Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Cilag GmbH International

113 pending office actions • 34 art units • 86 examiners • 0 of 113 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 330 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

113
Total Pending OAs
59
Non-Final OAs
43
Final Rejections
11
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 106 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

50
Overdue
2
Due this week
29
Due this month
16
Due in next 60 days
9
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. 106 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (50)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (29)Due ≤ 60 days (16)Due later (9)

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.

10
Hard (9%)
87
Medium (77%)
12
Easy (11%)
4
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only10 (9%)
§103 only73 (65%)
§102 only14 (12%)
§112 only12 (11%)
No statute on record4 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
4% of docket
3
Communications
3% of docket
4
Semiconductors
4% of docket
102
Mechanical / Eng
90% 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.

1,130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
226 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
396 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
9.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 9 72.0% +20.9%
WEEKS, GLORIA R 4 70.2% +12.0%
HODGE, LINDA J 4 87.1% +27.5%
MARTIN, VERONICA 3 81.6% +14.9%
FERRERO, EDUARDO R 2 62.0% +43.5%
REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 2 30.3% +34.0%
FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 2 80.1% +21.7%
FRY, PATRICK B 2 53.4% +7.3%
VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 2 79.2% +20.2%
OUYANG, BO 2 60.5% +8.3%

Quick Wins (9)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18379826 JAW CONTROL SURFACES ON A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT JAW HODGE, LINDA J 81d overdue
19227659 OVERLAPPING STAPLE PATTERN FOR SURGICAL STAPLER MARTIN, VERONICA 17d overdue
19024990 LOCKOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS MARTIN, VERONICA 15d
18781566 STAPLE CARTRIDGE WITH STATIC ANGLED ARBORS TO FORM THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) STAPLES HODGE, LINDA J 20d
18650562 SURGICAL STAPLER WITH FIRING LOCKOUT FEATURE COUPLED TO END EFFECTOR KNIFE HODGE, LINDA J 21d
18594534 CLAMP ARM OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE COUPLING STABILITY AND RELATED METHODS FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 26d
18799452 ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER TO BLADE ACOUSTIC COUPLING, CONNECTIONS, AND CONFIGURATIONS FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 28d
18627029 IN-DEVICE DISPLACEMENT SENSING HODGE, LINDA J 40d

Hard Cases (10)

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
17958244 PATIENT DATA SHARING SZUMNY, JONATHON A 141d overdue
17958235 REGION-BASED PATIENT CONSENT MANAGEMENT HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 126d overdue
17218933 CLOUD-BASED MEDICAL ANALYTICS FOR CUSTOMIZATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO A USER AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A 77d overdue
18452938 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL STOCK MANAGEMENT EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 60d overdue
17958231 CONDITIONAL PATIENT CONSENT MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 60d overdue
17156309 PREDICTION OF BLOOD PERFUSION DIFFICULTIES BASED ON BIOMARKER MONITORING ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 51d overdue
17156266 MULTI-SENSOR PROCESSING FOR SURGICAL DEVICE ENHANCEMENT SHELDEN, BION A 50d overdue
18092019 SURGICAL COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH SUPPORT FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL INTERACTION COVINGTON, AMANDA R 5d overdue

Interview Candidates (28)

