Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
81 pending office actions • 28 art units • 66 examiners • 0 of 81 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days
Biotronik SE & Co. KG manages 80 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 27 distinct art units, reflecting a scope of medical technology development. The company deals with 64 distinct examiners, which indicates a degree of variety in the individuals reviewing their patent applications. This ratio of 64 distinct examiners for 80 pending office actions means that the company must navigate many different individual examination styles.
HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 3 of the 80 pending office actions. This low concentration of actions per examiner, with 64 distinct examiners involved, suggests that the company prosecution success depends on managing many individual relationships. The 27 distinct art units involved further highlight the technical diversity of the 80 pending office actions. Coordinating the 80 pending office actions across 27 art units and 64 distinct examiners requires a strategy to handle the varying requirements of the medical device sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 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. 22 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 | 2 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 25 (31%) |
| §103 only | 20 (25%) |
| §102 only | 2 (2%) |
| §112 only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 26 (32%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 3 | 77.6% | +15.8% |
| STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 3 | 51.3% | +27.0% |
| MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 3 | 75.3% | +20.9% |
| COBANOGLU, DILEK B | 2 | 33.3% | +27.1% |
| JAHAN, ISRAT | 2 | — | — |
| SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | 2 | 54.8% | +51.6% |
| LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | 2 | 65.4% | +30.1% |
| SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 2 | 12.0% | +35.0% |
| TEJANI, ANKIT D | 2 | 81.0% | +16.9% |
| GEDEON, BRIAN T | 2 | 86.9% | +7.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18558429 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF AT LEAST TWO IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES | GEDEON, BRIAN T | 10d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17913648 | CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 79d overdue |
| 19104033 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING A PATIENT MEDICAL CONDITION WITH A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER | PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | 17d overdue |
| 18713930 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A DIAGNOSTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC CARDIAC FUNCTION WITHIN A PATIENT | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 8d overdue |
| 17921159 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ECTOPIC SIGNAL IN AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | 4d overdue |
| 18563039 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ORIENTATION OF SAME | KIM, SAMUEL CHONG | 6d |
| 18689497 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE ALLOWING SAFER DELIVERY OF ATRIAL ANTITACHYCARDIC STIMULATION | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 8d |
| 18701994 | System and Method for Analyzing Physiologic Signals | PARK, EVELYN GRACE | 15d |
| 17800767 | FEEDTHROUGH WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRODE AND MEDICAL DEVICE | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 29d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18713930 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A DIAGNOSTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC CARDIAC FUNCTION WITHIN A PATIENT | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 8d overdue |
| 18263728 | 5G Implant with Predetection and/or with a 5G Modem | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 8d overdue |
| 17921159 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ECTOPIC SIGNAL IN AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | 4d overdue |
| 17800767 | FEEDTHROUGH WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRODE AND MEDICAL DEVICE | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 29d |
| 19474449 | Peripheral artery disease step counter | COBANOGLU, DILEK B | — |
| 18877081 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEEDBACK CONTROL OF NEURAL STIMULATION | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | — |
| 18857263 | PACEMAKER AND OPERATION METHOD OF SUCH PACEMAKER | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | — |
| 18834471 | ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING A FILM-LIKE CONNECTING ELEMENT | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 19 |
| 3792 | 10 |
| 3791 | 6 |
| 3771 | 3 |
| 3774 | 3 |
| 3685 | 2 |
| 3687 | 2 |
| 3794 | 2 |
| 3783 | 2 |
| 3684 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19481490 | Improved Post-Myocardial Infarct Exercise | SHELDEN, BION A | 3685 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2025 |
| 19474449 | Peripheral artery disease step counter | COBANOGLU, DILEK B | 3687 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19092331 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING STIMULATION TO A PATIENT | JAHAN, ISRAT | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19104286 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN IMPLANTABLE LEAD AND IMPLANTABLE LEAD | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19104033 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING A PATIENT MEDICAL CONDITION WITH A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER | PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | 3685 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 18993827 | SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA MANAGEMENT AND ANTI-TACHYCARDIA PACING COORDINATION IN AN ATRIALLY-IMPLANTED LEADLESS PACEMAKER | ROBLES, EILEEN | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18879889 | ATRIAL PACING CAPTURE CONFIRMATION STRATEGY IN AN INTRA-CARDIAC LEADLESS PACEMAKER | JAHAN, ISRAT | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18879136 | FRONT-END COMMUNICATION UNIT FOR AN IMPLANT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE FRONT-END COMMUNICATION UNIT | CHO, UN C | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18877081 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEEDBACK CONTROL OF NEURAL STIMULATION | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18979243 | CONTROL HANDLE WITH A LOCKING MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING FUNCTIONS OF A DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTING A MEDICAL DEVICE | OU, JING RUI | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18979302 | CONTROL HANDLE WITH A SLIDER MECHANISM FOR CONTROLLING FUNCTIONS OF A DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTING A MEDICAL DEVICE | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18864606 | EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AN ESTIMATE OF A PLACEMENT OF IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE POLES | SHAH, JAY B | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18857263 | PACEMAKER AND OPERATION METHOD OF SUCH PACEMAKER | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18837793 | NON-TRANSVENOUS ICD SYSTEM WITH AT LEAST THREE SENSING ELECTRODES AND SELECTABLE SENSING VECTORS | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18835814 | PADDLE LEAD | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18834471 | ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING A FILM-LIKE CONNECTING ELEMENT | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18834323 | ACTIVE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ACTIVE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 3796 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18725187 | IMPLANT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING WITH AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE | RASNIC, HUNTER J | 3684 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18717703 | PRESSURE SENSOR | HANEY, JONATHAN MICHAEL | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18715439 | Medical Electrode Device Comprising at Least One Contact Element | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 3792 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18713930 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A DIAGNOSTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC CARDIAC FUNCTION WITHIN A PATIENT | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | 3796 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18712393 | STIMULATION THERAPY WITH REDUCED ENERGY | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18710896 | Implant Arrangement Enabling Virtual Programming of an Implant | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18710237 | Secure BYOD Programmer | CHOUDHURY, RAQIUL A | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18708798 | Computer Implemented Method and System for Protecting a Patient Critical Firmware Function of an Implantable Medical Device | SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN | 3796 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18702038 | Implantable Medical Device for Sensing Physiological Signals | SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY | 3792 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18701994 | System and Method for Analyzing Physiologic Signals | PARK, EVELYN GRACE | 3791 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18702014 | Implantable Medical Device for Sensing Physiological Signals | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18697924 | Computer Implemented Method for Determining a Medical Parameter, Training Method and System | PRUITT, HALEY NICOLE | 3796 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18697791 | Computer Implemented Method for Determining a Medical Parameter, Training Method and System | TEJANI, ANKIT D | 3796 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18694140 | MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM INCLUDING A PROGRAMMABLE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE SUCH AS A NEUROSTIMULATOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 3796 | §112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18691527 | System and Method for Identifying an Active Medical Implant | HULBERT, AMANDA K | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18689497 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE ALLOWING SAFER DELIVERY OF ATRIAL ANTITACHYCARDIC STIMULATION | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 3792 | §101 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18687060 | Electrode Tip for an Implantable Cardiac Electrode | KANAAN, MOHAMAD HASSAN | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18685272 | Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18681160 | Sensing System for Sensing Biological Signals Externally on a Patient | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18292113 | Braid-Supported Helical Leads for Implantable Electrode Leads | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 3792 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18572886 | Communication System and Communication Method for Wireless Data Transmission Between an Implant and an External Device | GEDEON, BRIAN T | 3796 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18572015 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE NUMBER OF STEPS USING SUCH MEDICAL DEVICE | NATNITHITHADHA, NAVIN | 3791 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18572014 | IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM FOR ALIGNMENT FEEDBACK OF A CHARGING DEVICE FOR AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3792 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18570162 | COMMUNICATION ADAPTER AND METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING DATA | BORROMEO, JUANITO C | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18563039 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ORIENTATION OF SAME | KIM, SAMUEL CHONG | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18558429 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF AT LEAST TWO IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES | GEDEON, BRIAN T | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18557123 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNING AN ITEM OF IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION TO A SIGNAL FROM A CARDIAC ELECTRODE | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3796 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18286817 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO AUTONOMOUSLY AND REMOTELY MONITOR, ANALYZE AND RESPOND TO PHYSIOLOGICAL AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE DATA FROM A MEDICAL IMPLANT | NG, JONATHAN K | 3619 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18551472 | System and Method for Transmission of Data Comprising a Remote Monitoring Server and at Least One Remote Device | KANAAN, LIZA TONY | 3683 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18550361 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR DETERMINING AN EXTREMUM OF A PERIODIC PHYSIOLOGIC SIGNAL | TEJANI, ANKIT D | 3796 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18549182 | Virtual Coach | LONG, FONYA M | 3682 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18263728 | 5G Implant with Predetection and/or with a 5G Modem | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 3796 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18261877 | An Improved Tantalum Electrode and Related Methods | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBiotronik SE & Co. KG has 81 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 28 art units and 66 examiners.
Michael T. Holtzclaw has the most, with 3 of Biotronik SE & Co. KG's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.