Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Cephea Valve Technologies Inc.

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§102 only1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER 1 73.3% +41.3%
RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO 1 9.1% +0.0%
CERMAK, ADAM JASON 1 71.3% +4.7%
BLASS, PARIS MARIE 1 51.9% +54.2%
MANNAN, MIKAIL A 1 68.7% +22.9%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18468946 Feature to Improve Fatigue Life and Manage Thrombus in Prosthetic Heart Valves RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO 23d

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17173842 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING RE-SHEATHING FORCES MANNAN, MIKAIL A 111d overdue
17712290 Frame Features for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Device BLASS, PARIS MARIE 10d overdue
18884228 Cardiac Valve Loading Devices and Systems RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER 42d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3774 3
3771 1
3783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18884228 Cardiac Valve Loading Devices and Systems RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER 3771 §102 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Sep 13, 2024
18468946 Feature to Improve Fatigue Life and Manage Thrombus in Prosthetic Heart Valves RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18303198 Advanced 3-Way Steering CERMAK, ADAM JASON 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Apr 19, 2023
17712290 Frame Features for Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement Device BLASS, PARIS MARIE 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2022
17173842 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING RE-SHEATHING FORCES MANNAN, MIKAIL A 3774 §103 Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Feb 11, 2021

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