Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
123 pending office actions • 28 art units • 98 examiners • 0 of 123 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 319 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cilag GmbH International has 122 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 28 distinct art units, reflecting a broad technical scope for the company's medical innovations. With 97 distinct examiners involved in these 122 cases, the company faces a high level of examiner variety, as the majority of their pending matters are being handled by different individuals.
LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 6 pending office actions. This examiner's workload represents a small portion of the 122 total pending actions, but they are the most frequent point of contact for the company. The fact that 97 distinct examiners are active across the portfolio means that the company must adapt to many different examination styles within the 28 art units.
The presence of 28 distinct art units for 122 pending office actions suggests that the company's research is multi-faceted within Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Because the work is spread among 97 distinct examiners, the prosecution team must manage a wide range of feedback and requirements. With 6 actions assigned to LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN, the remaining actions are distributed among other examiners, highlighting the need for a versatile and comprehensive legal strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 40 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. 40 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 only | 5 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (7%) |
| §103 only | 33 (27%) |
| §102 only | 8 (7%) |
| §112 only | 11 (9%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 7 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 44 (36%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 6 | 72.3% | +20.5% |
| HODGE, LINDA J | 5 | 87.5% | +27.3% |
| COLLINS, SEAN W | 4 | 74.7% | +26.7% |
| SEIF, DARIUSH | 3 | 70.5% | +6.2% |
| CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | 2 | 84.8% | +11.0% |
| WEEKS, GLORIA R | 2 | 70.4% | +12.4% |
| LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 2 | 81.9% | +11.6% |
| FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 2 | 61.9% | +43.4% |
| VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A | 2 | 79.5% | +20.1% |
| GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | 2 | 76.5% | +37.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18650562 | SURGICAL STAPLER WITH FIRING LOCKOUT FEATURE COUPLED TO END EFFECTOR KNIFE | HODGE, LINDA J | 21d |
| 19396924 | SURGICAL STAPLER WITH TOGGLING DISTAL TIP | HODGE, LINDA J | — |
| 19364453 | METHOD FOR OPERATING TIERED OPERATION MODES IN A SURGICAL SYSTEM | CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | — |
| 18810119 | PROCESSING AND DISPLAY OF TISSUE TENSION | HODGE, LINDA J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17958244 | PATIENT DATA SHARING | SZUMNY, JONATHON A | 141d overdue |
| 17958231 | CONDITIONAL PATIENT CONSENT | MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA | 60d overdue |
| 18954186 | METHOD FOR MULTI-SYSTEM INTERACTION | NGUYEN, TRAN N | 45d overdue |
| 18960117 | ADAPTATION OF DATA PIPELINES FOR SURGICAL SYSTEMS | VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM | 43d overdue |
| 18479461 | SMART PACKAGING SYSTEMS WITH NONVOLATILE RESILIENT STORE | EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC | 4d overdue |
| 18954178 | VISUALIZATION OF EFFECTS OF DEVICE MOVEMENTS IN AN OPERATING ROOM | TANG, BRYANT | 8d |
| 19031366 | CANNULA ASSEMBLY | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 9d |
| 19220486 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TISSUE AND FOREIGN OBJECTS DURING A SURGICAL OPERATION | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 12d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19027760 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH DOUBLE SPHERICAL ARTICULATION JOINTS WITH PIVOTABLE LINKS | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 2d overdue |
| 19220486 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TISSUE AND FOREIGN OBJECTS DURING A SURGICAL OPERATION | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 12d |
| 18967177 | SURGICAL TOOL WITH MANUAL CONTROL OF END EFFECTOR JAWS | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 15d |
| 18650562 | SURGICAL STAPLER WITH FIRING LOCKOUT FEATURE COUPLED TO END EFFECTOR KNIFE | HODGE, LINDA J | 21d |
| 18642985 | SURGICAL STAPLER WITH TISSUE ENGAGEMENT FEATURES AROUND TISSUE CONTAINMENT PIN | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 23d |