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
18379811 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH JAW AND FIRING ACTUATOR LOCKOUT ARRANGEMENTS LOCATED PROXIMAL TO A JAW PIVOT LOCATION LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 98d overdue
18775458 SYSTEMS AND SUBSYSTEMS FOR FIRING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 88d overdue
18379826 JAW CONTROL SURFACES ON A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT JAW HODGE, LINDA J 81d overdue
18218495 SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENTS COMPRISING SHORTENED STAPLE CARTRIDGE NOSES FERRERO, EDUARDO R 71d overdue
19077231 SURGICAL STAPLER CARTRIDGE WITH 3D PRINTABLE FEATURES WEEKS, GLORIA R 49d overdue
19029221 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH MULTIPLE PROGRAM RESPONSES DURING A FIRING MOTION LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 43d overdue
19020822 CIRCULARITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL STAPLERS LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 36d overdue
19227659 OVERLAPPING STAPLE PATTERN FOR SURGICAL STAPLER MARTIN, VERONICA 17d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3731 28
3771 18
3794 13
3686 6
3681 5
3796 4
3685 3
3795 3
3687 3
3682 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19254341 SURGICAL STAPLER BUTTRESS WITH VARIABLE LENGTH FEATURE WEEKS, GLORIA R 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Jun 30, 2025
19232735 INTEGRAL CARTRIDGE STIFFENING FEATURES TO REDUCE CARTRIDGE DEFLECTION WEEKS, GLORIA R 3731 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 09, 2025
19227659 OVERLAPPING STAPLE PATTERN FOR SURGICAL STAPLER MARTIN, VERONICA 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2025
19220486 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TISSUE AND FOREIGN OBJECTS DURING A SURGICAL OPERATION LOPEZ, MICHELLE 3731 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending May 28, 2025
19176435 LOCALLY POWERED STAPLER ANVIL WITH CONTACT INDICATOR CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C 3731 §101 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 11, 2025
19077231 SURGICAL STAPLER CARTRIDGE WITH 3D PRINTABLE FEATURES WEEKS, GLORIA R 3731 §102 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2025
19069889 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING REINFORCED FLEXIBLE CIRCUITS WITH MULTIPLE SENSORS TO OPTIMIZE PERFORMANCE OF RADIO FREQUENCY DEVICES LABAZE, EDWYN 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2025
19031366 CANNULA ASSEMBLY KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3775 Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jan 18, 2025
19029221 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH MULTIPLE PROGRAM RESPONSES DURING A FIRING MOTION LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19027760 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH DOUBLE SPHERICAL ARTICULATION JOINTS WITH PIVOTABLE LINKS LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19029025 SURGICAL TOOL COMPRISING A FIRING BEAM WITH AN ARM MARTIN, VERONICA 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Jan 17, 2025
19024990 LOCKOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS MARTIN, VERONICA 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 16, 2025
19020822 CIRCULARITY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL STAPLERS LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jan 14, 2025
19004877 METHOD FOR ENERGY DELIVERY FOR MODULAR ENERGY SYSTEM TRAN, THAI H 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 30, 2024
18967177 SURGICAL TOOL WITH MANUAL CONTROL OF END EFFECTOR JAWS FERRERO, EDUARDO R 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Dec 03, 2024
18960094 GEOFENCING FOR SURGICAL SYSTEMS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 3686 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 26, 2024
18960006 METHODS FOR SMART SURGICAL SYSTEMS PAULSON, SHEETAL R. 3615 §102 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2024
18960032 DATA FLOW MANAGEMENT BETWEEN SURGICAL SYSTEMS TC 3600, DOCKET 3685 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 26, 2024
18960117 ADAPTATION OF DATA PIPELINES FOR SURGICAL SYSTEMS VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM 3682 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2024
18954186 METHOD FOR MULTI-SYSTEM INTERACTION NGUYEN, TRAN N 3685 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2024
18954195 VISUALIZATION OF AN INTERNAL PROCESS OF AN AUTOMATED OPERATION REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 3686 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2024
18954178 VISUALIZATION OF EFFECTS OF DEVICE MOVEMENTS IN AN OPERATING ROOM TANG, BRYANT 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 20, 2024
18923385 HYPERSPECTRAL AND FLUORESCENCE IMAGING WITH TOPOLOGY LASER SCANNING IN A LIGHT DEFICIENT ENVIRONMENT LE, PETER D 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2024
