Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Klarquist Sparkman, LLP (Dexcom)

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
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 (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
§102 only1 (20%)
No statute on record1 (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
2
Communications
40% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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
LIM, STEVEN 1 68.1% +11.8%
WOO, STELLA L 1 79.4% +13.6%
MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 1 26.9% +73.3%
LE, LINH GIANG 1 65.9% -4.7%
TOTH, KAREN E 1 46.6% +25.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18486138 SECURE BROADCAST MESSAGING IN SUPPORT OF GLUCOSE MONITORING MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 2d overdue

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
18486138 SECURE BROADCAST MESSAGING IN SUPPORT OF GLUCOSE MONITORING MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 2d overdue
18434955 RISK-ADAPTIVE TELEMETRY AND REMOTE MONITORING WOO, STELLA L 7d
18766495 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF ANALYTE VALUES LIM, STEVEN 30d
18220565 Location-Aided Glycemic Control TOTH, KAREN E 62d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
DexCom 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37912
26881
26931
36861

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18766495 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF ANALYTE VALUES Dexcom, Inc. LIM, STEVEN 2688 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jul 08, 2024
18434955 RISK-ADAPTIVE TELEMETRY AND REMOTE MONITORING Dexcom, Inc. WOO, STELLA L 2693 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18486138 SECURE BROADCAST MESSAGING IN SUPPORT OF GLUCOSE MONITORING Dexcom, Inc. MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2023
18371124 EVALUATION AND VISUALIZATION OF GLYCEMIC DYSFUNCTION Dexcom, Inc. LE, LINH GIANG 3686 §102 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18220565 Location-Aided Glycemic Control Dexcom, Inc. TOTH, KAREN E 3791 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Jul 11, 2023

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