Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 7 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Avent Inc. has 14 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The docket involves 13 examiners across 7 art units, indicating that matters are spread among examiners while remaining within a more limited set of technical groups.
SMALE, AVERY E is the busiest identified examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel can use the shared art-unit context to look for recurring prosecution issues, while treating examiner-specific positions separately.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 5 (36%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMALE, AVERY E | 2 | 72.6% | +18.4% |
| DAVIS, AMELIE R | 1 | 65.1% | +33.2% |
| RHODES, NORA W | 1 | 54.9% | +24.8% |
| DEMIE, TIGIST S | 1 | 75.1% | +20.6% |
| MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 1 | 78.2% | +9.6% |
| HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | 1 | 64.8% | +22.3% |
| NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | 1 | 63.2% | +38.5% |
| STIGELL, THEODORE J | 1 | 78.3% | +14.8% |
| FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 1 | 73.2% | +20.5% |
| DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 1 | 76.8% | +26.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17386713 | Bridle Delivery System Having Retrieval Probe with Flexible Distal Tip | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 4d overdue |
| 19288400 | Medical Device Position Notification System | DAVIS, AMELIE R | — |
| 19028302 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC TREATMENT PARAMETERS FOR COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION | RHODES, NORA W | — |
| 19018901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID CONTRAST THERAPY | DEMIE, TIGIST S | — |
| 18854357 | TUBE SECURING DEVICE | NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | — |
| 18704751 | CIRCULATION THERAPY DEVICE WITH ADAPTIVE POWER SUPPLY-BASED CONTROL | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | — |
| 18638802 | Vented Connector for Medical Fluid Vessels | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | — |
| 18075706 | Telescopic Plunger for Minimizing Human Breast Milk Fat Loss in a Combination Collection Container and Syringe | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18322648 | Bolus Feed Delivery System | SMALE, AVERY E | 39d |
| 18322656 | Enteral Feeding System | SMALE, AVERY E | 41d |
| 19288400 | Medical Device Position Notification System | DAVIS, AMELIE R | — |
| 19028302 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC TREATMENT PARAMETERS FOR COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION | RHODES, NORA W | — |
| 19018901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID CONTRAST THERAPY | DEMIE, TIGIST S | — |
| 19007721 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING LOCATION ACCURACY OF A RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION PROCEDURE VIA FIDUCIAL MARKING | HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | — |
| 18854357 | TUBE SECURING DEVICE | NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | — |
| 18787914 | SYSTEM FOR ASEPTIC COLLECTION AND ENTERAL DELIVERY | STIGELL, THEODORE J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 6 |
| 3794 | 3 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19288400 | Medical Device Position Notification System | DAVIS, AMELIE R | 3798 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19028302 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC TREATMENT PARAMETERS FOR COOLED RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION | RHODES, NORA W | 3794 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19018901 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RAPID CONTRAST THERAPY | DEMIE, TIGIST S | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19014962 | System and Method for Muscle Stimulation and/or Impedance Measurement to Verify Proper Tube Placement | MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19007721 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING LOCATION ACCURACY OF A RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION PROCEDURE VIA FIDUCIAL MARKING | HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18854357 | TUBE SECURING DEVICE | NGUYEN, CAMTU TRAN | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18787914 | SYSTEM FOR ASEPTIC COLLECTION AND ENTERAL DELIVERY | STIGELL, THEODORE J | 3783 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18704751 | CIRCULATION THERAPY DEVICE WITH ADAPTIVE POWER SUPPLY-BASED CONTROL | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 3746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18638802 | Vented Connector for Medical Fluid Vessels | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 3783 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18322648 | Bolus Feed Delivery System | SMALE, AVERY E | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18322656 | Enteral Feeding System | SMALE, AVERY E | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18075706 | Telescopic Plunger for Minimizing Human Breast Milk Fat Loss in a Combination Collection Container and Syringe | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2022 |
| 17386713 | Bridle Delivery System Having Retrieval Probe with Flexible Distal Tip | THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2021 |
| 16527641 | Medical Device with Structured Echogenic Coating Application and Method for Preparing Same | TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialAvent Inc. has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 13 examiners.
Avery E Smale has the most, with 2 of Avent Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
