Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 8 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Medtronic Ireland Manufacturing Unlimited Company is currently managing 14 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 7 distinct art units, showing a variety of technical focuses within the medical device field. The portfolio involves 14 distinct examiners, which means every pending action is being reviewed by a different person. This ratio of 14 pending office actions to 14 distinct examiners suggests a diversified examination process.
The busiest examiner, BRUTUS, JOEL F, is handling 1 pending office action. Because there are 14 pending office actions and 14 distinct examiners, no single examiner has a larger share of the workload than any other. This distribution across 7 distinct art units suggests that while the technical areas are somewhat concentrated, the individual examiner perspectives the company must address are varied. Managing 14 distinct examiners requires the company to adapt its arguments to 14 different individual styles within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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.
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.
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 | 3 (19%) |
| §103 only | 8 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (19%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRUTUS, JOEL F | 1 | 72.8% | +17.7% |
| NASSER, ROBERT L | 1 | 72.9% | +11.2% |
| CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | 1 | 64.5% | +28.0% |
| ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 1 | 76.5% | +15.8% |
| OUYANG, BO | 1 | 60.6% | +8.8% |
| COLLINS, SEAN W | 1 | 74.7% | +26.7% |
| FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 1 | 73.0% | +20.4% |
| VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A | 1 | 79.5% | +20.1% |
| EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 22.8% | +36.9% |
| STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 1 | 51.3% | +27.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 |
| 19471252 | FOCUSED ULTRASOUND STIMULATION FOR RENAL DENERVATION | BRUTUS, JOEL F | — |
| 19109478 | IDENTIFYING SUITABLE CANDIDATES FOR DENERVATION THERAPY | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | — |
| 18582754 | SELECTION OF DENERVATION THERAPY | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | — |
| 18577342 | CRYOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT DEVICES | STOKLOSA, JOSEPH A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 |
| 19471252 | FOCUSED ULTRASOUND STIMULATION FOR RENAL DENERVATION | BRUTUS, JOEL F | — |
| 19129470 | CRYOABLATION CATHETER WITH VARYING CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE | NASSER, ROBERT L | — |
| 19109478 | IDENTIFYING SUITABLE CANDIDATES FOR DENERVATION THERAPY | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | — |
| 19029521 | CATHETER APPARATUSES HAVING MULTI-ELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
| 18806111 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING NEUROMODULATION THERAPY VIA HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSES | COLLINS, SEAN W | — |
| 18669595 | AMPLITUDE MODULATION TO ASSESS CATHETER ENVIRONMENT | VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 7 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3992 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19471252 | FOCUSED ULTRASOUND STIMULATION FOR RENAL DENERVATION | BRUTUS, JOEL F | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2025 |
| 19129470 | CRYOABLATION CATHETER WITH VARYING CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE | NASSER, ROBERT L | 3992 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19109478 | IDENTIFYING SUITABLE CANDIDATES FOR DENERVATION THERAPY | CERIONI, DANIEL LEE | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19029521 | CATHETER APPARATUSES HAVING MULTI-ELECTRODE ARRAYS FOR RENAL NEUROMODULATION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18841996 | NEUROMODULATION CATHETER | OUYANG, BO | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18806111 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING NEUROMODULATION THERAPY VIA HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSES | COLLINS, SEAN W | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18738238 | MICROPHONE BRUIT SENSING FOR CRYOABLATION BALLOON CATHETERS | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Jun 10, 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 |
| 18582754 | SELECTION OF DENERVATION THERAPY | STEINBERG, AMANDA L | 3792 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18577342 | CRYOTHERAPEUTIC TREATMENT DEVICES | STOKLOSA, JOSEPH A | 3794 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 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 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18333274 | INTEGRATED CHECK VALVE FOR HEATING ELEMENT COOLING IN OCCLUSIVE DENERVATION CATHETERS | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 17820728 | MIMICKING PHYSIOLOGIC CONDITIONS DURING ORGAN OR TISSUE PERFUSION | MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A | 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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