Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
80 pending office actions • 28 clients • 72 examiners • 54 art units • 0 of 80 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 142 patents granted in the last 365 days
The profile covers Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and shows 78 pending office actions. It records 29895 career applications, linking a substantial active workload with a broad application history.
The resolved allowance rate is 88.63%, with an average of 3.32 office actions per allowance. The data combines an outcome measure with a measure of examination effort before allowance. That distinction is useful when setting prosecution expectations and allocating resources for ongoing device and mechanical matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 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. 25 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 + other | 10 (12%) |
| §103 only | 21 (26%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| §112 only | 2 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 44 (55%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES | 2 | 28.3% | +47.1% |
| ELAHIAN, DANIEL | 2 | 74.4% | +52.4% |
| LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 2 | 53.3% | +21.5% |
| FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 2 | 73.2% | +20.5% |
| WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | 2 | 86.3% | +9.0% |
| CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 2 | 64.3% | +28.0% |
| RHODES, NORA W | 2 | 54.9% | +24.8% |
| MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 2 | 60.3% | +49.8% |
| STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 1 | 54.4% | +26.1% |
| DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI | 1 | 46.8% | +29.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18448671 | REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF IMAGES CAPTURED BY AN ULTRASOUND PROBE | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | 23d |
| 18936406 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN AT LEAST 3-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION OF A STRUCTURE OF AN INTERNAL ORGAN | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18517422 | System and Method of Defragmentation and Customized Optimization of Physical Assets Corresponding to Digital Tokens of a Distributed Ledger in a Decentralized Computing Environment | ZHOU, YINGYING | 112d overdue |
| 17850696 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AND MEASURING OXYGEN DELIVERY THROUGH A CPAP ADAPTOR | LEBRON DE JESUS, GRACIELA NATALIA | 60d overdue |
| 18545601 | HYBRID THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL WITH EMBEDDED METAL LAYER | ENAD, CHRISTINE A | 18d overdue |
| 18360555 | SEMICONDUCTOR DIE STACKING ARCHITECTURE AND CONNECTION METHOD THEREFORE | NICELY, JOSEPH C | 15d overdue |
| 18223426 | REACTIVATION OF AND RESTORATION OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALING BY NEURONS INVOLVED IN CONTROLLING BRAIN FUNCTION | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 3d overdue |
| 18591636 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION | MOSS, JAMES R | 5d |
| 17686359 | OCCLUSIVE DEVICE WITH SELF-EXPANDING STRUTS | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 8d |
| 18649558 | COOLING APPARATUS FOR DISSIPATING HEAT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | 12d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17723365 | CATHETER WITH ATRAUMATIC TIP | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 11d overdue |
| 19269783 | VAPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI | 9d overdue |
| 17686359 | OCCLUSIVE DEVICE WITH SELF-EXPANDING STRUTS | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 8d |
| 18133750 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTROPORATION USING ARBITRARY ELECTRODE ADDRESSING | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 15d |
| 18506524 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CATHETERS HAVING COMBINED MAPPING AND ABLATION CAPABILITIES | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 70d |
| 19296539 | Hybrid Dental Device | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | — |
| 19091713 | CLAW CLIPS WITH MULTIPLE ROWS OF TEETH | GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES | — |
| 19077941 | HAIR CLIP LINED WITH TEETH OR BRISTLES | GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 11 |
| 3772 | 4 |
| 3791 | 4 |
| 3771 | 3 |
| 3785 | 3 |
| 1755 | 2 |
| 2407 | 2 |
| 2661 | 2 |
| 2898 | 2 |
| 3783 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19296539 | Hybrid Dental Device | Sacks Holdings, Inc. | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 3772 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19269783 | VAPING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Singular X, Inc. | DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19201128 | ITERATIVE ANOMALY ANALYSIS AND DETECTION FOR USER ENTITLEMENT DATA | Hsbc Global Services (Uk) Limited | KOBROSLI, SHADI HASSAN | 2492 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19091713 | CLAW CLIPS WITH MULTIPLE ROWS OF TEETH | Durham Enterprises Corporation | GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES | 3772 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19080785 | EXPANDABLE EMBOLIC IMPLANTS WITH POSITION-FIXING COVERS | Polyembo, LLC | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19077941 | HAIR CLIP LINED WITH TEETH OR BRISTLES | Durham Enterprises Corporation | GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19067357 | AIR BLASTER TOY | Frustration Free Solutions, LLC | HUSON, JOSHUA DANIEL | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19065882 | DATA ROUTING AND MEMORY BLOCK MANAGEMENT IN A SUB-BLOCK MEMORY SYSTEM | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | RUIZ, ARACELIS | 2139 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19066145 | Unlocking a Data Storage Device Using a Web Application | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | ELAHIAN, DANIEL | 2407 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19058881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PULSED FIELD ABLATION WITH SUPERIMPOSED WAVEFORMS | St. Jude Medical | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19049911 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SHORT-LATENCY SEPS USING EAR-PLACED ELECTRODES | Alphatec Spine, Inc. | SHAH, JAY B | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19028657 | PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION BALLOON CATHETER | St. Jude Medical | GEDEON, BRIAN T | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029740 | DETECTING MICROCRACKS IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | LIN, ERICA S Y | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19013454 | ABLATION CATHETER TIP WITH FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY | St. Jude Medical | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19013666 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PULSED FIELD ABLATION | St. Jude Medical | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18880548 | TRANSACTION SECURITY FOR MULTI-TIER TRANSACTION NETWORKS | Hsbc Software Development (Guangdong) Limited | FELTEN, DANIEL S | 3692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18880546 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING NETWORK CONSENSUS ALGORITHM | Hsbc Software Development (Guangdong) Limited | ZHAO, DON GORDON | 2493 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18983063 | CLAW CLIPS WITH MULTIPLE ROWS OF TEETH | Durham Enterprises Corporation | FARAJ, LINA AHMAD | 3772 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18868337 | ROBOTIC NAVIGATION ASSISTED SURGICAL TOOL GUIDANCE | Alphatec Spine, Inc. | STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18943157 | ELECTRICAL STRESS DETECTION CIRCUITRY FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18936406 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN AT LEAST 3-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION OF A STRUCTURE OF AN INTERNAL ORGAN | Laralab GmbH | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | 2661 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18929590 | CONCRETE CURING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING DRONES | Intellitronx Robotics And Data Analytics Corp. | EYASSU, MARRIT | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18924819 | Communication with a Data Storage Device with a Web Application | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | ELAHIAN, DANIEL | 2407 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18902041 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENCLOSURE HAVING A PLURALITY OF SURFACE FEATURES | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | MANDEVILLE, JASON M | 2623 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18827664 | COMMUNICATIONS MODULES AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME | St. Anthony, LLC | AMBAYE, MEWALE A | 2469 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18843641 | METHODS OF REDUCING HERBICIDAL STRESS USING HUMIC AND FULVIC ACID COMPOSITION TREATMENTS | Pro Farm Group, Inc. | MAYHEW, BRADLEY SCOTT | 1621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18810055 | RESONATOR ACCESSORIES FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | Liquid Sound Technologies | LOCKETT, KIMBERLY R | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18803091 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE HAVING BIFACIAL SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | MICHAUD, ROBERT J | 2622 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18774511 | AUTHENTICATABLE ENCLOSURE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M | 1785 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18759792 | INTRA-OPERATIVE LOWER SPINE MOTOR INTEGRITY MONITORING THROUGH TRANS-SPINAL STIMULATION | Alphatec Spine, Inc. | PORTILLO, JAIRO H | 3791 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18748469 | OSTEOGENIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME | Alphatec Spine, Inc. | WESTON, ALYSSA G | 1633 | §112 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18720199 | PLASTIC BINDER SYSTEM | Nilo Limited | CHU, KATHERINE J | 3671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18665523 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE MATRIX TILE | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | SHOOK, DANIEL P | 2896 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18649558 | COOLING APPARATUS FOR DISSIPATING HEAT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | 2835 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18626400 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGY DELIVERY | St. Jude Medical | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | 3794 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18623584 | ENCAPSULATED SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES INCLUDING MULTIFUNCTIONAL INTERFACE MATERIAL (MIM) STRUCTURES | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 | |
| 18623599 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD DESIGN | Sandisk Technologies Inc. | LIN, ARIC | 2851 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18591636 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION | St. Jude Medical | MOSS, JAMES R | 3792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18686858 | PAD FOR AN ACHILLES TENDON BANDAGE OR ACHILLES TENDON ORTHOSIS | BAUERFEIND AG | MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18585866 | ADDING SACRIFICIAL TRACES TO ABORB SIGNAL INTERFERENCE FROM HIGH SPEED AGGRESSOR TRACES | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | CHIU, TSZ K | 2898 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18436765 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA VAPORIZER USE PREVENTION | Dynasthetics, LLC | PATEL, ROHAN DEEP | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18420719 | HIGH CAPACITY HIGH BANDWIDTH NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | LIU, BENJAMIN T | 2893 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18413391 | TOLERATING DEFECTIVE MEMORY BANKS IN EMERGING MEMORY COMPONENTS | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | BRYAN, JASON B | 2114 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18412081 | VAPING DEVICE | Next Level Ventures LLC | MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18410569 | HIGH DENSITY CONNECTOR WITH MOVEABLE CONTACTS | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | HARCUM, MARCUS E | 2831 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18404169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTUM MONTE CARLO PROCESSING | Hsbc Software Development (Guangdong) Limited | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | 2124 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18545601 | HYBRID THERMAL INTERFACE MATERIAL WITH EMBEDDED METAL LAYER | Sandisk Technologies, Inc. | ENAD, CHRISTINE A | 2811 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18526759 | Methods of use for Muscodor albus strain producing volatile organic compounds | Pro Farm Group, Inc. | ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN | 1793 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18517422 | System and Method of Defragmentation and Customized Optimization of Physical Assets Corresponding to Digital Tokens of a Distributed Ledger in a Decentralized Computing Environment | Hsbc Global Services (Uk) Limited | ZHOU, YINGYING | 3697 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 112d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18506524 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CATHETERS HAVING COMBINED MAPPING AND ABLATION CAPABILITIES | St. Jude Medical | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial88.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar were allowed, across 29,895 applications in USPTO records.
3.32 office actions per allowed application on average.
80 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 28 clients, before 72 examiners in 54 art units.
