Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Marshall, Gerstein & Borun (Unitedhealth Group)

11 pending office actions • 2 clients • 11 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=250 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

76.2%
Allowance Rate
n=250
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=250
5.4
OAs to Allowance
n=144
+0.38σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=144
1351 days
Time to Allowance
n=144
+7.5pp
Interview Lift
n=250
57.1%
RCE Rate
n=250
2.2%
Appeal Rate
n=250

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

53.8%
§101 Overcome
n=39
78.1%
§102 Overcome
n=32
63.2%
§103 Overcome
n=166
§112 Overcome
n=11 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

G16H, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
70%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=250
0
Practitioners
n=250
Apps / Practitioner
n=250 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (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.

3
Hard (27%)
7
Medium (64%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (27%)
§103 only7 (64%)
§112 only1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
18% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
73% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JUNG, HENRY H 1 22.9% +30.7%
ULLAH, ARIF 1 47.3% +36.7%
CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 1 9.5% +13.3%
GARTLAND, SCOTT D 1 11.1% +12.6%
ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA 1 68.3% +20.0%
MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL 1 47.0% +24.5%
LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE 1 17.2% +32.3%
OSMAN, RAMY M 1 79.0% -9.0%
MARU, MATIYAS T 1 62.5% +7.6%
HOLCOMB, MARK 1 33.8% +40.5%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18400184 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PREDICTING WHEN PRIOR AUTHORIZATION IS REQUIRED FOR A HEALTH CARE PROCEDURE USING STATISTICAL ANALYTICS CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 160d overdue
18466140 MULTIMODAL MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT INTERACTIONS GARTLAND, SCOTT D 12d
18193752 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PERMISSIONING OF MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND TESTS MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL 28d
18898974 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ASSISTED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS JUNG, HENRY H
18162296 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESCRIPTION PRICE COMPARISON ACROSS PROCESSORS LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18400184 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PREDICTING WHEN PRIOR AUTHORIZATION IS REQUIRED FOR A HEALTH CARE PROCEDURE USING STATISTICAL ANALYTICS CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 160d overdue
18466140 MULTIMODAL MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT INTERACTIONS GARTLAND, SCOTT D 12d
17665642 PREEMPTIVE IMAGE DATA CACHING BASED ON GEOLOCATION HOLCOMB, MARK 27d
18193752 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PERMISSIONING OF MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND TESTS MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL 28d
18898974 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ASSISTED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS JUNG, HENRY H
18677412 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY OPTIMIZING ZONE CONFIGURATIONS ULLAH, ARIF
18129502 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SYNTHETIC DATA ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA
18162296 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESCRIPTION PRICE COMPARISON ACROSS PROCESSORS LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
UnitedHealth Group 7
Change Healthcare Holdings, LLC 4

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36852
36842
36951
36251
36921
28571
36821
24571
21481

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18898974 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ASSISTED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS Optum, Inc. JUNG, HENRY H 3695 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18677412 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY OPTIMIZING ZONE CONFIGURATIONS Optum, Inc. ULLAH, ARIF 3625 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2024
18400184 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PREDICTING WHEN PRIOR AUTHORIZATION IS REQUIRED FOR A HEALTH CARE PROCEDURE USING STATISTICAL ANALYTICS Optum, Inc. CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 3692 §101 Final Rejection 160d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18466140 MULTIMODAL MANAGEMENT OF PATIENT INTERACTIONS Optum, Inc. GARTLAND, SCOTT D 3685 §101 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 13, 2023
18129502 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SYNTHETIC DATA Optum, Inc. ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA 2857 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 31, 2023
18193752 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED PERMISSIONING OF MEDICAL PROCEDURES AND TESTS Optum, Inc. MISIASZEK, AMBER ALTSCHUL 3682 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18162296 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESCRIPTION PRICE COMPARISON ACROSS PROCESSORS Optum, Inc. LEE, ANDREW ELDRIDGE 3684 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 2023
18045488 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION AND AUDITING Change Healthcare Holdings, LLC OSMAN, RAMY M 2457 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Oct 11, 2022
17813670 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING PERFORMANCE METRICS USING COHORTS Change Healthcare Holdings, LLC MARU, MATIYAS T 2148 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2022
17665642 PREEMPTIVE IMAGE DATA CACHING BASED ON GEOLOCATION Change Healthcare Holdings, LLC HOLCOMB, MARK 3685 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 07, 2022
17219046 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR SHARING HEALTH CARE INFORMATION WITH DELEGATED ENTITIES USING DISCRETIONARY AND NON-DISCRETIONARY ACCESS RULES Change Healthcare Holdings LLC RASNIC, HUNTER J 3684 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 31, 2021

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