Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Gates & Cooper LLP - Minimed

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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 (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 2 63.6% +9.3%
WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 1 79.0% +14.0%
GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 1 63.1% +34.0%
FARDANESH, MARJAN 1 72.7% +18.4%
AGAHI, PUYA 1 48.8% +23.6%

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18602816 ANALYTE TRANSPORTING MEMBRANES FOR USE WITH ANALYTE SENSORS WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 28d overdue
18192479 MINIMIZING SKIN IRRITATION DUE TO SKIN ADHESION PATCHES GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 26d
18096379 STRUCTURES FOR SENSOR INTERFERENCE REJECTION FARDANESH, MARJAN 40d
17972955 GLUCOSE SENSOR ELECTRODE DESIGN AGAHI, PUYA 53d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
MEDTRONIC MINIMED, INC. 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37915
16151

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18666596 INTERFERENCE REJECTION MEMBRANES USEFUL WITH ANALYTE SENSORS Medtronic Minimed, Inc. ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 16, 2024
18602816 ANALYTE TRANSPORTING MEMBRANES FOR USE WITH ANALYTE SENSORS Medtronic Minimed, Inc. WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2024
18366299 SENSORS FOR 3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE DETECTION Medtronic Minimed, Inc. ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18192479 MINIMIZING SKIN IRRITATION DUE TO SKIN ADHESION PATCHES Medtronic Minimed, Inc. GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V 1615 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Mar 29, 2023
18096379 STRUCTURES FOR SENSOR INTERFERENCE REJECTION Medtronic Minimed, Inc. FARDANESH, MARJAN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jan 12, 2023
17972955 GLUCOSE SENSOR ELECTRODE DESIGN Medtronic Minimed, Inc. AGAHI, PUYA 3791 Other Final Rejection 53d Pending Oct 25, 2022

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