| 18379790 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A STAPLE CARTRIDGE | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 29d |
| 18757966 | SURGICAL SYSTEM COUPLABLE WITH STAPLE CARTRIDGE AND RADIO FREQUENCY CARTRIDGE, AND METHOD OF USING SAME | WEEKS, GLORIA R | 42d |
| 19254341 | SURGICAL STAPLER BUTTRESS WITH VARIABLE LENGTH FEATURE | WEEKS, GLORIA R | 46d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 26 |
| 3771 | 20 |
| 3794 | 15 |
| 3686 | 5 |
| 3681 | 4 |
| 3687 | 3 |
| 3795 | 3 |
| 3685 | 2 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3683 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19463301 | SURGICAL STAPLE BUTTRESS WITH INTEGRAL ADHESIVE FOR RELEASABLY ATTACHING TO A SURGICAL STAPLER | IMAM, TANZIM | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2026 |
| 19419453 | LINEAR SURGICAL STAPLER | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2025 |
| 19396924 | SURGICAL STAPLER WITH TOGGLING DISTAL TIP | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2025 |
| 19364453 | METHOD FOR OPERATING TIERED OPERATION MODES IN A SURGICAL SYSTEM | CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | 3731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2025 |
| 19347933 | STAPLE CARTRIDGE COMPRISING A SEATING CAM | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19296161 | ROBOTICALLY POWERED SURGICAL DEVICE WITH MANUALLY-ACTUATABLE REVERSING SYSTEM | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 3731 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19278347 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A SMART ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | 3731 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19254341 | SURGICAL STAPLER BUTTRESS WITH VARIABLE LENGTH FEATURE | WEEKS, GLORIA R | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19239291 | STAPLE CARTRIDGE COMPRISING A POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT | SEIF, DARIUSH | 3731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19220486 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TISSUE AND FOREIGN OBJECTS DURING A SURGICAL OPERATION | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19216185 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED INTERACTIVE SURGICAL SYSTEMS | COLLINS, SEAN W | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19211913 | SURGICAL SYSTEM WITH AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY | VO, TUNG T | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19194539 | TISSUE CUSHION ADJUNCTS FOR SURGICAL STAPLER END EFFECTOR | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19097142 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH LOCKING ARTICULATION DRIVE WHEEL | OU, JING RUI | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19095778 | USER INTERFACE FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH COMBINATION ENERGY MODALITY END-EFFECTOR | COLLINS, SEAN W | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19093403 | IMPLANTABLE ADJUNCT HAVING A FILM ATTACHMENT | SEIF, DARIUSH | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19111455 | TROCAR ASSEMBLY | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19111435 | TROCAR INCLUDING CANNULA | GEIGER, RACHAEL L | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19049408 | MONOPOLAR SHIELD CURRENT MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19034841 | COMBINATION ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING CURVED ULTRASONIC BLADE | VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19031366 | CANNULA ASSEMBLY | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jan 18, 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 |
| 19027741 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SOFT STOP | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19022795 | SURGICAL TOOL END EFFECTORS WITH ALIGNMENT ARMS | HOLTZCLAW, MICHAEL T. | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19014571 | BACKPLANE CONNECTOR ATTACHMENT MECHANISM FOR MODULAR ENERGY SYSTEM | SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18999349 | CAPACITIVE COUPLED RETURN PATH PAD WITH SEPARABLE ARRAY ELEMENTS | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18999350 | COMBINATION ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS WITH SHARED RETURN PATH | VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18975122 | SUPPLYING ELECTRICAL ENERGY TO ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18967177 | SURGICAL TOOL WITH MANUAL CONTROL OF END EFFECTOR JAWS | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18960094 | GEOFENCING FOR SURGICAL SYSTEMS | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 3686 | §101§102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18960117 | ADAPTATION OF DATA PIPELINES FOR SURGICAL SYSTEMS | VAN DUZER, ALEXIS KIM | 3682 