Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
70 pending office actions • 14 art units • 65 examiners • 0 of 70 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days
Abiomed Inc. is managing 69 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 69 actions are distributed across 14 distinct art units, showing a concentration of mechanical and medical innovation. The company works with 64 distinct examiners, which means most of the 69 actions are being reviewed by unique individuals. This distribution across 14 art units and 64 examiners requires a prosecution strategy that can adapt to many different individual examiner preferences and art unit norms. The 69 pending office actions represent a substantial volume of work.
MORALES, JON ERIC C is the busiest examiner, overseeing 2 pending office actions. This count of 2 actions is the highest for any single examiner in the portfolio. The remaining actions are handled by the other distinct examiners. With 69 pending actions spread across 64 examiners, there is very little concentration of cases. Practitioners should focus on the 2 actions under MORALES, JON ERIC C while also addressing the broader group of 64 distinct examiners. The 14 distinct art units provide the technical framework for these 69 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 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. 18 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 | 4 (6%) |
| §103 only | 16 (23%) |
| §102 only | 5 (7%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 37 (53%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORALES, JON ERIC C | 2 | 85.4% | +10.0% |
| MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 2 | 75.2% | +21.0% |
| CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | 2 | 25.0% | +0.0% |
| CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | 2 | 59.6% | +27.7% |
| SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | 2 | 58.4% | +36.7% |
| HANSEN, KENNETH J | 1 | 81.2% | +7.4% |
| RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 1 | 68.5% | +15.9% |
| ROANE, AARON F | 1 | 73.4% | +9.7% |
| GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 1 | 60.5% | +27.8% |
| DAILEY, THOMAS J | 1 | 81.0% | +14.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19314018 | BLOOD PUMP WITH IMPROVED LEAKAGE CONTROL | HANSEN, KENNETH J | — |
| 19062166 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP WITH INTAKE FILTER | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — |
| 18672187 | VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE CONTROL | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17507500 | VASCULAR ACCESS | RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE | 103d overdue |
| 18503478 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUXILIARY DISPLAY OF HEMODYNAMIC SIGNALS OR INDICATORS | JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING | 35d overdue |
| 18599457 | SURFACE MODIFICATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 32d overdue |
| 18195535 | DISTAL LIMB PERFUSION CANNULA STENT & STENT CANNULA COVER | BARIA, DINAH N | 30d overdue |
| 18621649 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING POSITIONING OF A HEART PUMP | SAHAND, SANA | 15d overdue |
| 18633843 | BLOOD PUMP | CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | 2d overdue |
| 18717826 | PUMP HOUSING FOR A BLOOD PUMP AND BLOOD PUMP | KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | 16d |
| 18196022 | CATHETER SECUREMENT DEVICE | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 28d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19264227 | VARIABLE-STIFFNESS DISTAL EXTENSION FOR A BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | — |
| 19085397 | COUNTERPULSATION DEVICE DRIVER APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | — |
| 19062166 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP WITH INTAKE FILTER | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — |
| 19058874 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE FRAME RATE FROM MEDICAL DEVICE CONTROLLER | DAILEY, THOMAS J | — |
| 19053650 | DUAL LUMEN SHEATH FOR ARTERIAL ACCESS | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — |
| 18931258 | BLOOD PUMP WITH SURFACE MODIFICATION | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | — |
| 18917215 | INTRACARDIAC BLOOD PUMP WITH CAPACITIVE SENSING LOCATION DETECTION | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | — |
| 18889488 | GUIDEWIRE ACCESS SLEEVE | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 11 |
| 3792 | 11 |
| 3783 | 8 |
| 3771 | 7 |
| 3774 | 3 |
| 3700 | 2 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19314018 | BLOOD PUMP WITH IMPROVED LEAKAGE CONTROL | HANSEN, KENNETH J | 3746 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19264227 | VARIABLE-STIFFNESS DISTAL EXTENSION FOR A BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 3771 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19170571 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING LEAKS FROM A CATHETER | ROANE, AARON F | — | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19085397 | COUNTERPULSATION DEVICE DRIVER APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 3796 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19062166 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP WITH INTAKE FILTER | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 3792 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19058874 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE FRAME RATE FROM MEDICAL DEVICE CONTROLLER | DAILEY, THOMAS J | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19053650 | DUAL LUMEN SHEATH FOR ARTERIAL ACCESS | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19050595 | BLOOD PUMP HOUSING COMPONENT | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19037108 | CATHETERS WITH IMPROVED TORQUE TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES | CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2025 |
| 19037101 | STEERABLE CATHETER ASSEMBLIES | GEDEON, BRIAN T | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2025 |
| 19037103 | GRIPPING DEVICES FOR CATHETER ASSEMBLIES | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2025 |
