Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
17 pending office actions • 9 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Acclarent Inc. has 16 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed across 16 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that every single pending action is being reviewed by a different examiner. The involvement of 9 distinct art units shows that the company's medical device and mechanical innovations are being examined by a wide variety of specialized groups.
The busiest examiner for the company is ANDERSON, CATHARINE L, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since there are 16 pending office actions and 16 distinct examiners, the workload is perfectly spread out, with no examiner handling more than one case. Practitioners must manage 16 separate examiner relationships across these 9 units. This broad distribution suggests a diverse range of technical subject matter within the company's active portfolio. The high volume of 16 pending office actions reflects a robust and active patenting program. Practitioners should expect to tailor their arguments to the specific preferences of each individual examiner involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 (29%) |
| §102 only | 2 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 1 | 80.5% | +16.3% |
| ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 1 | 65.3% | +20.9% |
| KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI | 1 | 73.9% | +55.8% |
| BRUCE, FAROUK A | 1 | 48.8% | +38.4% |
| LONG, SARAH A | 1 | 60.6% | +42.6% |
| EKIERT, TERESA M | 1 | 79.3% | +3.1% |
| LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD | 1 | 69.4% | +38.9% |
| GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | 1 | 72.7% | +39.9% |
| RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 1 | 72.5% | +39.5% |
| NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 1 | 64.2% | +28.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18986664 | DILATION INSTRUMENT WITH LATERALLY OFFSET GUIDE FEATURE | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 27d |
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 |
| 18594170 | PATIENT TRACKING DEVICE FOR USE WITH MEDICAL INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION SYSTEM | NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 21d |
| 18885721 | NAVIGATION ADAPTER CUFF FOR ENT INSTRUMENT | KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI | 41d |
| 18895368 | SUCTION INSTRUMENT WITH DEFORMABLE MULTI-PIECE GRIP ASSEMBLY | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — |
| 18770296 | APPARATUS FOR BENDING MALLEABLE MEMBER OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENT | EKIERT, TERESA M | — |
| 18661886 | DILATION CATHETER WITH INFLATABLE TIP FEATURE | GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | — |
| 18594188 | METHOD OF REGISTERING A PATIENT WITH MEDICAL INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION SYSTEM | HOFFA, ANGELA MARIE | — |
| 17752001 | NASAL NERVE DENERVATION INSTRUMENT WITH DENERVATION CONFIRMATION | RHODES, NORA W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18895368 | SUCTION INSTRUMENT WITH DEFORMABLE MULTI-PIECE GRIP ASSEMBLY | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — |
| 18883152 | PATIENT TRACKER SECURABLE TO BONE | BRUCE, FAROUK A | — |
| 18661886 | DILATION CATHETER WITH INFLATABLE TIP FEATURE | GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 4 |
| 3797 | 3 |
| 3773 | 2 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3795 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18986664 | DILATION INSTRUMENT WITH LATERALLY OFFSET GUIDE FEATURE | LANE, HOLLY JOANNA | 3773 | §102 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18895368 | SUCTION INSTRUMENT WITH DEFORMABLE MULTI-PIECE GRIP ASSEMBLY | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 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 |
| 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 |
| 18661886 | DILATION CATHETER WITH INFLATABLE TIP FEATURE | GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18596887 | BALLOON DILATION INSTRUMENT WITH DILATION CATHETER ACTUATOR | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18594170 | PATIENT TRACKING DEVICE FOR USE WITH MEDICAL INSTRUMENT NAVIGATION SYSTEM | NGANGA, BONIFACE N | 3797 | §102§103 | 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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