Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
129 pending office actions • 19 art units • 74 examiners • 0 of 129 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 190 patents granted in the last 365 days
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. has 130 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. These actions are distributed among 74 distinct examiners and 19 distinct art units. This shows a significant volume of work and some concentration of cases among certain examiners. The 19 distinct art units indicate a focused but substantial presence in the medical device sector, with 130 pending office actions currently active.
RHODES, NORA W is the busiest examiner, managing 7 of the 130 pending office actions. While 74 distinct examiners are involved, the ratio of 130 actions to 74 examiners suggests that many examiners are handling at least two cases. The 19 distinct art units show that the company's technology is concentrated within specific technical groups at the USPTO. Practitioners should be aware of the influence of RHODES, NORA W and other examiners who may be handling multiple applications. This level of concentration can allow for more consistent prosecution strategies across related cases within the 19 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 38 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. 38 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 only | 6 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (8%) |
| §103 only | 40 (31%) |
| §102 only | 7 (5%) |
| §112 only | 5 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 53 (41%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHODES, NORA W | 7 | 54.9% | +24.8% |
| PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 7 | 56.7% | +47.8% |
| ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | 7 | 46.8% | +46.2% |
| LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 6 | 53.3% | +21.5% |
| BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | 6 | 91.0% | +7.3% |
| DELLA, JAYMI E | 6 | 68.8% | +29.9% |
| GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 6 | 45.0% | +47.1% |
| OUYANG, BO | 3 | 60.5% | +9.1% |
| HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | 3 | 64.7% | +22.5% |
| MALAMUD, DEBORAH LESLIE | 3 | 78.2% | +9.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18433795 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ABLATION WITH VARIABLE ELECTRODE SPACING AND FLUID MEDIUM | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | 16d overdue |
| 18230934 | PLANAR MULTI-ELECTRODE CATHETERS | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18071759 | CATHETER END EFFECTOR WITH RESILIENT FRAME AND FLEXIBLE INTERIOR | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 104d overdue |
| 18457122 | CATHETER SHAFT WITH MULTI-PLANE ARTICULATION AND ROTATION | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 79d overdue |
| 18747119 | ELECTRODE ATTACHMENTS FOR BASKET CATHETERS | RHODES, NORA W | 46d overdue |
| 18192361 | IRRIGATION HUB FOR AN ABLATION CATHETER | GOOD, SAMANTHA M | 44d overdue |
| 18399230 | GUIDING SHEATH SYSTEM WITH POSITION SENSING AND RELATED METHODS | ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T | 43d overdue |
| 18482815 | CATHETER INSERTION TOOL | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 43d overdue |
| 18656377 | MEDICAL PROBE END EFFECTOR WITH HINGES | BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 30d overdue |
| 18544835 | MAPPING AND ABLATION CATHETER | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | 17d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18071759 | CATHETER END EFFECTOR WITH RESILIENT FRAME AND FLEXIBLE INTERIOR | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 104d overdue |
| 18457122 | CATHETER SHAFT WITH MULTI-PLANE ARTICULATION AND ROTATION | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 79d overdue |
| 18747119 | ELECTRODE ATTACHMENTS FOR BASKET CATHETERS | RHODES, NORA W | 46d overdue |
| 18510180 | FRACTAL CYLINDRICAL CAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED TISSUE CONTACT FOR MAPPING AND ABLATION | HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | 45d overdue |
| 18482815 | CATHETER INSERTION TOOL | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 43d overdue |
| 18544835 | MAPPING AND ABLATION CATHETER | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | 17d overdue |
| 18458478 | CATHETER, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINED ABLATION MODALITIES | DELLA, JAYMI E | 9d overdue |
| 17124679 | GUI FOR HIGHLIGHTING SIGNALS PRIOR, DURING, AND POST ABLATION USING MULTI-ELECTRODE CATHETERS | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 3d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 66 |
| 3797 | 9 |
| 3796 | 7 |
| 3792 | 7 |
| 3783 | 4 |
| 3791 | 4 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 2676 | 1 |
| 2669 | 1 |
| 3795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19303778 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL AND ENHANCEMENT OF 4D ULTRASOUND IMAGES | CELESTINE, NYROBI I | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19170306 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS USING DEEP-LEARNING FOR IDENTIFYING PULMONARY VEIN ISOLATION NON-RESPONDERS | SEREBOFF, NEAL | 3683 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19097672 | PLANAR CATHETER WITH STITCHED CONDUCTIVE WIRE | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19091925 | CARDIAC MAP ADVANCED RIPPLE MODE WITH GUI | GEDEON, BRIAN T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19052586 | ORIENTED IRREVERSIBLE-ELECTROPORATION (IRE) PULSES TO COMPENSATE FOR CELL SIZE AND ORIENTATION | RHODES, NORA W | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 18997168 | INTRACARDIAC CATHETER WITH X-RAY EMITTING PROBE | VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2025 |
