Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Imperative Care Inc. is currently managing 14 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These cases are assigned to 12 distinct examiners across 6 distinct art units. This indicates that several examiners are likely working within the same 6 distinct art units to review the company's applications. Practitioners should look for trends within the 6 distinct art units that might affect the 14 pending office actions.
CARPENTER, WILLIAM R is the busiest examiner for the company, with 3 pending office actions. The remaining pending office actions are distributed among the other 12 distinct examiners. The use of 6 distinct art units suggests a focused but multi-faceted approach to medical device patenting. With 12 distinct examiners involved, there is a variety of individual perspectives to manage, but the shared art units provide some level of administrative commonality. Practitioners must ensure that arguments remain consistent across the 14 pending office actions while addressing the specific feedback from each examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 7 (54%) |
| §112 only | 2 (15%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 3 | 54.2% | +53.0% |
| LI, JOHN DENNY | 1 | 63.2% | +48.4% |
| ALLEN, ROBERT F | 1 | 72.9% | +62.6% |
| STEWART, ALVIN J | 1 | 82.2% | +0.8% |
| ARBLE, JESSICA R | 1 | 66.6% | +25.0% |
| STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | 1 | 74.1% | +24.4% |
| ZHANG, LEI | 1 | 13.3% | +100.0% |
| ZAMORY, JUSTIN L | 1 | 72.7% | +17.6% |
| JUNG, JAEWOOK | 1 | 83.3% | +40.0% |
| DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 1 | 62.0% | +44.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18525542 | ROBOTIC DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH USER INTERFACE | JUNG, JAEWOOK | 5d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19247721 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY MOTION DETECTION INCLUDING PROLAPSE DETECTION | LI, JOHN DENNY | — |
| 18737390 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING A NEUROVASCULAR SITE | ALLEN, ROBERT F | — |
| 18712166 | NEUROVASCULAR IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS | STEWART, ALVIN J | — |
| 18637321 | DEVICE FOR CLOT RETRIEVAL | ARBLE, JESSICA R | — |
| 18525349 | USER INTERFACE FOR CONCENTRIC INTERVENTIONAL DEVICES | ZHANG, LEI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18136047 | STERILE FIELD CLOT CAPTURE MODULE FOR USE IN THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM | DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 45d overdue |
| 18525542 | ROBOTIC DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH USER INTERFACE | JUNG, JAEWOOK | 5d |
| 19247721 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY MOTION DETECTION INCLUDING PROLAPSE DETECTION | LI, JOHN DENNY | — |
| 18737390 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING A NEUROVASCULAR SITE | ALLEN, ROBERT F | — |
| 18637321 | DEVICE FOR CLOT RETRIEVAL | ARBLE, JESSICA R | — |
| 18436882 | DEVICE FOR CLOT RETRIEVAL WITH VARYING TUBE DIAMETERS | STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | — |
| 18525107 | INNER DIAMETER REDUCING ANTI-BUCKLING DEVICE | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | — |
| 18525349 | USER INTERFACE FOR CONCENTRIC INTERVENTIONAL DEVICES | ZHANG, LEI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 5 |
| 3781 | 3 |
| 3798 | 2 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19247721 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY MOTION DETECTION INCLUDING PROLAPSE DETECTION | LI, JOHN DENNY | 3798 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 18737390 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING A NEUROVASCULAR SITE | ALLEN, ROBERT F | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18712166 | NEUROVASCULAR IMPLANTS AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS | STEWART, ALVIN J | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18637321 | DEVICE FOR CLOT RETRIEVAL | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 3781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18436882 | DEVICE FOR CLOT RETRIEVAL WITH VARYING TUBE DIAMETERS | STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE | 3700 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18525107 | INNER DIAMETER REDUCING ANTI-BUCKLING DEVICE | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18525349 | USER INTERFACE FOR CONCENTRIC INTERVENTIONAL DEVICES | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18525168 | ANTI-BUCKLING DEVICE WITH TELESCOPING TUBES | ZAMORY, JUSTIN L | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18525512 | ANTI-BUCKLING TELESCOPING SEGMENTS | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18525542 | ROBOTIC DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH USER INTERFACE | JUNG, JAEWOOK | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18136047 | STERILE FIELD CLOT CAPTURE MODULE FOR USE IN THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM | DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 3781 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18136019 | STERILE FIELD CLOT CAPTURE MODULE FOR USE IN THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 3781 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 17822933 | NEUROVASCULAR ACCESS CATHETER WITH MICROCATHETER SEGMENT | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialImperative Care Inc. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 11 examiners.
William R Carpenter has the most, with 3 of Imperative Care Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
