Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Advanced Medical Balloons GmbH is currently navigating 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This volume of 5 pending office actions indicates a significant level of activity in protecting the company's mechanical and medical innovations. In the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector, managing 5 pending office actions requires a strategic approach to handle complex technical rejections and maintain portfolio momentum.
The company's applications are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. This distribution across 4 distinct examiners ensures that the portfolio is evaluated from multiple perspectives within the patent office. The presence of 4 distinct art units indicates that the underlying technology spans several specialized technical classifications, requiring the company to adapt its responses to the specific requirements of each division.
MEDWAY, SCOTT J is the busiest examiner, currently handling 2 pending office actions. Because 2 pending office actions are assigned to this examiner, their specific review patterns will have a direct impact on these cases. The 5 pending office actions in the total portfolio are more than the 2 pending office actions assigned to MEDWAY, SCOTT J, indicating a diversified workload across the patent office.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 2 | 66.6% | +23.0% |
| MARCETICH, ADAM M | 1 | 72.8% | +18.8% |
| DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 1 | 48.1% | +45.2% |
| SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 1 | 52.5% | +58.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17967242 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTERMITTENTLY TRIGGERING A REFLEX-COORDINATED DEFECATION | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 40d |
| 17636210 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR URETHRAL APPLICATION OF A LUBRICATING AND/OR LUMEN-STRAIGHTENING SUBSTANCE THROUGH A RETRACTABLE INSERTION AID | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | — |
| 17611707 | BALLOON HAVING A MULTI-LAYER WALL STRUCTURE FOR THE TISSUE-CONSERVING LOW-PRESSURE SEALING OF OPENINGS AND CAVITIES IN THE BODY OF A PATIENT, IN PARTICULAR IN THE CASE OF CYCLICALLY FLUCTUATING FILLING PRESSURE VALUES | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17967242 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTERMITTENTLY TRIGGERING A REFLEX-COORDINATED DEFECATION | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 40d |
| 17993340 | TRANS-ANAL INFLOW CATHETER FOR INTERMITTENTLY TRIGGERING A REFLEX-COORDINATED DEFECATION | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | — |
| 17921798 | CLOSED SYSTEM FOR AS FAR AS POSSIBLE ODOUR-NEUTRAL DELIVERY AND/OR DISCHARGE OF ODOUR-INTENSIVE SUBSTANCES TO/FROM THE BODY OF A PATIENT | MARCETICH, ADAM M | — |
| 17636210 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR URETHRAL APPLICATION OF A LUBRICATING AND/OR LUMEN-STRAIGHTENING SUBSTANCE THROUGH A RETRACTABLE INSERTION AID | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | — |
| 17611707 | BALLOON HAVING A MULTI-LAYER WALL STRUCTURE FOR THE TISSUE-CONSERVING LOW-PRESSURE SEALING OF OPENINGS AND CAVITIES IN THE BODY OF A PATIENT, IN PARTICULAR IN THE CASE OF CYCLICALLY FLUCTUATING FILLING PRESSURE VALUES | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 2 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17993340 | TRANS-ANAL INFLOW CATHETER FOR INTERMITTENTLY TRIGGERING A REFLEX-COORDINATED DEFECATION | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
| 17921798 | CLOSED SYSTEM FOR AS FAR AS POSSIBLE ODOUR-NEUTRAL DELIVERY AND/OR DISCHARGE OF ODOUR-INTENSIVE SUBSTANCES TO/FROM THE BODY OF A PATIENT | MARCETICH, ADAM M | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2022 |
| 17967242 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTERMITTENTLY TRIGGERING A REFLEX-COORDINATED DEFECATION | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Oct 17, 2022 |
| 17636210 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR URETHRAL APPLICATION OF A LUBRICATING AND/OR LUMEN-STRAIGHTENING SUBSTANCE THROUGH A RETRACTABLE INSERTION AID | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 3774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2022 |
| 17611707 | BALLOON HAVING A MULTI-LAYER WALL STRUCTURE FOR THE TISSUE-CONSERVING LOW-PRESSURE SEALING OF OPENINGS AND CAVITIES IN THE BODY OF A PATIENT, IN PARTICULAR IN THE CASE OF CYCLICALLY FLUCTUATING FILLING PRESSURE VALUES | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 3785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialAdvanced Medical Balloons GmbH has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Scott J Medway has the most, with 2 of Advanced Medical Balloons GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