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18960006 | METHODS FOR SMART SURGICAL SYSTEMS | PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | 3615 | §102 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18960107 | INFORMATION DISCRIMINATION FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | LIN, JASON | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18954958 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ENERGY MODULE OUTPUT | COLLINS, SEAN W | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18954186 | METHOD FOR MULTI-SYSTEM INTERACTION | NGUYEN, TRAN N | 3685 | §101§102§103Other | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18954178 | VISUALIZATION OF EFFECTS OF DEVICE MOVEMENTS IN AN OPERATING ROOM | TANG, BRYANT | 3658 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18954228 | CONFLICTING DATA STREAMS IN MULTI-SYSTEM INTERACTION | HEIN, DEVIN C | 3686 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18954214 | DISPLAY OF COMPLEX AND CONFLICTING INTERRELATED DATA STREAMS | ABOUELELA, MAY A | 3687 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18947970 | SWITCH ARRANGEMENTS FOR ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | 3771 | §102DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18931414 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH MULTI-FUNCTION BUTTON | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18923385 | HYPERSPECTRAL AND FLUORESCENCE IMAGING WITH TOPOLOGY LASER SCANNING IN A LIGHT DEFICIENT ENVIRONMENT | LE, PETER D | 2488 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18899944 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH VARIABLE CLAMPING FORCE | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18898058 | ULTRASONIC SURGICAL BLADE FOR USE WITH ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 3771 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18896011 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING TEMPERATURE IN ULTRASONIC DEVICE | SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | — | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18896233 | MULTI-LAYER ANTI-STICK COATING FOR SURGICAL TOOLS | DODDS, SCOTT | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18894378 | SURGICAL HUB AND MODULAR DEVICE RESPONSE ADJUSTMENT BASED ON SITUATIONAL AWARENESS | SURYAWANSHI, SURESH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18827563 | REUSEABLE STOWAGE COVER FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM | CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | 3792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18815569 | METHOD OF USING IMAGING DEVICES IN SURGERY | HE, YINGCHUN | 2613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18810230 | SHARED SET OF OBJECT REGISTRATIONS FOR SURGICAL DEVICES USING INDEPENDENT REFERENCE PLANES | LEE, HWA S | 2877 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18810346 | ELECTRICAL DATA-BASED ACTIVATION MODE DETERMINATION OF AN ENERGY DEVICE | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | 3794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18810119 | PROCESSING AND DISPLAY OF TISSUE TENSION | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18810036 | ADAPTIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN SMART HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS | TOMASZEWSKI, MICHAEL | 3681 | §112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18810133 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE OPERATIONAL ENVELOPES OF INDEPENDENT SURGICAL DEVICES | LOUIS, RICHARD G | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18810355 | MECHANICAL DATA-BASED ACTIVATION MODE DETERMINATION OF AN ENERGY DEVICE | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | 3794 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18807092 | METHOD OF SUTURING A TROCAR PATH INCISION | RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE | 3771 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18797387 | STEREO CHIP-ON-TIP ENDOSCOPE SUITABLE FOR AUTOCLAVE STERILIZATION | GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18794170 | SURGICAL HUB SPATIAL AWARENESS TO DETERMINE DEVICES IN OPERATING THEATER | SHIN, ANDREW | 2612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18784247 | END EFFECTOR AND METHOD OF LASER REMOVAL OF COATING FOR APPLYING ELECTRICAL ENERGY | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18784174 | SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER WITH PARALLEL CLOSURE JAWS | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | 3993 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18784285 | END EFFECTOR AND METHOD OF ARGON ETCHING COATING FOR APPLYING ELECTRICAL ENERGY | SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | 3794 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18776686 | MOTOR CONTROL OF SURGICAL STAPLER WITH PAUSING IN RESPONSE TO SPEED ERROR | AGARED, GABRIEL T | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18775682 | CLOSURE SUBSYSTEMS FOR ROBOTIC STAPLING AND CUTTING SYSTEMS | SCHERBEL, TODD J | 3771 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18774314 | SURGICAL VISUALIZATION AND MONITORING | WILLIAMS, JEFFERY A | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 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 |