18901815 END EFFECTOR WITH TISSUE POSITION SENSOR AND RELATED METHODS GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18893059 DISPLAY ARRANGEMENTS FOR ROBOT-ASSISTED SURGICAL PLATFORMS KHAYER, SOHANA T 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2024
18883556 MOTOR-DRIVEN SURGICAL CUTTING INSTRUMENT WITH ELECTRIC ACTUATOR DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ASSEMBLY LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Sep 12, 2024
18815569 METHOD OF USING IMAGING DEVICES IN SURGERY HE, YINGCHUN 2613 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2024
18810230 SHARED SET OF OBJECT REGISTRATIONS FOR SURGICAL DEVICES USING INDEPENDENT REFERENCE PLANES LEE, HWA S 2877 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 20, 2024
18810036 ADAPTIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN SMART HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL 3681 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Aug 20, 2024
18799643 METHOD FOR OPERATING SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS TSANG, HENRY 2495 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Aug 09, 2024
18799452 ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER TO BLADE ACOUSTIC COUPLING, CONNECTIONS, AND CONFIGURATIONS FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 3771 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 09, 2024
18794469 HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING IN A LIGHT DEFICIENT ENVIRONMENT ANYIKIRE, CHIKAODILI E 2487 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Aug 05, 2024
18794170 SURGICAL HUB SPATIAL AWARENESS TO DETERMINE DEVICES IN OPERATING THEATER SHIN, ANDREW 2612 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2024
18781566 STAPLE CARTRIDGE WITH STATIC ANGLED ARBORS TO FORM THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) STAPLES HODGE, LINDA J 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jul 23, 2024
18775458 SYSTEMS AND SUBSYSTEMS FOR FIRING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 Other Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2024
18775805 TRANSECTION SUBSYSTEMS FOR ROBOTIC STAPLING AND CUTTING SYSTEMS FRY, PATRICK B 3731 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 17, 2024
18773344 ROBOTIC ARM CART AND USES THEREFOR EPPS, TODD MICHAEL 3632 §102 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jul 15, 2024
18757966 SURGICAL SYSTEM COUPLABLE WITH STAPLE CARTRIDGE AND RADIO FREQUENCY CARTRIDGE, AND METHOD OF USING SAME WEEKS, GLORIA R 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18719905 TISSUE CLOSURE DEVICE SCHERBEL, TODD J 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18664632 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH DUAL GRIP END EFFECTOR AND RELATED METHODS POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 15, 2024
18663341 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT BATTERY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CELLS HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 3794 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 14, 2024
18651971 DISTAL NODE GROUNDING FEATURES FOR ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDE HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN 3771 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending May 01, 2024
18650562 SURGICAL STAPLER WITH FIRING LOCKOUT FEATURE COUPLED TO END EFFECTOR KNIFE HODGE, LINDA J 3731 §112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18642985 SURGICAL STAPLER WITH TISSUE ENGAGEMENT FEATURES AROUND TISSUE CONTAINMENT PIN LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Apr 23, 2024
18637604 KNIFE DESIGNS FOR END EFFECTORS USED IN SURGICAL TOOLS GEIGER, RACHAEL L 3771 §103 Final Rejection 53d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18627029 IN-DEVICE DISPLACEMENT SENSING HODGE, LINDA J 3731 §102 Final Rejection 40d Pending Apr 04, 2024
18619814 METHODS OF OPERATING A ROBOTIC SURGICAL STAPLER TECCO, ANDREW M 3731 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18611511 JAW FOR CLIP APPLIER YABUT, DIANE D 3771 §112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Mar 20, 2024
18609075 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ADAPTABLE CLAMPING TIME VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 §112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18594534 CLAMP ARM OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE COUPLING STABILITY AND RELATED METHODS FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 3771 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18590168 ELECTRICAL ISOLATION OF ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT END EFFECTORS VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18398534 ELECTROSURGICAL RETURN ELECTRODE PLUG GOOD, SAMANTHA M 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2023
18525294 BLADE RETENTION SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL TOOL END EFFECTORS GANAN-SINGH, CHRISTINA MERAIAH 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18505647 COMPRESSION RETAINERS FOR STAPLE CARTRIDGES WITH IMPLANT ADJUNCTS FRY, PATRICK B 3731 §102 Final Rejection Pending Nov 09, 2023
