Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company

13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

0
Hard (0%)
13
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (77%)
§102 only3 (23%)

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
12
Mechanical / Eng
92% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 2 71.2% +24.2%
DEMIE, TIGIST S 2 74.8% +20.8%
NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC 1 52.6% +40.2%
PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 1 77.6% +12.8%
HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 1 64.8% +22.1%
EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 1 21.6% +41.3%
VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 1 79.2% +20.2%
SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 1 82.6% +20.3%
KADING, JOSHUA A 1 77.9% +24.7%
BORSCH, NICHOLAS S 1 73.6% +10.4%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18577336 ISOLATED PRESSURE MONITORING FOR CRYOGENIC BALLOON CATHETER SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 14d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18649578 REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING AND CARE COORDINATION PLATFORM TO SUPPORT HYPERTENSION CARE OPTIMIZATION EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 83d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18685447 NEUROMODULATION CATHETER VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 30d overdue
18738238 MICROPHONE BRUIT SENSING FOR CRYOABLATION BALLOON CATHETERS FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 8d overdue
18659792 CONTROLLED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 8d overdue
18556777 CATHETER WITH ADJUSTABLE WORKING LENGTH CATHETER SHAFT DEMIE, TIGIST S 3d overdue
18577336 ISOLATED PRESSURE MONITORING FOR CRYOGENIC BALLOON CATHETER SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 14d
18264995 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING RENAL ARTERIOLAR VASOMOTION BORSCH, NICHOLAS S 14d
18695510 CATHETER SYSTEM DEMIE, TIGIST S 28d
18722446 CATHETER WITH HYPOTUBE HAVING EXCHANGE JOINT OPENING PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 33d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3794 8
3797 1
3683 1
3792 1
3993 1
3783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18861090 BALLOON CATHETER SYSTEM NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC 3797 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18722446 CATHETER WITH HYPOTUBE HAVING EXCHANGE JOINT OPENING PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18722358 POLYIMIDE LINED NITINOL CATHETER SHAFT FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18738238 MICROPHONE BRUIT SENSING FOR CRYOABLATION BALLOON CATHETERS FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2024
18659792 CONTROLLED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending May 09, 2024
18649578 REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING AND CARE COORDINATION PLATFORM TO SUPPORT HYPERTENSION CARE OPTIMIZATION EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 3683 §102 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Apr 29, 2024
18695510 CATHETER SYSTEM DEMIE, TIGIST S 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18685447 NEUROMODULATION CATHETER VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 §102 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18577336 ISOLATED PRESSURE MONITORING FOR CRYOGENIC BALLOON CATHETER SOLOMON, JOSHUA BRENDON 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 08, 2024
18556777 CATHETER WITH ADJUSTABLE WORKING LENGTH CATHETER SHAFT DEMIE, TIGIST S 3794 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Oct 23, 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 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 10, 2023
17808494 CHEMICAL NEUROMODULATION AGENT DELIVERY PRICE, NATHAN R 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2022

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