| 18719903 | SUTURE NEEDLE GUIDE TUBE AND TISSUE SUTURING DEVICE TECHNICAL FIELD | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18663341 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT BATTERY COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CELLS | HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | 3794 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18651971 | DISTAL NODE GROUNDING FEATURES FOR ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDE | HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 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 |
| 18644317 | SURGICAL STAPLING END EFFECTOR COMPONENT WITH TIP HAVING VARYING BEND ANGLE | HIBBERT, MARY C | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18642985 | SURGICAL STAPLER WITH TISSUE ENGAGEMENT FEATURES AROUND TISSUE CONTAINMENT PIN | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18632403 | ESOPHAGUS SIZING INSTRUMENT | DORNA, CARRIE R | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18611511 | JAW FOR CLIP APPLIER | YABUT, DIANE D | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18594534 | CLAMP ARM OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE COUPLING STABILITY AND RELATED METHODS | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | 3771 | §102 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18431414 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USING TISSUE-ADHESIVE POROUS HEMOSTATIC PRODUCTS WITH MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL TECHNIQUES | PRAGANI, RAJAN | 1614 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18415073 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH INTEGRATED TISSUE STOP | MILLER, SERENITY A | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18541712 | IMMERSIBLE AND CORROSION RESISTANT SHAFT ASSEMBLIES | LEE, GILBERT Y | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18525294 | BLADE RETENTION SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL TOOL END EFFECTORS | GANAN-SINGH, CHRISTINA MERAIAH | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18505647 | COMPRESSION RETAINERS FOR STAPLE CARTRIDGES WITH IMPLANT ADJUNCTS | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18379776 | SURGICAL TOOL WITH RELAXED FLEX CIRCUIT ARTICULATION | MILLER, SERENITY A | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18379768 | PROPORTIONATE BALANCING OF THE FUNCTION IMPACT MAGNITUDE OF BATTERY OUTPUT TO PEAK MOTOR CURRENT | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18379790 | METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A STAPLE CARTRIDGE | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §102 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18485210 | COMPRESSIBLE SURGICAL ADJUNCTS, CARTRIDGES, AND CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING SURGICAL ADJUNCTS | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18484807 | COMPRESSIBLE SURGICAL ADJUNCTS, CARTRIDGES, AND CARTRIDGE ASSEMBLIES | SEIF, DARIUSH | 3731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18485047 | MODIFIED SURGICAL ADJUNCTS AND STAPLING ASSEMBLIES | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18479461 | SMART PACKAGING SYSTEMS WITH NONVOLATILE RESILIENT STORE | EVANS, TRISTAN ISAAC | 3683 | §101 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18452932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE HISTORY DOCUMENTATION | BORISSOV, IGOR N | 3685 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18452953 | SPATIALLY AWARE ADAPTIVE SURGICAL SYSTEMS | WILLIAMS, TERESA S | 3687 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18452928 | SURGICAL SYSTEMS WITH INTERACTIVE HANDLING AND DISPOSAL GUIDANCE | EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 3683 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18213554 | SURGICAL DISSECTORS CONFIGURED TO APPLY MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL ENERGY | OUYANG, BO | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18202604 | ADVANCED BIPOLAR SEAL QUALITY PREDICTION | COLLINS, SEAN W | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18319311 | REMOTE CENTERS AND STABILITY SYSTEMS FOR ROBOTIC MEDICAL SYSTEMS | LE, KHOA TAN | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18170238 | ASYMMETRIC DRIVE INPUT LAYOUT WITH EQUIVALENT CABLE COMPLIANCE | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | 3700 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 18167020 | INTEGRATED CABLE CONNECTOR FOR LUMINOUS EFFICIENCY | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d overdue | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 18092036 | DATA VOLUME DETERMINATION FOR SURGICAL MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONS | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | 3792 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 30, 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 |
