Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Fortem Ip LLP

24 pending office actions • 15 clients • 22 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (3)

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%)
24
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only20 (83%)
§102 only4 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
12% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
2
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
17
Mechanical / Eng
71% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STICE, PAULA J 2 81.8% +22.0%
MATTHEWS, TESSA M 2 82.8% +24.5%
PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D 1 64.8% +19.8%
LYNCH, MEGAN E 1 38.0% +41.2%
WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE 1 65.0% +25.7%
ALIZADA, OMEED 1 77.5% +32.9%
LEWIS, RALPH A 1 67.0% +23.4%
BOR, HELENE CATHERINE 1 51.1% +30.0%
PORTER, JR, GARY A 1 68.9% +25.2%
HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN 1 43.1% +51.0%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18338850 FIXATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS MATTHEWS, TESSA M 22d overdue
18493737 BONE-FIXATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM MATTHEWS, TESSA M 26d
18437135 WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER STICE, PAULA J 61d
18516832 METHODS FOR ANALYZING RESPIRATION AND SLEEP STATE STICE, PAULA J

Interview Candidates (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18825632 SHOCK-ABSORBING DANCE SHOE ASSEMBLY LYNCH, MEGAN E 190d overdue
18672890 ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE INCLUDING ARCH MEMBER WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE 91d overdue
18558608 ORTHODONTIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE LEWIS, RALPH A 66d overdue
18259504 CANNULA INSERTION SYSTEM BOR, HELENE CATHERINE 45d overdue
18338850 FIXATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS MATTHEWS, TESSA M 22d overdue
19353496 AORTIC ARCH REPAIR SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D 8d
18251762 DEVICES FOR TREATING TEETH AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN 12d
18493737 BONE-FIXATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM MATTHEWS, TESSA M 26d

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37964
37914
37742
37722
37732
37321
39931
26861
37971
26821

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19353496 AORTIC ARCH REPAIR SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS Octin Health, Inc. PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D 3774 §102 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 08, 2025
18825632 SHOCK-ABSORBING DANCE SHOE ASSEMBLY Orzapro LLC LYNCH, MEGAN E 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 190d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2024
18672890 ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE INCLUDING ARCH MEMBER Brius Technologies, Inc. WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE 3993 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18664984 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND POWER HARVESTING FOR IMPLANTABLE DEVICES Xii Medical, Inc. ALIZADA, OMEED 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending May 15, 2024
18437135 WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER Xii Medical, Inc. STICE, PAULA J 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18516832 METHODS FOR ANALYZING RESPIRATION AND SLEEP STATE Xii Medical, Inc. STICE, PAULA J 3796 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18558608 ORTHODONTIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE Brius Technologies, Inc. LEWIS, RALPH A 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2023
18493737 BONE-FIXATION DEVICE AND SYSTEM The University of British Columbia MATTHEWS, TESSA M 3773 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18259504 CANNULA INSERTION SYSTEM Vitestro Holding B.V. BOR, HELENE CATHERINE 3797 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2023
18338850 FIXATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Curvafix, Inc. MATTHEWS, TESSA M 3773 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18253519 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING DISEASE USING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION Phagenesis Limited PORTER, JR, GARY A 3796 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 18, 2023
18251762 DEVICES FOR TREATING TEETH AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Brius Technologies, Inc. HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN 3772 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending May 04, 2023
18098542 POINT LOCATION DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT IDENTIFICATION AND TARGETING Carbon Autonomous Robotic Systems Inc. HUNTSINGER, PETER K 2682 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
18061649 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR WIRELESS ENERGY MANAGEMENT Ulink Labs, Inc. HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 §102 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2022
18061414 METHODS FOR MANAGING BLOOD FLOW Cardiacbooster B.V. WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2022
17997586 DENTAL APPLIANCES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURING Brius Technologies, Inc. GIRI, PURSOTTAM 2186 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17905605 POLYMER IMPLANTS Foundry Therapeutics, Inc. BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §103 Final Rejection 140d overdue Pending Sep 02, 2022
17823400 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVOKING AND MONITORING NEUROLOGICAL EVENTS Eysz Inc. CASLER, BRIAN L 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Aug 30, 2022
17869950 CANNULA INSERTION SYSTEM Vitestro Holding B.V. PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2022
17758670 VASCULAR TREATMENT DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USE The Foundry, LLC RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE 3771 §102 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 12, 2022
17791086 CANNULA INSERTION SYSTEM Vitestro Holding B.V. LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P 3791 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2022
17761929 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTEIN EXPRESSION Excepgen Inc. TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 18, 2022
17594243 IMPLANTABLE DEPOTS FOR THE LOCALIZED, SUSTAINED, CONTROLLED RELEASE OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS TO TREAT CANCER AND RELATED SYMPTOMS AND CONDITIONS Foundry Therapeutics, Inc. VU, JAKE MINH 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 07, 2021
17434055 COLLAPSIBLE DEVICE FOR CIRCULATORY ASSISTANCE Cardiacbooster B.V. GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 26, 2021

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