Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
20 pending office actions • 11 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Acclarent Inc. has 20 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 20 examiners across 11 art units, showing extensive examiner distribution and repeated activity within some art units.
FARDANESH, MARJAN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Since no examiner has a larger recorded concentration, counsel should emphasize centralized docket management, art-unit issue mapping, and application-specific prosecution strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (25%) |
| §102 only | 3 (15%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FARDANESH, MARJAN | 1 | 72.6% | +19.0% |
| LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 1 | 80.8% | +16.2% |
| ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 1 | 65.2% | +20.9% |
| HENDERSON, RYAN N | 1 | 63.9% | +18.7% |
| KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI | 1 | 73.1% | +60.8% |
| BRUCE, FAROUK A | 1 | 49.1% | +38.3% |
| LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 1 | 72.1% | +17.0% |
| LONG, SARAH A | 1 | 60.7% | +42.4% |
| EKIERT, TERESA M | 1 | 79.4% | +3.0% |
| LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 1 | 69.3% | +37.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18594203 | GUIDE RAIL ACTUATION ASSEMBLY FOR BALLOON DILATION INSTRUMENT | GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL | 37d overdue |
| 18594164 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT POSITION SENSOR SLEEVE WITH INTEGRAL HEATING ELEMENT | MATTSON, SEAN D | 14d |
| 18594170 | PATIENT TRACKING DEVICE FOR USE WITH MEDICAL INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION SYSTEM | NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 21d |
| 18986664 | DILATION INSTRUMENT WITH LATERALLY OFFSET GUIDE FEATURE | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 27d |
| 18885721 | NAVIGATION ADAPTER CUFF FOR ENT INSTRUMENT | KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI | 41d |
| 18895368 | SUCTION INSTRUMENT WITH DEFORMABLE MULTI-PIECE GRIP ASSEMBLY | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — |
| 18798677 | NAVIGATION ADAPTER SLEEVE FOR ENT INSTRUMENT | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | — |
| 18770296 | APPARATUS FOR BENDING MALLEABLE MEMBER OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENT | EKIERT, TERESA M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18986664 | DILATION INSTRUMENT WITH LATERALLY OFFSET GUIDE FEATURE | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 27d |
| 18735472 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING SHEATH WITH INTEGRAL POSITION SENSOR | LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 28d |
| 18885721 | NAVIGATION ADAPTER CUFF FOR ENT INSTRUMENT | KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI | 41d |
| 18798709 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT WITH INTEGRAL POSITION SENSOR AND HALL EFFECT SENSOR | LONG, SARAH A | 41d |
| 18986452 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT WITH COMPONENT MOVEMENT TRACKING AND REAL-TIME POSITION SENSING | FARDANESH, MARJAN | — |
| 18895368 | SUCTION INSTRUMENT WITH DEFORMABLE MULTI-PIECE GRIP ASSEMBLY | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — |
| 18890750 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT WITH TRANSLATING ACTUATOR TO STEER SHAFT | HENDERSON, RYAN N | — |
| 18883152 | PATIENT TRACKER SECURABLE TO BONE | BRUCE, FAROUK A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 6 |
| 3797 | 3 |
| 3773 | 2 |
| 3795 | 2 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18986452 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT WITH COMPONENT MOVEMENT TRACKING AND REAL-TIME POSITION SENSING | FARDANESH, MARJAN | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18986664 | DILATION INSTRUMENT WITH LATERALLY OFFSET GUIDE FEATURE | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 3773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18895368 | SUCTION INSTRUMENT WITH DEFORMABLE MULTI-PIECE GRIP ASSEMBLY | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 3781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18890750 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT WITH TRANSLATING ACTUATOR TO STEER SHAFT | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 3795 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18885721 | NAVIGATION ADAPTER CUFF FOR ENT INSTRUMENT | KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Sep 15, 2024 |
| 18883152 | PATIENT TRACKER SECURABLE TO BONE | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3773 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18798677 | NAVIGATION ADAPTER SLEEVE FOR ENT INSTRUMENT | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18798709 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT WITH INTEGRAL POSITION SENSOR AND HALL EFFECT SENSOR | LONG, SARAH A | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18770296 | APPARATUS FOR BENDING MALLEABLE MEMBER OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENT | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18735472 | ENDOSCOPE CLEANING SHEATH WITH INTEGRAL POSITION SENSOR | LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18596887 | BALLOON DILATION INSTRUMENT WITH DILATION CATHETER ACTUATOR | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18594164 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT POSITION SENSOR SLEEVE WITH INTEGRAL HEATING ELEMENT | MATTSON, SEAN D | 3798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18594170 | PATIENT TRACKING DEVICE FOR USE WITH MEDICAL INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION SYSTEM | NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18594203 | GUIDE RAIL ACTUATION ASSEMBLY FOR BALLOON DILATION INSTRUMENT | GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18594188 | METHOD OF REGISTERING A PATIENT WITH MEDICAL INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION SYSTEM | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18588250 | ATRAUMATIC TIP ASSEMBLY FOR GUIDEWIRE | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18382310 | METHOD FOR TREATING PATULOUS EUSTACHIAN TUBE | GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J | 3774 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18128527 | NAVIGATION SLEEVE FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENT | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 17977148 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING DISORDERS OF THE SINUSES | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | 3771 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
| 17752001 | NASAL NERVE DENERVATION INSTRUMENT WITH DENERVATION CONFIRMATION | RHODES, NORA W | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAcclarent Inc. has 20 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 11 art units and 20 examiners.
Marjan Fardanesh has the most, with 1 of Acclarent Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
