Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 3 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cardiovascular Systems Inc. has 13 pending office actions active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 13 actions are distributed among 9 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. Lindsey Rae Rivers is the busiest examiner with 3 pending actions, representing a portion of the portfolio. The concentration of 13 actions within 3 distinct art units suggests that multiple examiners are working within the same departmental groups, which may lead to consistent examination standards.
With 9 distinct examiners handling 13 pending office actions, some examiners are responsible for multiple matters. The 3 distinct art units indicate a focused technological scope, as the 13 actions are not spread across a wide variety of USPTO divisions. This concentration allows practitioners to focus on the specific standards of 3 art units even as they manage 9 different examiner relationships. The 13 pending actions benefit from this departmental focus, as the 3 art units likely share common precedents. Managing 9 examiners across 3 art units provides a concentrated regulatory environment for the portfolio.
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 (8%) |
| §103 only | 6 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3 | 59.6% | +33.2% |
| RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | 2 | 63.5% | +59.0% |
| LOUIS, RICHARD G | 1 | 74.7% | +17.2% |
| NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | 1 | 81.7% | +19.4% |
| SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 1 | 83.7% | +8.2% |
| TANNER, JOCELIN C | 1 | 72.3% | +34.7% |
| DANG, PHONG SON H | 1 | 78.0% | +24.4% |
| HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | 1 | 50.5% | +52.7% |
| DARB, HAMZA A. | 1 | 74.5% | +31.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906647 | REDUCER FOR CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA AND CRITICAL HAND ISCHEMIA | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 35d overdue |
| 19120110 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS SYSTEM WITH FORWARD FACING ELECTRODES AND FLEX CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS | NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | — |
| 19170918 | CONTROL OF IVL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — |
| 19106491 | RAPID EXCHANGE BLOOD PUMP WITH STRAIGHT GUIDEWIRE PATH THROUGH PUMP HOUSING | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | — |
| 18991526 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY ALGORITHM FOR IMPROVED BALLOON DURABILITY | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — |
| 18991527 | Intravascular Lithoplasty System With Improved Durability, Efficiency and Pressure Output Variability | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906647 | REDUCER FOR CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA AND CRITICAL HAND ISCHEMIA | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 35d overdue |
| 17938490 | ROTATIONAL DRIVE SHAFTS AND INTRAVASCULAR MEDICAL DEVICES THEREOF | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 20d |
| 18866415 | MANAGEMENT OF STORED ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN STALLED INTRAVASCULAR ROTATIONAL DRIVE SHAFTS FOR ATHERECTOMY | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 35d |
| 19129816 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES WITH THIN-WALLED BALLOONS AND SYSTEMS | LOUIS, RICHARD G | — |
| 19120110 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS SYSTEM WITH FORWARD FACING ELECTRODES AND FLEX CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS | NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | — |
| 19170918 | CONTROL OF IVL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — |
| 18991526 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY ALGORITHM FOR IMPROVED BALLOON DURABILITY | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — |
| 18991527 | Intravascular Lithoplasty System With Improved Durability, Efficiency and Pressure Output Variability | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 10 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19129816 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES WITH THIN-WALLED BALLOONS AND SYSTEMS | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19120110 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS SYSTEM WITH FORWARD FACING ELECTRODES AND FLEX CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS | NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19170918 | CONTROL OF IVL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | 3771 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19106491 | RAPID EXCHANGE BLOOD PUMP WITH STRAIGHT GUIDEWIRE PATH THROUGH PUMP HOUSING | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 18991526 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY ALGORITHM FOR IMPROVED BALLOON DURABILITY | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2024 |
| 18991527 | Intravascular Lithoplasty System With Improved Durability, Efficiency and Pressure Output Variability | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2024 |
| 18866415 | MANAGEMENT OF STORED ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN STALLED INTRAVASCULAR ROTATIONAL DRIVE SHAFTS FOR ATHERECTOMY | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18906647 | REDUCER FOR CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA AND CRITICAL HAND ISCHEMIA | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18632431 | ROTATIONAL SYSTEMS COMPRISING A POLYMER DRIVESHAFT | DANG, PHONG SON H | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18393260 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS HAVING SPARK MONITORING FEEDBACK | HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 17938490 | ROTATIONAL DRIVE SHAFTS AND INTRAVASCULAR MEDICAL DEVICES THEREOF | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 06, 2022 |
| 17809668 | GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETERS | DARB, HAMZA A. | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialCardiovascular Systems Inc. has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 9 examiners.
Cherie Michelle Poland has the most, with 3 of Cardiovascular Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