| 19015589 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT WITH LOCATION AND FORCE-SENSOR COILS | REMALY, MARK DONALD | 3797 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19008003 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FABRICATION CATHETER'S SPLIINE WIRE ASSEMBLY | GORADIA, SHEFALI DINESH | 2676 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19008113 | CONTROLLING CARDIAC ABLATION USING BLOOD ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 19006934 | MEDICAL PROBE INCLUDING A GENERALLY SEMI-SPHERICAL OR SEMI-CONICAL MEMBRANE | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19007352 | CURVED END EFFECTOR FOR A MEDICAL CATHETER | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 3794 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19006746 | PLANAR END EFFECTOR FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ABLATION BY PULSE FIELD ABLATION | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19005961 | MAPPING CATHETER WITH FLEX PANEL ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18990388 | SIGNAL PROCESSING OF VELOCITY STREAMS OF A SIGNAL FLOW FOR COHERENT MAPPING OF AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE | PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18974469 | CATHETER WITH ELECTRODE SPINE ASSEMBLY HAVING PREFORMED CONFIGURATIONS FOR IMPROVED TISSUE CONTACT | ANTISKAY, BRIAN MICHAEL | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18971441 | DETECTION OF SHORT-CIRCUITED ELECTRODES IN MAPPING CATHETERS | KIM, EUN HWA | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18972304 | CATHETER WITH ANGLED IRRIGATION HOLES | DEMIE, TIGIST S | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18969596 | APPARATUSES FOR CATHETER-BASED ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18960309 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCORING BONDING OF WIRES TO CATHETER ELEMENTS TO TRAIN AI-BASED OPTICAL INSPECTION MODEL | GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES | 2669 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18953519 | BASKET CATHETER AND ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES CONFIGURED FOR IMPROVED TISSUE CONTACT | GANAN-SINGH, CHRISTINA MERAIAH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18945035 | COATED END EFFECTOR ELECTRODES FOR SENSING AND ABLATION | OUYANG, BO | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18939766 | ENCAPSULATED CATHETERS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18937813 | FLEX CIRCUIT WITH LONGITUDINALLY-SPACED POSITION SENSORS FOR STEERABLE MEDICAL INSTRUMENT | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18931771 | ACCURATE POSITIONING AND SHAPE VISUALIZATION OF BALLOON CATHETER ABLATION TAGS | HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | 3794 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18917829 | CATHETER HAVING CLOSED ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH SPINES OF UNIFORM LENGTH | MINCHELLA, ADAM ZACHARY | — | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18906402 | DEFORMATION BASED PRESSURE SENSING | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18903195 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ABLATE CARDIAC TISSUE | CLARK, RYAN T | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18824488 | Biased Electrodes for Improved Tissue Contact and Current Delivery | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18822984 | PCB CABLE ASSEMBLY FOR A CATHETER | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18807162 | MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR | NGUYEN, TRUNG Q | 2858 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18804238 | 3D VIRTUAL IMAGE WITH VIRTUAL LIGHTING TO TRACK MOVEMENT OF SENSOR-EQUIPPED MEDICAL INSTRUMENT | MALDONADO, STEVEN | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18799583 | DISTAL ASSEMBLY FOR CATHETER WITH LUMENS RUNNING ALONG SPINES | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18795903 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK FOR SPINE DEPLOYMENT | COLLINS, SEAN W | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18787777 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING CARDIAC ABLATION PROCEDURES | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 3715 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18774741 | ABLATION ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES COMPRISING ENHANCED POSITION SENSING CAPABILITIES | GANAN-SINGH, CHRISTINA MERAIAH | 3794 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18771539 | FILTERING INTRACARDIAC ELECTROGRAMS IN THE PRESENCE OF PACING SPIKES | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | 3797 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18766376 | Expandable Assembly Catheter | RHODES, NORA W | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18758612 | DOUBLE-SIDED ENCAPSULATED PLANAR CATHETER WITH ENCAPSULATING POLYMER | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18748988 | ANNOTATION OF A WAVEFRONT | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 3796 | DP | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18747567 | IMPEDANCE BASED IRREVERSIBLE-ELECTROPORATION (IRE) | RHODES, NORA W | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18747119 | ELECTRODE ATTACHMENTS FOR BASKET CATHETERS | RHODES, NORA W | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18746727 | FLEXIBLE IRRIGATION TUBE FOR A MEDICAL CATHETER | GRAY, PHILLIP A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18743766 | ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MAPPING IN THE PRESENCE OF INJURY CURRENT | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 3796 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18677713 | BASKET CATHETER WITH MUSHROOM SHAPE DISTAL TIP | DELLA, JAYMI E | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18675338 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING TROUBLESHOOTING IN MEDICAL SYSTEMS | HASSAN, ALI MOHAMAD | 2653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18656377 | MEDICAL PROBE END EFFECTOR WITH HINGES | BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18652292 | EXPANDABLE BASKET ASSEMBLIES AND EXPANDABLE BASKET ASSEMBLIES WITH ELECTRODE WIRE STRAIN RELIEF | ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18641750 | END EFFECTOR HAVING ELONGATED SUPPORT MEMBER WITH CURVED ELECTRODE LANDING REGION | CLARK, RYAN T | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18630968 | MULTI-PIECE BASKET CATHETER COMPRISING HINGES | SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18584855 | MODULAR RING ELECTRODES | RHODES, NORA W | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialBiosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. has 129 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 19 art units and 74 examiners.
Nora W Rhodes has the most, with 7 of Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.