ANALYTE IN A BODY FLUID | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | ELKINS, BLAKE HARRISON | 1687 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | May 12, 2022 |
| 17665042 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH TACTILE INDICATION | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Feb 04, 2022 |
| 17567620 | IMPLANTATION NEEDLE FOR INSERTING A SUBCUTANEOUSLY INSERTABLE ELEMENT INTO A BODY TISSUE | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | STIGELL, THEODORE J | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Jan 03, 2022 |
| 17487940 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A RELATIVE RISK FOR LACK OF GLYCEMIC CONTROL FOR A PLURALITY OF PATIENTS | Mysugr GmbH | HOFFPAUIR, ANDREW ELI | 3791 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 89d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2021 |
| 17313660 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DETERMINING A PROBABILITY OF A BLOOD GLUCOSE VALUE FOR A PATIENT BEING IN AN ADVERSE BLOOD GLUCOSE RANGE AT A PREDICTION TIME | Mysugr GmbH | SKIBINSKY, ANNA | 1635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 68d | Pending | May 06, 2021 |
| 17284586 | IMMUNOASSAY FOR MEASURING C-PEPTIDE | Roche Diabetes Care Inc. | KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA | 1677 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2021 |
| 17262016 | DEVICES AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AN ANALYTE CONCENTRATION IN A SAMPLE OF BODILY FLUID | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | HUANG, MICKEY NMN | 1758 | §103 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | Jan 21, 2021 |
| 16724893 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AN OPERATION STATUS FOR A SENSOR | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | PORTER, RACHEL L | 3684 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2019 |
| 15486948 | SYSTEM FOR IN-VIVO MEASUREMENT OF AN ANALYTE CONCENTRATION | Roche Diabetes Care, Inc. | AGAHI, PUYA | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2017 |
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