Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 3 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dugan & Dugan, PC currently handles 6 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. The firm has managed 1219 career applications to date. Its resolved allowance rate stands at 70.97 percent, reflecting the nature of the Communications sector.
Prosecution at the firm involves an average of 3.98 office actions per allowance. With 6 pending office actions, the firm applies its experience from 1219 career applications to current matters. The 70.97 percent resolved allowance rate and 3.98 average office actions per allowance provide a baseline for evaluating prosecution outcomes.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEGESSE, NINI F | 2 | 68.6% | +15.3% |
| PATEL, JAYESH A | 1 | 83.7% | +5.1% |
| YUN, JURIE | 1 | 87.4% | +10.2% |
| OAKES, JUSTIN MONTGOMERY | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| WECKER, JENNIFER | 1 | 70.9% | +36.6% |
| MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN | 1 | 34.6% | +49.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18998437 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND METHOD | PATEL, JAYESH A | — |
| 18864516 | ARRAY OF LIGHT SOURCES, FOURIER PTYCHOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING FOURIER PTYCHOGRAPHY | YUN, JURIE | — |
| 18904006 | IN-VITRO METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CELL TYPE OF A WHITE BLOOD CELL WITHOUT LABELING | OAKES, JUSTIN MONTGOMERY | — |
| 18619034 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM | WECKER, JENNIFER | — |
| 18267449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL CALIBRATION IN A SENSOR SYSTEM | MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19033479 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND/OR ANALYZING SWING INFORMATION | LEGESSE, NINI F | — |
| 18864516 | ARRAY OF LIGHT SOURCES, FOURIER PTYCHOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING FOURIER PTYCHOGRAPHY | YUN, JURIE | — |
| 18909938 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND/OR ANALYZING SWING INFORMATION | LEGESSE, NINI F | — |
| 18619034 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM | WECKER, JENNIFER | — |
| 18267449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL CALIBRATION IN A SENSOR SYSTEM | MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Siemens Healthineers | 4 |
| Dugan Patents, LLC | 2 |
| Siemens Healthineers Nederland B.V. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 2 |
| 2677 | 1 |
| 2872 | 1 |
| 2662 | 1 |
| 1677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18998437 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS AND METHOD | Siemens Healthineers AG | PATEL, JAYESH A | 2677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19033479 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND/OR ANALYZING SWING INFORMATION | Dugan Patents, LLC | LEGESSE, NINI F | 3711 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18864516 | ARRAY OF LIGHT SOURCES, FOURIER PTYCHOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING FOURIER PTYCHOGRAPHY | Siemens Healthineers AG | YUN, JURIE | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18909938 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING AND/OR ANALYZING SWING INFORMATION | Dugan Patents, LLC | LEGESSE, NINI F | 3711 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18904006 | IN-VITRO METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CELL TYPE OF A WHITE BLOOD CELL WITHOUT LABELING | Siemens Healthineers AG | OAKES, JUSTIN MONTGOMERY | 2662 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18619034 | AUTOMATIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM | Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH | WECKER, JENNIFER | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 | |
| 18267449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIGNAL CALIBRATION IN A SENSOR SYSTEM | Siemens Healthineers Nederland B.V. | MARCSISIN, ELLEN JEAN | 1677 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial71.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dugan & Dugan, Pc were allowed, across 1,219 applications in USPTO records.
3.98 office actions per allowed application on average.
7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 6 examiners in 5 art units.