18491498 MULTISPECTRAL FILTER ARRAYS FOR STEREOSCOPIC CAMERAS GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18379790 METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A STAPLE CARTRIDGE LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §102 Final Rejection 29d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18379811 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH JAW AND FIRING ACTUATOR LOCKOUT ARRANGEMENTS LOCATED PROXIMAL TO A JAW PIVOT LOCATION LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §112 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18379773 APPARATUS AND METHOD TO REDUCE PARASITIC LOSSES OF THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT LUAN, SCOTT 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 85d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18379826 JAW CONTROL SURFACES ON A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT JAW HODGE, LINDA J 3731 §112 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18379822 ADJUNCTS FOR USE WITH SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENTS DAVID, SHAUN L 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18379776 SURGICAL TOOL WITH RELAXED FLEX CIRCUIT ARTICULATION MILLER, SERENITY A 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18479461 SMART PACKAGING SYSTEMS WITH NONVOLATILE RESILIENT STORE EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC 3683 §101 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18461223 PROTECTION MEASURES FOR ROBOTIC ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS OUYANG, BO 3794 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2023
18454270 WOUND CLOSURE SYSTEM HAVING MEDICANT RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH 3781 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18452956 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF SURGICAL DEVICE COMPATIBILITY TIEDEMAN, JASON S 3683 §112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18452953 SPATIALLY AWARE ADAPTIVE SURGICAL SYSTEMS WILLIAMS, TERESA S 3687 §102 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18452948 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL KITS EDOUARD, PATRICIA KELLY 3681 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18452938 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL STOCK MANAGEMENT EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH 3687 §101 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18218495 SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENTS COMPRISING SHORTENED STAPLE CARTRIDGE NOSES FERRERO, EDUARDO R 3731 §112 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2023
18202531 SMART CIRCULAR STAPLERS LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending May 26, 2023
18113242 EMPTY CLIP CARTRIDGE LOCKOUT IGBOKO, CHIMA U 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2023
18111753 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SURGICAL STAPLING AND CUTTING INSTRUMENT HIBBERT, MARY C 3731 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Feb 20, 2023
18167020 INTEGRATED CABLE CONNECTOR FOR LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA 3795 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2023
18092019 SURGICAL COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH SUPPORT FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL INTERACTION COVINGTON, AMANDA R 3686 §101 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
18084260 SURGICAL EVACUATION SENSOR ARRANGEMENTS DARB, HAMZA A. 3783 §103 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2022
18077862 CLOUD-BASED MEDICAL ANALYTICS FOR CUSTOMIZATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO A USER AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A 3686 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Dec 08, 2022
18060479 VARIABLE FRAME DURATION ON A PER-FRAME BASIS WOO, JAE KYUN 3795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2022
18060492 PIXEL BINNING ON A PER-FRAME BASIS NGUYEN, CHAN T H 2638 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Nov 30, 2022
17958231 CONDITIONAL PATIENT CONSENT MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 3681 §101 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17958244 PATIENT DATA SHARING SZUMNY, JONATHON A 3686 §101 Final Rejection 141d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17957995 SURGICAL SYSTEMS WITH SYNCHRONIZED DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING CAPABILITIES LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI 3796 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17958235 REGION-BASED PATIENT CONSENT MANAGEMENT HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 3682 §101 Final Rejection 126d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17958230 METHOD FOR HEALTH DATA AND CONSENT MANAGEMENT VANDER WOUDE, KIMBERLY ELAINE 3681 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17956074 SURGICAL TOOLS WITH NESTED PULLEYS CLARK, RYAN T 3794 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17854306 ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR APPLYING NON-THERAPEUTIC RF SIGNALS BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022
