Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Livanova Deutschland GmbH

6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AMIN, JWALANT B 2 79.4% +15.2%
RASSAVONG, ERIC 1 71.1% +34.9%
HAN, SETH 1 59.1% +27.1%
DAKKAK, JIHAD 1 48.5% +46.0%
MENSH, ANDREW J 1 64.0% +19.3%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18074165 EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM HAN, SETH 19d overdue
18944860 HEART LUNG MACHINE HAVING CONTROL ASSEMBLY WITH SPACE-SAVING DISPLAY FEATURES AMIN, JWALANT B
18493959 EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH BLOCKAGE DETECTION RASSAVONG, ERIC

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18074165 EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM HAN, SETH 19d overdue
17675319 SEMI-AUTOMATIC SAFETY CHECKS IN HLMS DAKKAK, JIHAD 8d
19020245 HEART LUNG MACHINE HAVING CONTROL ASSEMBLY WITH SPACE-SAVING DISPLAY FEATURES AMIN, JWALANT B
18944860 HEART LUNG MACHINE HAVING CONTROL ASSEMBLY WITH SPACE-SAVING DISPLAY FEATURES AMIN, JWALANT B
18493959 EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH BLOCKAGE DETECTION RASSAVONG, ERIC
17234585 HEART LUNG MACHINE CONNECTION SYSTEM MENSH, ANDREW J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3781 4

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19020245 HEART LUNG MACHINE HAVING CONTROL ASSEMBLY WITH SPACE-SAVING DISPLAY FEATURES AMIN, JWALANT B §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2025
18944860 HEART LUNG MACHINE HAVING CONTROL ASSEMBLY WITH SPACE-SAVING DISPLAY FEATURES AMIN, JWALANT B §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18493959 EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM WITH BLOCKAGE DETECTION RASSAVONG, ERIC 3781 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 25, 2023
18074165 EXTRACORPOREAL LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM HAN, SETH 3781 §102§103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2022
17675319 SEMI-AUTOMATIC SAFETY CHECKS IN HLMS DAKKAK, JIHAD 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Feb 18, 2022
17234585 HEART LUNG MACHINE CONNECTION SYSTEM MENSH, ANDREW J 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2021

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