Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kardion GmbH maintains a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 7 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 7 distinct examiners. This broad distribution suggests a variety of individual examiner perspectives across the company's active filings.
The 7 pending office actions are organized within 4 distinct art units. This indicates that while the examiners are unique, the technical subject matter is spread across several administrative groups within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE is identified as the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action.
The presence of 7 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units reflects a diverse prosecution landscape. Practitioners must navigate the standards of 4 different art units while engaging with multiple examiners. OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE represents a point of contact managing 1 pending office action for the company.
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 | 3 (38%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | 1 | 16.7% | +83.3% |
| VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 1 | 92.6% | +8.4% |
| HOLMES, REX R | 1 | 80.2% | +17.9% |
| MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 1 | 15.4% | +40.0% |
| FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 1 | 78.6% | +15.5% |
| WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL | 1 | 78.8% | +19.7% |
| RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 1 | 73.4% | +33.8% |
| SAHAND, SANA | 1 | 63.4% | +23.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18942153 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A VISCOSITY OF A FLUID | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18580919 | GUIDEWIRE | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 3d overdue |
| 18694363 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A CARDIAC SUPPORT SYSTEM | HOLMES, REX R | 30d |
| 19049690 | ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A VISCOSITY OF A FLUID | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | — |
| 18461004 | MEDICAL DEVICE HOLDING AND MOUNTING SYSTEM | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | — |
| 18461385 | CARDIAC SUPPORT SYSTEM INLETS AND CONNECTING DEVICES | WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18580919 | GUIDEWIRE | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 3d overdue |
| 18694363 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A CARDIAC SUPPORT SYSTEM | HOLMES, REX R | 30d |
| 19049690 | ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A VISCOSITY OF A FLUID | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | — |
| 18461004 | MEDICAL DEVICE HOLDING AND MOUNTING SYSTEM | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | — |
| 18461385 | CARDIAC SUPPORT SYSTEM INLETS AND CONNECTING DEVICES | WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL | — |
| 18020062 | PEEL-AWAY INTRODUCER SHEATH HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE DIAMETER AND METHOD OF USE | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | — |
| 17455662 | PURGELESS MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH MAGNETIC DRIVE | SAHAND, SANA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 2 |
| 3783 | 2 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19049690 | ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING A VISCOSITY OF A FLUID | OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 18942153 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A VISCOSITY OF A FLUID | VARGAS MONTALVO, DIXOMARA | 3798 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18694363 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A CARDIAC SUPPORT SYSTEM | HOLMES, REX R | 3796 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18580919 | GUIDEWIRE | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18461004 | MEDICAL DEVICE HOLDING AND MOUNTING SYSTEM | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18461385 | CARDIAC SUPPORT SYSTEM INLETS AND CONNECTING DEVICES | WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18020062 | PEEL-AWAY INTRODUCER SHEATH HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE DIAMETER AND METHOD OF USE | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 17455662 | PURGELESS MECHANICAL CIRCULATORY SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH MAGNETIC DRIVE | SAHAND, SANA | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2021 |
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