Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Berlin Heart GmbH has 8 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio involves 7 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, indicating broad distribution across examination personnel with some matters sharing examiner or art-unit coverage. The medical-device setting makes coordinated treatment of related claim limitations especially relevant.
GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That is the largest examiner-specific assignment identified, although the broader docket remains distributed across other examiners and art units. Counsel should use a centralized claim chart and issue log, then adapt responses to each examination group while watching for recurring objections.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 2 | 60.5% | +27.8% |
| HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 1 | 53.8% | +65.9% |
| WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 1 | 54.9% | +37.8% |
| ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | 1 | 88.4% | +8.6% |
| NGUYEN, TRUC T | 1 | 87.3% | +7.3% |
| DOWNEY, JOHN R | 1 | 60.0% | +23.6% |
| TRAN, THIEN JASON | 1 | 74.7% | +18.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17780203 | BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM WITH MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED ROTOR | TRAN, THIEN JASON | 35d overdue |
| 19099536 | ROTOR AND FLUID PUMP FOR CARDIAC ASSISTANCE | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | — |
| 18878404 | SAFETY MECHANISM, SAFETY SYSTEM, VAD SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELEASING TWO UNITS COUPLED BY A CORRESPONDING SAFETY SYSTEM | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
| 18947280 | ROTARY MACHINE | ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | — |
| 18849096 | CONTROL UNIT FOR A BLOOD PUMP, PUMP SYSTEM, AND METHOD | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | — |
| 18797881 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | NGUYEN, TRUC 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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17780203 | BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM WITH MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED ROTOR | TRAN, THIEN JASON | 35d overdue |
| 18644778 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BLOOD PUMP | DOWNEY, JOHN R | 15d overdue |
| 18064559 | CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING ENERGY AND/OR DATA FROM AND/OR TO AN IMPLANTABLE BLOOD PUMP, AND VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 26d |
| 19099536 | ROTOR AND FLUID PUMP FOR CARDIAC ASSISTANCE | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | — |
| 18878404 | SAFETY MECHANISM, SAFETY SYSTEM, VAD SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELEASING TWO UNITS COUPLED BY A CORRESPONDING SAFETY SYSTEM | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
| 18849096 | CONTROL UNIT FOR A BLOOD PUMP, PUMP SYSTEM, AND METHOD | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 3 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19099536 | ROTOR AND FLUID PUMP FOR CARDIAC ASSISTANCE | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18878404 | SAFETY MECHANISM, SAFETY SYSTEM, VAD SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELEASING TWO UNITS COUPLED BY A CORRESPONDING SAFETY SYSTEM | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18947280 | ROTARY MACHINE | ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | 2837 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18849096 | CONTROL UNIT FOR A BLOOD PUMP, PUMP SYSTEM, AND METHOD | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18797881 | IMPLANTABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | NGUYEN, TRUC T | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18644778 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BLOOD PUMP | DOWNEY, JOHN R | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18064559 | CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING ENERGY AND/OR DATA FROM AND/OR TO AN IMPLANTABLE BLOOD PUMP, AND VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 3796 | §112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Dec 12, 2022 |
| 17780203 | BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM WITH MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED ROTOR | TRAN, THIEN JASON | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBerlin Heart GmbH has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 7 examiners.
Jennifer Leigh-Stewar Ghand has the most, with 2 of Berlin Heart GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
