Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 2 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cardiovascular Systems Inc. manages a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 12 pending office actions. These actions are spread across 2 distinct art units, suggesting that while the technology is focused, the administrative review is somewhat divided. The company interacts with 8 distinct examiners, which is fewer than the total number of pending office actions, indicating some examiners are handling multiple files.
RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 3 busiest examiner pending actions. This examiner manages a significant portion of the workload compared to the other individuals involved in the 12 pending office actions. This distribution within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector requires a coordinated approach across the 2 distinct art units to manage the 8 distinct examiners effectively. Such a strategy ensures that the company addresses the specific requirements of each examiner while maintaining a cohesive narrative for its medical device innovations.
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 | 2 (15%) |
| §103 only | 7 (54%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (31%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | 4 | 64.1% | +56.9% |
| POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3 | 59.5% | +33.3% |
| LOUIS, RICHARD G | 1 | 74.7% | +17.2% |
| NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | 1 | 81.7% | +19.5% |
| TANNER, JOCELIN C | 1 | 72.2% | +34.8% |
| DANG, PHONG SON H | 1 | 78.0% | +24.6% |
| HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | 1 | 50.4% | +53.3% |
| DARB, HAMZA A. | 1 | 74.4% | +30.9% |
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 | — |
| 19171217 | CONTROL OF IVL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — |
| 19170918 | CONTROL OF IVL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — |
| 18991527 | Intravascular Lithoplasty System With Improved Durability, Efficiency and Pressure Output Variability | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
| 18991526 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY ALGORITHM FOR IMPROVED BALLOON DURABILITY | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — |
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 | — |
| 19171217 | CONTROL OF IVL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — |
| 19170918 | CONTROL OF IVL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — |
| 18991527 | Intravascular Lithoplasty System With Improved Durability, Efficiency and Pressure Output Variability | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 10 |
| 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 |
| 19171217 | CONTROL OF IVL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2025 |
| 19170918 | CONTROL OF IVL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 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 |
| 18991526 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY ALGORITHM FOR IMPROVED BALLOON DURABILITY | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | 3771 | §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 |
| 18290173 | CONTROL OF IVL SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF | RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 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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