Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Volpe Koenig - Jnj

7 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
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
4
Due this month
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

3
Hard (43%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (43%)
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only1 (14%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VOORHEES, CATHERINE M 1 83.3% +14.4%
TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY 1 61.8% +47.5%
EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 1 70.4% +35.2%
EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 1 85.5% +14.6%
EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 1 10.0% +29.9%
WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 1 0.0% +0.0%
SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 1 84.1% +9.2%

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
17468296 SIGNAL COLOR MORPHOLOGY EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 14d
18756903 INTRACARDIAC UNIPOLAR FAR FIELD CANCELATION USING MULTIPLE ELECTRODE CATHETERS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AN ECG DEPTH AND RADIAL LENS VOORHEES, CATHERINE M 15d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17349564 VENTRICULAR FAR FIELD ESTIMATION USING AUTOENCODER SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 1d overdue
17460863 ARRHYTHMIA CLASSIFICATION FOR CARDIAC MAPPING EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 15d
17443774 USE OF MACHINE LEARNING TO IMPROVE WORKFLOW DURING MAPPING AND TREATMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 22d
17535543 CATHETER STRUCTURE EXAMINATION AND OPTIMIZATION USING MEDICAL PROCEDURE INFORMATION EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 33d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18426078 USING SIGNED DISTANCE FUNCTIONS TO VISUALIZE PULSED FIELD ABLATION (PFA) TAGS TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY 17d overdue
17468296 SIGNAL COLOR MORPHOLOGY EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 14d
18756903 INTRACARDIAC UNIPOLAR FAR FIELD CANCELATION USING MULTIPLE ELECTRODE CATHETERS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AN ECG DEPTH AND RADIAL LENS VOORHEES, CATHERINE M 15d
17460863 ARRHYTHMIA CLASSIFICATION FOR CARDIAC MAPPING EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 15d
17535543 CATHETER STRUCTURE EXAMINATION AND OPTIMIZATION USING MEDICAL PROCEDURE INFORMATION EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 33d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD. 7

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37923
37941
36871
36821
37961

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18756903 INTRACARDIAC UNIPOLAR FAR FIELD CANCELATION USING MULTIPLE ELECTRODE CATHETERS AND METHODS FOR CREATING AN ECG DEPTH AND RADIAL LENS BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD. VOORHEES, CATHERINE M 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 27, 2024
18426078 USING SIGNED DISTANCE FUNCTIONS TO VISUALIZE PULSED FIELD ABLATION (PFA) TAGS BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD. TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
17535543 CATHETER STRUCTURE EXAMINATION AND OPTIMIZATION USING MEDICAL PROCEDURE INFORMATION BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD. EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT 3792 §101 Final Rejection 33d Pending Nov 24, 2021
17468296 SIGNAL COLOR MORPHOLOGY BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD. EDWARDS, PHILIP CHARLES 3792 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 07, 2021
17460863 ARRHYTHMIA CLASSIFICATION FOR CARDIAC MAPPING BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD. EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 3687 §101 Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 30, 2021
17443774 USE OF MACHINE LEARNING TO IMPROVE WORKFLOW DURING MAPPING AND TREATMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD. WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 3682 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 27, 2021
17349564 VENTRICULAR FAR FIELD ESTIMATION USING AUTOENCODER BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL) LTD. SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 3796 §101 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2021

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