Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Endologix LLC has 6 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Each matter is assigned to a distinct examiner, while the portfolio is distributed across 2 distinct art units. The data therefore shows examiner-level dispersion with technical concentration.
SEVERSON, RYAN J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should coordinate positions across the two art units but avoid assuming uniform examiner treatment. Centralized review of claim scope and supporting disclosure, combined with individualized response preparation, is appropriate for the six matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEVERSON, RYAN J | 1 | 83.1% | +13.4% |
| GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J | 1 | 85.1% | +8.7% |
| IGBOKO, CHIMA U | 1 | 78.7% | +39.3% |
| WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 1 | 49.8% | +26.2% |
| BARIA, DINAH N | 1 | 72.9% | +28.5% |
| LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | 1 | 65.6% | +34.1% |
| ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | 1 | 66.8% | +57.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18610862 | CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME | GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17284987 | BIFURCATED STENT GRAFTS, STENTS, AND METHODS | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 72d overdue |
| 19031199 | CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME | SEVERSON, RYAN J | — |
| 17279000 | STENT GRAFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH CUFF AND LIMB | BARIA, DINAH N | — |
| 17201995 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLACEMENT OF A GRAFT OR GRAFT SYSTEM | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | — |
| 17274754 | STENT GRAFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INFLATABLE FILL STRUCTURE AND FILLABLE CUFF | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17284987 | BIFURCATED STENT GRAFTS, STENTS, AND METHODS | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 72d overdue |
| 19031199 | CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME | SEVERSON, RYAN J | — |
| 18410989 | INTRAVASCULAR GUIDEWIRE FILTER SYSTEM FOR PULMONARY EMBOLISM PROTECTION AND EMBOLISM REMOVAL OR MACERATION | IGBOKO, CHIMA U | — |
| 17279000 | STENT GRAFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH CUFF AND LIMB | BARIA, DINAH N | — |
| 17201995 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLACEMENT OF A GRAFT OR GRAFT SYSTEM | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | — |
| 17274754 | STENT GRAFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INFLATABLE FILL STRUCTURE AND FILLABLE CUFF | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 4 |
| 3771 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19031199 | CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME | SEVERSON, RYAN J | 3771 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18610862 | CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USING SAME | GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J | 3774 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18410989 | INTRAVASCULAR GUIDEWIRE FILTER SYSTEM FOR PULMONARY EMBOLISM PROTECTION AND EMBOLISM REMOVAL OR MACERATION | IGBOKO, CHIMA U | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 17284987 | BIFURCATED STENT GRAFTS, STENTS, AND METHODS | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | Apr 13, 2021 |
| 17279000 | STENT GRAFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH CUFF AND LIMB | BARIA, DINAH N | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2021 |
| 17201995 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PLACEMENT OF A GRAFT OR GRAFT SYSTEM | LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN | 3774 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2021 |
| 17274754 | STENT GRAFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH INFLATABLE FILL STRUCTURE AND FILLABLE CUFF | ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2021 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialEndologix LLC has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 7 examiners.
Ryan J Severson has the most, with 1 of Endologix LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
