Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
11 pending office actions • 1 client • 9 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 9 (82%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (9%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 2 | 25.0% | +100.0% |
| APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 2 | 63.4% | +20.5% |
| MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | 1 | 78.6% | +15.3% |
| WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 1 | 40.1% | +26.2% |
| HAIDER, SYED | 1 | 83.6% | +7.2% |
| SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 1 | 47.2% | +38.0% |
| HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 1 | 43.1% | +51.0% |
| LEWIS, RALPH A | 1 | 67.0% | +23.4% |
| GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 1 | 19.4% | +10.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18771087 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING MALOCCLUSIONS OF TEETH | HAIDER, SYED | 30d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18189102 | DIRECT FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 58d overdue |
| 18050140 | PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 18d overdue |
| 18890537 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE RETENTION-ACTIVATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 15d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18481798 | SCHEDULE OF MOVEMENT MODIFICATIONS IN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT TO AVOID COLLISIONS | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 59d overdue |
| 18189102 | DIRECT FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 58d overdue |
| 18810295 | CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANONYMIZATION OF PHOTOS AND VIDEO | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 45d overdue |
| 18633717 | DENTAL APPLIANCES FOR CREATING OPPOSING COUNTER MOMENTS BETWEEN TEETH | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 44d overdue |
| 18669345 | TREATMENT PLAN SPECIFIC BITE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURES | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 43d overdue |
| 19065896 | METHODS FOR FORMING ORNAMENTAL INDICIA FOR DENTAL APPLIANCES | MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | 23d overdue |
| 18497534 | OCCLUSAL BLOCKS FOR MANDIBULAR RELOCATION | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 23d overdue |
| 18050140 | PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 18d overdue |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Align Technology | 11 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 7 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 2633 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19065896 | METHODS FOR FORMING ORNAMENTAL INDICIA FOR DENTAL APPLIANCES | Align Technology, Inc. | MULVANEY, ELIZABETH EVANS | 1785 | Other | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18890537 | ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE RETENTION-ACTIVATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Align Technology, Inc. | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18810295 | CLINICALLY RELEVANT ANONYMIZATION OF PHOTOS AND VIDEO | Align Technology, Inc. | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18771087 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING MALOCCLUSIONS OF TEETH | Align Technology, Inc. | HAIDER, SYED | 2633 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18669345 | TREATMENT PLAN SPECIFIC BITE ADJUSTMENT STRUCTURES | Align Technology, Inc. | SAUNDERS, MATTHEW P | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18633717 | DENTAL APPLIANCES FOR CREATING OPPOSING COUNTER MOMENTS BETWEEN TEETH | Align Technology, Inc. | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18497534 | OCCLUSAL BLOCKS FOR MANDIBULAR RELOCATION | Align Technology, Inc. | HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18481798 | SCHEDULE OF MOVEMENT MODIFICATIONS IN ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT TO AVOID COLLISIONS | Align Technology, Inc. | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 3772 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 59d overdue | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18189102 | DIRECT FABRICATION OF ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERS | Align Technology, Inc. | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
| 17990160 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING DENTAL ALIGNER GEOMETRY | Align Technology, Inc. | LEWIS, RALPH A | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 18050140 | PROSTHODONTIC AND ORTHODONTIC APPARATUS AND METHODS | Align Technology, Inc. | GIRI, PURSOTTAM | 2186 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
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