Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP -- Bsc

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§102 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YANG, YI-SHAN 1 69.4% +56.7%
TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 1 61.7% +35.0%
FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 1 80.1% +21.7%
SCHERBEL, TODD J 1 76.2% +51.6%
DAVID, SHAUN L 1 73.0% +19.3%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18817922 STRETCH HOOP COUPLER FOR RELOADABLE HEMOSTASIS CLIPPING DEVICE FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 14d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18466284 LOCKING FEATURE FOR HEMOSTASIS CLIP DAVID, SHAUN L 156d overdue
18672942 OVER THE SCOPE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING TISSUE USING A PATCH SCHERBEL, TODD J 9d
18901909 OVER THE SCOPE CLIP TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 12d
18817922 STRETCH HOOP COUPLER FOR RELOADABLE HEMOSTASIS CLIPPING DEVICE FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 14d
19079032 ECHOGENIC PATTERN FOR COMPONENT DISTINGUISHABILITY YANG, YI-SHAN 79d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Boston Scientific 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37714
37981

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19079032 ECHOGENIC PATTERN FOR COMPONENT DISTINGUISHABILITY BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION YANG, YI-SHAN 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Mar 13, 2025
18901909 OVER THE SCOPE CLIP BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18817922 STRETCH HOOP COUPLER FOR RELOADABLE HEMOSTASIS CLIPPING DEVICE BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 28, 2024
18672942 OVER THE SCOPE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING TISSUE USING A PATCH BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION SCHERBEL, TODD J 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 23, 2024
18466284 LOCKING FEATURE FOR HEMOSTASIS CLIP BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION DAVID, SHAUN L 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 156d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2023

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