Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Biotronik SE & Co. KG

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

79 pending office actions • 27 art units • 63 examiners • 0 of 79 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

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.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

79
Total Pending OAs
37
Non-Final OAs
39
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

51
Hard (65%)
25
Medium (32%)
3
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (3%)
§101 + other26 (33%)
§103 only20 (25%)
§102 only2 (3%)
§112 only3 (4%)
Double-patenting + other3 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)23 (29%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

9
Life Sciences
11% of docket
2
Information Tech
3% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
1% of docket
54
Mechanical / Eng
68% of docket
13
Business / Other
16% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

790 h
Manual time on pending OAs
158 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
276 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. 3 77.6% +16.0%
STEINBERG, AMANDA L 3 51.3% +27.0%
MARLEN, TAMMIE K 3 75.2% +21.0%
COBANOGLU, DILEK B 2 33.3% +27.0%
JAHAN, ISRAT 2 — —
SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY 2 16.7% +16.3%
LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 2 65.4% +30.1%
SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN 2 8.3% +40.0%
TEJANI, ANKIT D 2 81.0% +16.9%
SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 2 58.1% +58.1%

Hard Cases (51)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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
18715213 Smart ICM ECG Filtering MARSH, OWEN LEWIS 8d
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

Interview Candidates (21)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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 —
18857263 PACEMAKER AND OPERATION METHOD OF SUCH PACEMAKER HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. —
18856928 PACEMAKER AND OPERATION METHOD OF SUCH PACEMAKER SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY —
18834471 ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING A FILM-LIKE CONNECTING ELEMENT LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3796 20
3792 11
3791 4
3771 3
3774 3
3687 2
3794 2
3783 2
3685 1
3684 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
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
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
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
18856928 PACEMAKER AND OPERATION METHOD OF SUCH PACEMAKER SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 15, 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
18715213 Smart ICM ECG Filtering MARSH, OWEN LEWIS 3796 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 8d 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
18710237 Secure BYOD Programmer CHOUDHURY, RAQIUL A 2444 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 15, 2024
18709851 Implantable Therapy System for an Antibradycardia and Antitachycardia Stimulation SAHAND, SANA 3796 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending May 14, 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
18702014 Implantable Medical Device for Sensing Physiological Signals LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 3794 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 17, 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
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
18683002 METHOD TO CHECK A MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 3792 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 12, 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
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 WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 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
18032685 LEAD ANCHOR FOR A NEUROMODULATION LEAD TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Apr 19, 2023
18014816 Implantable medical device operative in the presence of an MRI device LEVICKY, WILLIAM J 3796 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 06, 2023
17999731 System for Generating an Alert for a Systemic Infection LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 3796 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 23, 2022
17926298 Active Implantable Medical Device Capable of Distinguishing Between a Local Infection and a Systemic Infection PATEL, NIKETA I 3700 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17921159 METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ECTOPIC SIGNAL IN AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAM SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 3792 §101§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022
17913648 CARDIAC RHYTHM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2022
17800767 FEEDTHROUGH WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRODE AND MEDICAL DEVICE SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN 3796 §103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Aug 18, 2022
17789582 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IMPLANTABLE ELECTRODE DEVICE MCNALLY, DANIEL 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2022
17774010 CATHETER TUBE FOR A STEERABLE CATHETER, AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE BY MEANS OF A STEERABLE CATHETER NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending May 03, 2022
17763904 MEDICAL ELECTRODE DEVICE FOR IMPLANTATION INTO A PATIENT PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 25, 2022
17357481 Medical System Comprising an Active Implantable Medical Device and Method for Operation of the Same BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN 3791 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 24, 2021
18861924 HYDROPHILIC COATINGS FOR VASCULAR MEDICAL PRODUCTS ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18847998 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUE JACKSON III, WALTER — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18883519 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAGNESIUM ALLOY YANG, JIE 1734 §103§112DP Final Rejection — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18721814 HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED CATHETER LIKE SYSTEM FOR TREATING VASCULAR AND NON-VASCULAR DISEASES KOO, BENJAMIN K — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18714823 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL SURGICAL PROCEDURE JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 30, 2024
18714365 METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING A MEDICAL DEVICE AND/OR DRUG, SYSTEM AND TRAINING METHOD COBANOGLU, DILEK B 3687 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2024
18599350 X-RAY MARKERS FOR SCAFFOLDS, SEMIFINISHED PRODUCT, AND MEDICAL IMPLANT BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18439094 CONNECTOR FOR CATHETER AND LABEL PLATE THEREFOR ABU-DAYEH, TAGWA MOHAMMAD — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2024
18564465 IMPLANT WITH A BIODEGRADABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE COCHRAN, KARI LEE 3774 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 27, 2023
18546643 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A TUBULAR SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCT FOR A SCAFFOLD OF AN IMPLANT PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 16, 2023
18273708 Materials and Methods for Treating Viral and Other Medical Conditions SOROUSH, ALI 1614 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 21, 2023
18254934 Introducer for an interventional device, particularly a delivery catheter for TAVI, comprising an expandable sheath NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending May 30, 2023
18254312 RAPIDLY RESORBABLE INTRAVASCULAR IMPLANT HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 24, 2023
18250810 Process for the three-dimensional shaping of a tissue or tissue component FUBARA, BLESSING M 1611 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 27, 2023
18008723 A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE WITH IMPROVED SEALING MEANS WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 07, 2022
17799832 Heart valve prosthesis WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 15, 2022
17630219 CATHETER HAVING CONNECTOR WITH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR CONNECTIONS WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2022
17423669 Covered Stent For Local Drug Delivery PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 §103§112DP Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2021
16975043 PARENTERAL FORMULATION MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR 40-O-CYCLIC HYDROCARBON ESTERS AND RELATED STRUCTURES BORI, IBRAHIM D 1629 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2020

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