Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Maquet Cardiovascular LLC has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The portfolio is handled by 3 distinct examiners working across 3 distinct art units.
GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 2 pending office actions. This examiner handles 2 of the 4 total pending actions. The remaining actions are split among the other distinct examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | 2 | 76.5% | +37.3% |
| GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 1 | 83.0% | +12.2% |
| COX, THADDEUS B | 1 | 77.0% | +18.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18738192 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19030010 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | — |
| 18922283 | Surgical Instrument and Method | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19030010 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | — |
| 18922283 | Surgical Instrument and Method | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | — |
| 18738192 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | — |
| 18585958 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER CONTROL FOR A THERAPEUTIC TOOL | COX, THADDEUS B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 2 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19030010 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | 3794 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18922283 | Surgical Instrument and Method | GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY | 3794 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18738192 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE | GREEN, MICHELLE CHRISTINE | 3773 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18585958 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER CONTROL FOR A THERAPEUTIC TOOL | COX, THADDEUS B | 3791 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMaquet Cardiovascular LLC has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Thomas Anthony Giuliani has the most, with 2 of Maquet Cardiovascular LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
