Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Spq Ip LLC

Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 2 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

SPQ IP LLC has 10 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 49 career applications. The profile shows active response work alongside a comparatively defined application record.

Its resolved allowance rate is 80.0%, with an average of 3.25 office actions per allowance. These figures provide an outcome measure and an indication of examination activity for matters that reached allowance.

For counsel reviewing the profile, the current docket and historical measures should answer different questions. The pending figure informs near-term workload, while the rate and action average provide context for resolved matters. They do not show the claim scope or procedural history behind individual cases.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=49 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

80.0%
Allowance Rate
n=49
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=49
—
OAs to Allowance
n=8 (min 20)
—
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=8 (min 20)
—
Time to Allowance
n=8 (min 20)
+8.3pp
Interview Lift
n=49
130.0%
RCE Rate
n=49
3.6%
Appeal Rate
n=49

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=13 (min 20)
13.0%
§102 Overcome
n=23
14.7%
§103 Overcome
n=34
—
§112 Overcome
n=13 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

A61B, G06T, G16H
Top CPC Subclasses
76%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=49
1
Practitioners
n=49
49.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=49

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)

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.

6
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (33%)
§103 only3 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
3
Communications
33% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
56% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FANG, MICHAEL YIMING 1 62.1% +36.7%
ATALA, JAMIE JO 1 48.9% +34.5%
NGUYEN, TRAN N 1 61.8% +16.9%
WILBURN, MOLLY K 1 90.1% +9.0%
ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED 1 67.4% +18.7%
MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 1 8.6% +22.1%
BEE, ANDREW W. 1 73.0% +32.2%
HUNTSINGER, PETER K 1 29.0% +17.6%
KLEIN, BROOKE L 1 54.2% +54.2%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18597458 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS USING SUB-GROUP TRAINING DATASETS OF A MAJORTIY CLASS OF SAMPLES MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 56d overdue
19061813 METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING BREAST DENSITY AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM FANG, MICHAEL YIMING 49d overdue
18594805 ADVANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR LUNG DIAGNOSTICS BEE, ANDREW W. 35d overdue
18541916 MEDICAL SCANNING DEVICE HUNTSINGER, PETER K 1d overdue
18967196 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A MEDICAL IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO A RADIOLOGY REPORT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS NGUYEN, TRAN N —
18936389 SYSTEM FOR CATHETER AND SHADOW SUPPRESSION IN RENDERED 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY WILBURN, MOLLY K —
18326759 MEDICAL IMAGING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM KLEIN, BROOKE L —

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
18597458 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS USING SUB-GROUP TRAINING DATASETS OF A MAJORTIY CLASS OF SAMPLES MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 56d overdue
19061813 METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING BREAST DENSITY AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM FANG, MICHAEL YIMING 49d overdue
18594805 ADVANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR LUNG DIAGNOSTICS BEE, ANDREW W. 35d overdue
18541916 MEDICAL SCANNING DEVICE HUNTSINGER, PETER K 1d overdue
19008083 SINGLE ML/AI MODEL ON MULTIPLE ULTRASOUND PLATFORMS AND FOR MULTIPLE SCANNING MODES ATALA, JAMIE JO —
18967196 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A MEDICAL IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO A RADIOLOGY REPORT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS NGUYEN, TRAN N —
18893265 ULTRASOUND PROBE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MOVING A TRANSDUCER OF THE ULTRASOUND PROBE BETWEEN A NEUTRAL POSITION AND AN OFFSET POSITION BASED ON DETECTING A NON-USAGE TRIGGER OR A USAGE TRIGGER ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED —
18326759 MEDICAL IMAGING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM KLEIN, BROOKE L —

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
GE Precision Healthcare LLC 8
Caption Health 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37972
37981
24861
36851
26661
36811
26771
26821

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19061813 METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING BREAST DENSITY AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM GE Precision Healthcare LLC FANG, MICHAEL YIMING 3798 §101§103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2025
19008083 SINGLE ML/AI MODEL ON MULTIPLE ULTRASOUND PLATFORMS AND FOR MULTIPLE SCANNING MODES GE Precision Healthcare LLC ATALA, JAMIE JO 2486 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 02, 2025
18967196 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A MEDICAL IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO A RADIOLOGY REPORT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS GE Precision Healthcare LLC NGUYEN, TRAN N 3685 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18936389 SYSTEM FOR CATHETER AND SHADOW SUPPRESSION IN RENDERED 3D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY GE Precision Healthcare LLC WILBURN, MOLLY K 2666 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18893265 ULTRASOUND PROBE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MOVING A TRANSDUCER OF THE ULTRASOUND PROBE BETWEEN A NEUTRAL POSITION AND AN OFFSET POSITION BASED ON DETECTING A NON-USAGE TRIGGER OR A USAGE TRIGGER GE Precision Healthcare LLC ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED 3797 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18597458 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS USING SUB-GROUP TRAINING DATASETS OF A MAJORTIY CLASS OF SAMPLES GE Precision Healthcare LLC MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 3681 §101§103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2024
18594805 ADVANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR LUNG DIAGNOSTICS Caption Health, Inc. BEE, ANDREW W. 2677 §102§103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18541916 MEDICAL SCANNING DEVICE GE Precision Healthcare LLC HUNTSINGER, PETER K 2682 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18326759 MEDICAL IMAGING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM GE Precision Healthcare LLC KLEIN, BROOKE L 3797 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 31, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Spq Ip LLC's patent allowance rate?

80.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Spq Ip LLC were allowed, across 49 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Spq Ip LLC average before allowance?

3.25 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Spq Ip LLC have?

9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 2 clients, before 9 examiners in 8 art units.

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