Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 1 client • 14 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
Merchant & Gould manages a portfolio for Hologic with 482 career applications in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 96.3, demonstrating a high level of success in securing patents for this client. Prosecution efficiency is reflected in the 3.17 avg office actions per allowance, which provides a baseline for the expected level of examiner interaction.
Currently, there are 9 pending office actions for Hologic. The 482 career applications show a deep technical engagement with Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The 96.3 resolved allowance rate pct suggests that the firm's strategies are effective in this technical domain. Practitioners can use the 3.17 avg office actions per allowance to gauge the typical timeline for these 9 pending office actions. This data highlights a consistent prosecution history for Hologic.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (6%) |
| §103 only | 6 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (19%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAO, CHIH CHENG G | 2 | 82.6% | +9.5% |
| WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | 2 | 86.2% | +9.3% |
| FAYE, MAMADOU | 1 | 78.8% | +6.5% |
| FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | 1 | 61.9% | +39.6% |
| KOLKIN, ADAM D. | 1 | 46.9% | +5.1% |
| BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | 1 | 80.0% | +33.3% |
| YOON, CHANEL J | 1 | 55.0% | +40.1% |
| GARCIA, GABRIEL I | 1 | 90.6% | +6.4% |
| YUN, JURIE | 1 | 87.4% | +10.2% |
| FERNANDES, PATRICK M | 1 | 59.8% | +31.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19183008 | BREAST COMPRESSION PADDLE WITH ACCESS CORNERS | KAO, CHIH CHENG G | — |
| 18983948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING LOW-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA FROM HIGH-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA USING AN OBJECT GRID ENHANCEMENT | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | — |
| 18936424 | MULTIMODALITY HANGING PROTOCOLS | BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | — |
| 18911397 | IMAGE IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION FOR MOTION CORRECTION AND PEAK ENHANCEMENT | GARCIA, GABRIEL I | — |
| 18887305 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR AN IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF THE SAME | YUN, JURIE | — |
| 18822675 | AI SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING READING TIME AND READING COMPLEXITY FOR REVIEWING 2D/3D BREAST IMAGES | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19081366 | REAL-TIME AI FOR PHYSICAL BIOPSY MARKER DETECTION | FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | 22d overdue |
| 19174246 | HORIZONTALLY-DISPLACEABLE FOAM BREAST COMPRESSION PADDLE | FAYE, MAMADOU | — |
| 18928484 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDING A PATIENT DURING IMAGING PROCEDURES | KAO, CHIH CHENG G | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19081366 | REAL-TIME AI FOR PHYSICAL BIOPSY MARKER DETECTION | FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | 22d overdue |
| 18936424 | MULTIMODALITY HANGING PROTOCOLS | BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | — |
| 18928651 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING FLUID IN THE IMAGING FIELD OF A TISSUE HANDLING APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING BIOPSY SYSTEM IMAGING QUALITY | YOON, CHANEL J | — |
| 18887305 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR AN IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF THE SAME | YUN, JURIE | — |
| 18887395 | BIOPSY DEVICE | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Hologic | 16 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 3 |
| 3798 | 2 |
| 2661 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19183008 | BREAST COMPRESSION PADDLE WITH ACCESS CORNERS | Hologic, Inc. | KAO, CHIH CHENG G | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19174246 | HORIZONTALLY-DISPLACEABLE FOAM BREAST COMPRESSION PADDLE | Hologic, Inc. | FAYE, MAMADOU | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 | |
| 19081366 | REAL-TIME AI FOR PHYSICAL BIOPSY MARKER DETECTION | Hologic, Inc. | FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | 3798 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 18983948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING LOW-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA FROM HIGH-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATA USING AN OBJECT GRID ENHANCEMENT | Hologic, Inc. | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| 18984187 | MOTION, COMPRESSION, AND POSITIONING CORRECTIONS IN MEDICAL IMAGING | Hologic, Inc. | KOLKIN, ADAM D. | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18936424 | MULTIMODALITY HANGING PROTOCOLS | Hologic, Inc. | BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 | |
| 18928484 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDING A PATIENT DURING IMAGING PROCEDURES | Hologic, Inc. | KAO, CHIH CHENG G | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| 18928651 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING FLUID IN THE IMAGING FIELD OF A TISSUE HANDLING APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING BIOPSY SYSTEM IMAGING QUALITY | Hologic, Inc. | YOON, CHANEL J | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 | |
| 18911397 | IMAGE IDENTIFICATION AND SELECTION FOR MOTION CORRECTION AND PEAK ENHANCEMENT | Hologic, Inc. | GARCIA, GABRIEL I | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 | |
| 18887305 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR AN IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF THE SAME | Hologic, Inc. | YUN, JURIE | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 | |
| 18887395 | BIOPSY DEVICE | Hologic, Inc. | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 | |
| 18822675 | AI SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING READING TIME AND READING COMPLEXITY FOR REVIEWING 2D/3D BREAST IMAGES | Hologic, Inc. | WINDSOR, COURTNEY J | 2661 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18607773 | COVER FOR TISSUE HOLDER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD THEREOF | Hologic, Inc. | PHAN, TRUONG D | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18685749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING MOVEMENT OF A COMPRESSED BREAST | Hologic, Inc. | SONG, HOON K | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18292491 | ANATOMIC VISUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENT FOR ORTHOPEDIC SURGERIES | Hologic, Inc. | THOMAS, COURTNEY D | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 17910144 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PRODUCE TISSUE IMAGING BIOMARKERS | Hologic, Inc. | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
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