| 18060492 | PIXEL BINNING ON A PER-FRAME BASIS | NGUYEN, CHAN T H | 2638 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
| 18070531 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH SELECTOR | DANG, ANH TIEU | 3771 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2022 |
| 17983513 | UTERINE MANIPULATOR FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2022 |
| 17959683 | METHOD OF HUB COMMUNICATION WITH SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SYSTEMS | IGBOKO, CHIMA U | 3771 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2022 |
| 17958231 | CONDITIONAL PATIENT CONSENT | MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA | 3681 | §101§112 | 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 |
| 17957923 | ADAPTING TISSUE TREATMENT MOTION PARAMETERS BASED ON SITUATIONAL PARAMETERS | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17957954 | MONITORING ONE DRIVE SYSTEM TO ADAPT THE MOTOR DRIVEN ASPECT OF A SECOND DRIVE SYSTEM | KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17854306 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR APPLYING NON-THERAPEUTIC RF SIGNALS | BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17854923 | WOUND CLOSURE SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS INCORPORATING THERAPEUTIC DEVICES | DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17854110 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING DISPOSAL OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND RELATED METHODS | BUTLER, MICHAEL E | 3655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17847343 | END EFFECTOR FOR ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH IRRIGATION | AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2022 |
| 17844638 | SCISSOR SLEEVE ASSEMBLY PROTECTION | MCEVOY, THOMAS M | 3771 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2022 |
| 17719599 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH CLAMP CLOSURE SENSOR | RHODES, NORA W | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Apr 13, 2022 |
| 17686837 | SURGICAL NETWORK, INSTRUMENT, AND CLOUD RESPONSES BASED ON VALIDATION OF RECEIVED DATASET AND AUTHENTICATION OF ITS SOURCE AND INTEGRITY | FURTADO, WINSTON RAHUL | 3687 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
| 17584829 | Methods and Devices for Providing Access into a Body Cavity | SUMMITT, LYNNSY M | 3773 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2022 |
| 17552503 | IMPLANTABLE SPHINCTER ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH CONCENTRATED OR DIFFUSED BEAD-TO-BEAD MAGNETIC FIELD INTERACTIONS | TRAN, JULIE THI | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Dec 16, 2021 |
| 17543958 | MOTOR CONTROL AND FEEDBACK IN POWERED SURGICAL DEVICES | HO, TAN-UYEN THI | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Dec 07, 2021 |
| 17528369 | SURGICAL VISUALIZATION IMAGE ENHANCEMENT | GREENE, JOSEPH L | 2443 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2021 |
| 17449770 | Instrument Control Imaging Systems for Visualization of Upcoming Surgical Procedure Steps | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2021 |
| 17491375 | SURGICAL SEALING DEVICES FOR A NATURAL BODY ORIFICE | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Sep 30, 2021 |
| 17472749 | STRUCTURED TISSUE CONTACT SURFACE FOR ENERGY-BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2021 |
| 17358281 | METHOD OF HUB COMMUNICATION, PROCESSING, DISPLAY, AND CLOUD ANALYTICS | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2021 |
| 17358270 | METHOD OF HUB COMMUNICATION, PROCESSING, DISPLAY, AND CLOUD ANALYTICS | VANDER WOUDE, KIMBERLY ELAINE | 3681 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2021 |
| 17335738 | METHOD OF MONITORING AND ANALYZING SURGICAL PROCEDURES | COVINGTON, AMANDA R | 3686 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 01, 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 |
| 17131020 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH SENSOR AND POWERED CONTROL | DELLA, JAYMI E | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2020 |
| 16354420 | DUAL MODE CONTROLS FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Mar 15, 2019 |
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