Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Microvention Inc.

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

25 pending office actions • 6 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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 (40%)
15
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only13 (52%)
§102 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
21
Mechanical / Eng
84% of docket
2
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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 2 64.2% +57.2%
HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT 2 68.7% +17.8%
LYNCH, ROBERT A 1 80.3% +12.9%
TALBOT, BRIAN K 1 59.1% +30.9%
VASISTH, VISHAL V 1 72.3% +33.4%
RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 1 68.5% +15.9%
ANDERSON, CATHARINE L 1 65.3% +20.9%
LAUER, CHRISTINA C 1 68.6% +14.7%
SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN 1 78.4% +21.7%
GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL 1 80.5% +21.9%

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
18785138 FILAMENTARY DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL —

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
18313305 DEVICES FOR VASCULAR OCCLUSION HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT 1d overdue
18860828 DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 13d
18692118 ASPIRATION THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM 83d
19127800 DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS LYNCH, ROBERT A —
18849398 SUCTION AND ASPIRATION COLLECTION DEVICE ANDERSON, CATHARINE L —
18887772 IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT —
18436487 Releasable Delivery System RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE —
18525657 Inner Support Catheter AHMED, TASNIM M —

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
18805990 FILAMENTARY DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS LAUER, CHRISTINA C 43d overdue
18313305 DEVICES FOR VASCULAR OCCLUSION HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT 1d overdue
18860828 DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 13d
18795018 Method And Apparatus For Stent Delivery SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN 15d
19127800 DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS LYNCH, ROBERT A —
19087251 COATINGS TALBOT, BRIAN K —
19080126 DURABLE SURFACE COATINGS VASISTH, VISHAL V —
19013653 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS KHANDKER, RAIHAN R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3771 16
3781 2
3783 2
1712 1
1762 1
3774 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19127800 DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS LYNCH, ROBERT A 3771 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2025
19087251 COATINGS TALBOT, BRIAN K 1712 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19080126 DURABLE SURFACE COATINGS VASISTH, VISHAL V — §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2025
19013653 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 3771 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 08, 2025
18860828 DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH 3771 §102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Oct 28, 2024
18849398 SUCTION AND ASPIRATION COLLECTION DEVICE ANDERSON, CATHARINE L — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18887772 IMPLANT DELIVERY SYSTEM HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18805990 FILAMENTARY DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS LAUER, CHRISTINA C 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2024
18795018 Method And Apparatus For Stent Delivery SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN 3771 §102 Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 05, 2024
18785138 FILAMENTARY DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL 3771 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18648963 DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 3771 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2024
18692118 ASPIRATION THROMBECTOMY SYSTEM LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM 3781 §103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18436487 Releasable Delivery System RIVERS, LINDSEY RAE 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 08, 2024
18576356 STRETCH RESISTANT EMBOLIC COIL NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD 3771 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jan 03, 2024
18525657 Inner Support Catheter AHMED, TASNIM M 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18561684 Vascular Prosthesis With Drawn Filled Tubes EREZO, DARWIN P 3771 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18482688 POLYMERIC TREATMENT COMPOSITIONS YOON, TAE H 1762 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 06, 2023
18350641 Clot Retrieval MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2023
18338587 Stent Delivery System And Method RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER 3771 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 21, 2023
18313305 DEVICES FOR VASCULAR OCCLUSION HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
17935882 Treatment For Hydrocephalus KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 3781 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2022
17730625 FILAMENTARY DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS JAFFRI, ZEHRA 3771 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 27, 2022
17455648 FUSIFORM ANEURYSM TREATMENT MCEVOY, THOMAS M 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2021
17454770 Distal Aspiration Catheter And Method ZAMORY, JUSTIN L 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 12, 2021
16685995 Radiopaque Vascular Prosthesis PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D 3774 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2019

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