17854110 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DISPOSAL OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND RELATED METHODS BUTLER, MICHAEL E 3655 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 30, 2022
17849245 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MODULAR ENERGY SYSTEM USER INTERFACE ROANE, AARON F 3792 §112 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2022
17747806 METHOD OF CONTROLLING AUTONOMOUS OPERATIONS IN A SURGICAL SYSTEM KHATTAR, RAJESH 3684 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending May 18, 2022
17747726 AUTOMATIC COMPILATION, ANNOTATION, AND DISSEMINATION OF SURGICAL DATA TO SYSTEMS TO ANTICIPATE RELATED AUTOMATED OPERATIONS JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 Other Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending May 18, 2022
17721407 APPLICATOR FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT LUBRICANT ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2022
17719599 ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH CLAMP CLOSURE SENSOR RHODES, NORA W 3794 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Apr 13, 2022
17718851 METHOD FOR DELIVERING A STAPLE IN SITU PAIRED TO THE IN SITU ENVIRONMENT LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 110d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2022
17717324 ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ROTATION AND ARTICULATION MECHANISMS OUYANG, BO 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Apr 11, 2022
17710226 SURGICAL STAPLER RELOAD SIMULATION COOK, BRIAN S 2187 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Mar 31, 2022
17679196 SURGICAL ACCESS DEVICE HAVING A VARIABLE TISSUE APPROACH ANGLE SUMMITT, LYNNSY M 3773 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 24, 2022
17552780 IMPLANTABLE SPHINCTER ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH COMPOSITE MATERIAL INTERCONNECTION ELEMENTS KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2021
17552503 IMPLANTABLE SPHINCTER ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH CONCENTRATED OR DIFFUSED BEAD-TO-BEAD MAGNETIC FIELD INTERACTIONS TRAN, JULIE THI 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 16, 2021
17543958 MOTOR CONTROL AND FEEDBACK IN POWERED SURGICAL DEVICES HO, TAN-UYEN THI 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Dec 07, 2021
17543316 DISTALLY REPLACEABLE CABLE SYSTEMS IN SURGICAL TOOLS RWEGO, KANKINDI 3771 §112 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2021
17494435 SURGICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF ONE VISUALIZATION WITH ANOTHER BROWN, KYLE MARTZ 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2021
17494379 SURGICAL DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROL OF ONE VISUALIZATION WITH ANOTHER KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 120d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2021
17493526 SURGICAL SYSTEMS WITH DEVICES FOR BOTH INTRALUMINAL AND EXTRALUMINAL ACCESS BYRD, BRIGID K 3771 §103 Final Rejection 133d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2021
17490045 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL SENSOR ELECTRONICS BROWN, KYLE MARTZ 3794 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2021
17491375 SURGICAL SEALING DEVICES FOR A NATURAL BODY ORIFICE CARTER, TARA ROSE E 3773 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 30, 2021
17468757 AUTOMATIC REMOTE CENTER OF MOTION ADJUSTMENT FOR ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED UTERINE MANIPULATOR LONG, SARAH A 3771 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2021
17468769 ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED UTERINE MANIPULATOR WITH SENSING ICET, DANIEL ALLEN 3771 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2021
17363976 METHOD OF HUB COMMUNICATION WILLIAMS, TERESA S 3687 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2021
17218933 CLOUD-BASED MEDICAL ANALYTICS FOR CUSTOMIZATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO A USER AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A 3686 §101 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2021
17156266 MULTI-SENSOR PROCESSING FOR SURGICAL DEVICE ENHANCEMENT SHELDEN, BION A 3685 §101 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2021
17156286 PRE-SURGERY AND IN-SURGERY DATA TO SUGGEST POST-SURGERY MONITORING AND SENSING REGIMES EDOUARD, PATRICIA KELLY 3681 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jan 22, 2021
17156309 PREDICTION OF BLOOD PERFUSION DIFFICULTIES BASED ON BIOMARKER MONITORING ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 3796 §101 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2021
17036629 BAILOUT MECHANISMS FOR SURGICAL TOOL BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2020
16354420 DUAL MODE CONTROLS FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID 3796 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Mar 15, 2019

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