Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
5 pending office actions • 1 client • 3 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGE, LINDA J | 3 | 87.3% | +27.0% |
| LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1 | 72.1% | +20.6% |
| POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 1 | 59.1% | +33.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19197926 | STAPLE CARTRIDGE FOR A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | HODGE, LINDA J | 42d overdue |
| 18601714 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING A REINFORCED STAPLE CARTRIDGE | HODGE, LINDA J | 82d |
| 19265011 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH SWITCHES FOR DEACTIVATING AND/OR IDENTIFYING STAPLER CARTRIDGES | HODGE, LINDA J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19197926 | STAPLE CARTRIDGE FOR A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | HODGE, LINDA J | 42d overdue |
| 18601714 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING A REINFORCED STAPLE CARTRIDGE | HODGE, LINDA J | 82d |
| 19265011 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH SWITCHES FOR DEACTIVATING AND/OR IDENTIFYING STAPLER CARTRIDGES | HODGE, LINDA J | — |
| 19247795 | STAPLER CARTRIDGE WITH AN INTEGRAL KNIFE | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | — |
| 19202037 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR APPLYING MULTIPLE CLIPS | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. | 5 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 4 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19265011 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH SWITCHES FOR DEACTIVATING AND/OR IDENTIFYING STAPLER CARTRIDGES | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19247795 | STAPLER CARTRIDGE WITH AN INTEGRAL KNIFE | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19202037 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR APPLYING MULTIPLE CLIPS | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19197926 | STAPLE CARTRIDGE FOR A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 18601714 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING A REINFORCED STAPLE CARTRIDGE | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 82d | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
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