| 19036913 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING ESCALATION FOR A MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT DEVICE | TIEDEMAN, JASON S | 3683 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19001895 | BLOOD PUMP WITH SENSORS | HUSSAINI, ATTIYA SAYYADA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18952312 | DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR NON-CONTIGUOUS MEDICAL DEVICE OPERATIONAL DATA | LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G | 3682 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18935922 | LOADING GUIDE LUMEN | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18931258 | BLOOD PUMP WITH SURFACE MODIFICATION | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18922668 | CONTROLLER FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE | KANAAN, MOHAMAD HASSAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18923012 | MULTI-LUMEN CATHETER | LONG, SARAH A | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18922641 | MULTI-LUMEN CATHETER WITH OCCLUSION ELEMENT | NGUYEN, VI X | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18917215 | INTRACARDIAC BLOOD PUMP WITH CAPACITIVE SENSING LOCATION DETECTION | CHRISTIANSON, SKYLAR LINDSEY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18912736 | HEART PUMP ASSEMBLY WITH A PUMP HOUSING CONFIGURED TO REDUCE HEMOLYSIS | HUH, VYNN V | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18912769 | DISTAL EXTENSION FOR BLOOD PUMP SYSTEMS | PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18891386 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED SURGICAL OR GRAFT ACCESS | LUKJAN, SEBASTIAN X | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18890928 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING AN OXYGENATED FLUID | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18889488 | GUIDEWIRE ACCESS SLEEVE | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18812211 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING DECOUPLING DURING NON-CARDIAC MEDICAL PROCEDURES | GANESAN, SUBA | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18807096 | PURGE-FREE MINIATURE ROTARY PUMP | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18802064 | BLOOD FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | PORTILLO, JAIRO H | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18789861 | ACCESS DEVICE WITH DUAL ENTRY PORTS | RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18758056 | CARDIORENAL SYNDROME (CRS) THERAPY SYSTEMS AND METHODS | JOHNSON, NICOLE F | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18658248 | BIORESORBABLE DEVICE | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18651905 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING KIDNEY FUNCTION | KISH, JAMES M | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18633843 | BLOOD PUMP | CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18621649 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING POSITIONING OF A HEART PUMP | SAHAND, SANA | 3796 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18599457 | SURFACE MODIFICATION OF MEDICAL DEVICES | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 3796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18438331 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING ANTEGRADE SHEATHS | WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY | 3783 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18503478 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUXILIARY DISPLAY OF HEMODYNAMIC SIGNALS OR INDICATORS | JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18370170 | PEEL-AWAY SHEATH ASSEMBLY | KOCH, GEORGE R | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18224644 | METHOD TO LAMINATE ePTFE TO A NITINOL BRAID WITH A SMOOTH OUTER DIAMETER | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | 146d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18223628 | MEDICAL DEVICE SUPPORT DEVICES | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | 3783 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18196022 | CATHETER SECUREMENT DEVICE | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18195617 | EXPANDABLE SHEATH AND LINER THEREFOR | LANGE, ERIC A | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18195405 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING LIMB ISCHEMIA | DANG, ANH TIEU | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18195535 | DISTAL LIMB PERFUSION CANNULA STENT & STENT CANNULA COVER | BARIA, DINAH N | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18195695 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REDUCING LIMB ISCHEMIA | TON, MARTIN TRUYEN | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18131918 | MEDICAL DEVICE SUPPORT DEVICES | STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | 3700 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
| 18093850 | MONITORING PATCH | BROUGHTON, SHAWN CURTIS | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 18094067 | ACCESS DEVICE HUB | GRASMEDER, SARAH DYMPNA | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 18073067 | SMART MACHINES AND MACHINE LEARNING FOR HEMODYNAMIC SUPPORT DEVICES | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 3796 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2022 |
| 18071765 | VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM | WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
| 17993076 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CANNULA FIBER LUMEN STRAIN RELIEF | HOLMES, REX R | 3700 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
| 17974131 | EXPANDABLE INTRODUCER SHEATH FOR MEDICAL DEVICE | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 3774 | §102 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Oct 26, 2022 |
| 17852201 | CANNULA SYSTEM | BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2022 |
| 17719768 | INTRACARDIAC DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2022 |
| 17034308 | COLLAPSIBLE CATHETER | VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2020 |
| 18989201 | BLOOD PUMP | ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18976924 | BLOOD PUMP MOTOR | GUGGER, SEAN A | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18862027 | GUIDE WIRE | BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18832291 | BLOOD PUMP | MOSS, JAMES R | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18730129 | BLOOD PUMP | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18729102 | BLOOD PUMP | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18717826 | PUMP HOUSING FOR A BLOOD PUMP AND BLOOD PUMP | KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18672187 | VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE CONTROL | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18639133 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP WITH CERAMIC INNER SLEEVE | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 3792 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18610361 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP COMPRISING CORROSION RESISTANT PERMANENT MAGNET | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 3792 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18381233 | BLOOD PUMP WITH MODIFIED LINER | LEE, BRYAN MCALLISTER | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 17912136 | BLOOD PUMP | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2022 |
| 17795284 | BLOOD PUMP PLACEMENT AND INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2022 |
| 17617219 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A CATHETER BEFORE USE | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2021 |
| 17507500 | VASCULAR ACCESS | RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 103d overdue | Pending | Oct 21, 2021 |
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