Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Advanced Bifurcation Systems Inc. has 4 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners but only 1 distinct art unit, indicating that the portfolio is concentrated in one examination environment while examiner responsibility varies.
MENDEZ, KATHERINE H is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The repeated examiner relationship creates an opportunity to coordinate response positions and monitor how claim amendments are treated across related matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 2 | 66.8% | +33.7% |
| RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE | 1 | 65.3% | +34.2% |
| MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 1 | 70.8% | +35.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19072663 | STENT RETENTION | MCEVOY, THOMAS 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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19225051 | MULTI-STENT AND MULTI-BALLOON APPARATUS FOR TREATING BIFURCATIONS AND METHODS OF USE | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | — |
| 19203508 | MULTI-STENT AND MULTI-BALLOON APPARATUS FOR TREATING BIFURCATIONS AND METHODS OF USE | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | — |
| 19072234 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TREATING A BIFURCATION WITH A FULLY CRIMPED STENT | RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE | — |
| 19072663 | STENT RETENTION | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19225051 | MULTI-STENT AND MULTI-BALLOON APPARATUS FOR TREATING BIFURCATIONS AND METHODS OF USE | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 3771 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19203508 | MULTI-STENT AND MULTI-BALLOON APPARATUS FOR TREATING BIFURCATIONS AND METHODS OF USE | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19072234 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TREATING A BIFURCATION WITH A FULLY CRIMPED STENT | RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE | 3771 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19072663 | STENT RETENTION | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialAdvanced Bifurcation Systems Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Katherine H Mendez has the most, with 2 of Advanced Bifurcation Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
