Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Spq Ip LLC

11 pending office actions • 2 clients • 11 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 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%)
10
Medium (91%)
1
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (82%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only1 (9%)

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
3
Communications
27% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% 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
VARGAS, DIXOMARA 1 92.5% +8.4%
SNYDER, ADAM J 1 69.6% +18.8%
FANG, MICHAEL YIMING 1 62.7% +41.1%
MALDONADO, STEVEN 1 28.6% +47.2%
CHATLY, AMIT 1 67.7% +13.9%
CELESTINE, NYROBI I 1 81.7% +22.6%
VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S 1 47.7% +41.8%
MCDONALD, JAMES F 1 56.8% +41.8%
MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 1 7.1% +21.4%
ADU-JAMFI, WILLIAM NMN 1

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19190287 AUTOMATIC ARRIVAL TIME DETECTION ALGORITHM FOR ULTRASOUND CONTRAST EXAMINATION VARGAS, DIXOMARA 30d
18889284 SCANNING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND SCANNING SYSTEM, AND ULTRASOUND SCANNING SYSTEM CELESTINE, NYROBI I 41d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 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
19044358 ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD, ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM MALDONADO, STEVEN 35d overdue

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
19044358 ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD, ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM MALDONADO, STEVEN 35d overdue
18765763 MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S 14d
18675782 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM MCDONALD, JAMES F 16d
18990703 OPERATING APPARATUS AND INPUT APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM CHATLY, AMIT 27d
18889284 SCANNING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND SCANNING SYSTEM, AND ULTRASOUND SCANNING SYSTEM CELESTINE, NYROBI I 41d
19065887 MEDICAL INPUT APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS SNYDER, ADAM J 76d

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
GE Precision Healthcare LLC 9
Caption Health 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37984
37973
26231
26241
36811
26771

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19190287 AUTOMATIC ARRIVAL TIME DETECTION ALGORITHM FOR ULTRASOUND CONTRAST EXAMINATION GE Precision Healthcare LLC VARGAS, DIXOMARA 3798 §102 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Apr 25, 2025
19065887 MEDICAL INPUT APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS GE Precision Healthcare LLC SNYDER, ADAM J 2623 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending Feb 27, 2025
19061813 METHOD FOR QUANTIFYING BREAST DENSITY AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING SYSTEM GE Precision Healthcare LLC FANG, MICHAEL YIMING 3798 §112 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2025
19044358 ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD, ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM GE Precision Healthcare LLC MALDONADO, STEVEN 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2025
18990703 OPERATING APPARATUS AND INPUT APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM, AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM GE Precision Healthcare LLC CHATLY, AMIT 2624 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 20, 2024
18889284 SCANNING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND SCANNING SYSTEM, AND ULTRASOUND SCANNING SYSTEM GE Precision Healthcare LLC CELESTINE, NYROBI I 3798 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Sep 18, 2024
18765763 MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF GE Precision Healthcare LLC VIRK, ADIL PARTAP S 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 08, 2024
18675782 ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM GE Precision Healthcare LLC MCDONALD, JAMES F 3797 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending May 28, 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 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2024
18594805 ADVANCED ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR LUNG DIAGNOSTICS Caption Health, Inc. ADU-JAMFI, WILLIAM NMN 2677 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18420004 ULTRASOUND CONTRAST AGENT INDICATOR Caption Health, Inc. CWERN, JONATHAN 3797 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jan 23, 2024

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