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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Karl Storz SE & Co. Kg

24 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
6
Final Rejections
18
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18856969 LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE FOR BREAKING UP CALCULI WITH AN AXIALLY MOVABLE ACCELERATION TUBE, AND METHOD FOR ACCELERATING A PROJECTILE OF A LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE IGBOKO, CHIMA U 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 15, 2024
18826695 ENDOSCOPE HAVING A RIGID OR FLEXIBLE SHAFT TUBE NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 3795 Non-Final OA Sep 06, 2024
18717501 HANDLING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HANDLING DEVICE, AND ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 3794 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2024
18658496 METHOD FOR CREATING SYNTHETIC DATA FOR AI MODEL TRAINING SONNERS, SCOTT E 2613 Non-Final OA May 08, 2024
18704888 HANDLING DEVICE FOR HANDLING MEDICAL AND/OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, AND MEDICAL SYSTEM HAVING A HANDLING DEVICE HUH, VYNN V 3792 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2024
18595736 GUIDANCE SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICES THEREOF ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T 3797 Final Rejection Mar 05, 2024
18442873 ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR VERIFYING AN IDENTITY OF A COMPONENT OF AN ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 2425 Final Rejection Feb 15, 2024
18293207 MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR AN ENDOSCOPE OR EXOSCOPE LONDON, STEPHEN FLOYD 3795 Non-Final OA Jan 29, 2024
18291640 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND STEERING MECHANISM THEREFOR TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2024
18291770 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND STEERING GEAR FOR SAME HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM 3771 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2024
18577532 DEFLECTION CONTROL MECHANISM FOR A STEERABLE FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE, STEERABLE FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE STARKEY, OLIVIA GRACE 3795 Non-Final OA Jan 08, 2024
18536554 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT KHANDPUR, JAY 3658 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2023
18535680 HOLDING DEVICE FOR A LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE, AND LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE FOR FRAGMENTING CALCULI KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D 3771 Non-Final OA Dec 11, 2023
18530931 DEVICE FOR FEEDING AND REMOVING SURGICAL MATERIAL JENNESS, NATHAN JAY 3733 Non-Final OA Dec 06, 2023
18381892 ENDOSCOPIC SYSTEM AND METHOD TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2023
18379432 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT FOR TREATING A BODY WITH A PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICE DANG, PHONG SON H 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 12, 2023
18282957 SURGICAL OR ENDOSCOPIC INSTRUMENT AND PRODUCTION THEREOF SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 3792 Final Rejection Sep 19, 2023
18258732 LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE, LITHOTRIPSY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE LYNCH, ROBERT A 3771 Non-Final OA Jun 21, 2023
18258688 ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE CAREY, MICHAEL JAMES 3795 Final Rejection Jun 21, 2023
18138328 CORRECTIVE ADJUSTMENT OF IMAGE PARAMETERS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WOO, JAE KYUN 3795 Final Rejection Apr 24, 2023
18071725 CONNECTING DEVICE FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER 3794 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2022
17566973 ELECTROMECHANICAL SURGICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING LINEARLY DRIVEN INSTRUMENT ROLL HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 3792 Non-Final OA Dec 31, 2021
16933555 ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 Non-Final OA Aug 11, 2020
16832127 BIPOLAR ELECTROSURGICAL TOOL OUYANG, BO 3794 Final Rejection Mar 27, 2020

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