Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company

17 pending office actions • 6 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

10
Hard (59%)
6
Medium (35%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only5 (29%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (47%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
76% of docket
3
Business / Other
18% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 2 79.2% +20.5%
ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 1 76.8% +15.5%
ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M 1 45.1% +48.6%
FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 1 71.7% +21.4%
MORALES, JON ERIC C 1 85.5% +9.7%
LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 1 39.2% +13.0%
EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 1 21.8% +34.7%
FAROOQ, MAHMOOD 1 66.7% +0.0%
HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 1 64.6% +22.4%
SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL 1

Hard Cases (10)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18738238 MICROPHONE BRUIT SENSING FOR CRYOABLATION BALLOON CATHETERS FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 8d overdue
18264995 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING RENAL ARTERIOLAR VASOMOTION BORSCH, NICHOLAS S 14d
18649578 REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING AND CARE COORDINATION PLATFORM TO SUPPORT HYPERTENSION CARE OPTIMIZATION EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 83d
18720963 NEUROMODULATION CATHETER ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M
18717328 IDENTIFYING SUITABLE CANDIDATES FOR DENERVATION THERAPY MORALES, JON ERIC C
18716707 NEUROMODULATION CATHETER INCLUDING MULTIPLE HELICAL THERAPEUTIC ELEMENTS LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN
18695276 CATHETER LOCKING ASSEMBLY FAROOQ, MAHMOOD
18598108 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING NERVES OR OTHER TISSUE HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18738238 MICROPHONE BRUIT SENSING FOR CRYOABLATION BALLOON CATHETERS FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 8d overdue
18649578 REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING AND CARE COORDINATION PLATFORM TO SUPPORT HYPERTENSION CARE OPTIMIZATION EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 83d
19029521 CATHETER APPARATUSES HAVING MULTI-ELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO
18720963 NEUROMODULATION CATHETER ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M
18716707 NEUROMODULATION CATHETER INCLUDING MULTIPLE HELICAL THERAPEUTIC ELEMENTS LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN
18669595 AMPLITUDE MODULATION TO ASSESS CATHETER ENVIRONMENT VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A
18598108 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING NERVES OR OTHER TISSUE HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES
18294711 THERMAL MODULATION AND DETECTION OF PERIVASCULAR TISSUES VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3794 9
3792 2
3796 1
3683 1
3993 1
1796 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19029521 CATHETER APPARATUSES HAVING MULTI-ELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18720963 NEUROMODULATION CATHETER ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M 3794 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18738238 MICROPHONE BRUIT SENSING FOR CRYOABLATION BALLOON CATHETERS FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2024
18717328 IDENTIFYING SUITABLE CANDIDATES FOR DENERVATION THERAPY MORALES, JON ERIC C 3796 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18716707 NEUROMODULATION CATHETER INCLUDING MULTIPLE HELICAL THERAPEUTIC ELEMENTS LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 3794 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18669595 AMPLITUDE MODULATION TO ASSESS CATHETER ENVIRONMENT VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18649578 REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING AND CARE COORDINATION PLATFORM TO SUPPORT HYPERTENSION CARE OPTIMIZATION EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 3683 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Apr 29, 2024
18695276 CATHETER LOCKING ASSEMBLY FAROOQ, MAHMOOD §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18598108 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODULATING NERVES OR OTHER TISSUE HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18687213 DISTAL JACKET HOLES FOR WIRE THREADING AND ELECTRODE WELD ALIGNMENT SARCENO ROBLES, CHRISTIAN MANUEL 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18294711 THERMAL MODULATION AND DETECTION OF PERIVASCULAR TISSUES VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18573532 MANIFOLD FOR CRYOGENIC BALLOON CATHETER SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2023
18377585 INTRACARDIAC TOOLS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY OF ELECTROPORATION THERAPIES KADING, JOSHUA A 3993 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18264995 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING RENAL ARTERIOLAR VASOMOTION BORSCH, NICHOLAS S 3794 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18211070 MEASURING RENAL ARTERY DISTENSIBILITY AND/OR COMPLIANCE FROM MEDICAL IMAGES JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 3792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
17820728 MIMICKING PHYSIOLOGIC CONDITIONS DURING ORGAN OR TISSUE PERFUSION LEPAGE, JONATHAN EVERETT 1796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2022
17038336 HELICAL PUSH WIRE ELECTRODE DELLA, JAYMI E 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2020

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