Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 2 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
NEURAVI Limited maintains a portfolio with 15 pending office actions, primarily focused within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 12 distinct examiners, reflecting a broad engagement with the patent office staff. Despite the number of examiners involved, the portfolio is concentrated within 2 distinct art units, suggesting a specialized technical scope for the pending applications.
The busiest examiner for the company is SCHERBEL, TODD J, who handles 2 of the pending actions. This figure is low relative to the total 15 pending office actions, indicating that no individual examiner dominates the prosecution landscape for NEURAVI Limited. The presence of 12 distinct examiners shows that the workload is spread across many individuals. Practitioners should note that the 2 distinct art units manage all 15 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (25%) |
| §102 only | 2 (12%) |
| §112 only | 2 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHERBEL, TODD J | 2 | 76.2% | +52.3% |
| PONTON, JAMES D | 2 | 79.9% | +32.7% |
| RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM | 2 | 32.3% | +55.7% |
| BYRD, BRIGID K | 1 | 71.4% | +46.4% |
| LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 1 | 68.6% | +14.7% |
| NGO, MEAGAN N | 1 | 58.3% | +33.1% |
| HARRIS, WESLEY G | 1 | 73.3% | +22.0% |
| RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE | 1 | 65.4% | +34.5% |
| GRAY, PHILLIP A | 1 | 74.4% | +10.5% |
| DANG, ANH TIEU | 1 | 65.5% | +35.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18910218 | DELIVERY CATHETERS WITH ANTI-REFLUX OCCLUDER AND ANTI-STRETCH FEATURES | BYRD, BRIGID K | 14d |
| 18941103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ACUTE ISCHEMIC EVENTS | SCHERBEL, TODD J | — |
| 18800386 | SELF SEALING PROXIMAL MICROCATHETER AND ACCESS AID | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| 18441265 | ASPIRATION CATHETER WITH STABILIZING STRUCTURAL MEMBER MINIMIZING RISK OF DAMAGE TO AN INNER WALL OF A VESSEL DURING ASPIRATION | NGO, MEAGAN N | — |
| 18389369 | CATHETER WITH ENHANCED NAVIGABILITY TO AVOID OPHTHALMIC ARTERY | RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE | — |
| 18231299 | CATHETER WITH POLYMER TERMINATION AT TIP SECTION | GRAY, PHILLIP A | — |
| 17955930 | CATHETER WITH DISTAL BRAID TERMINATIONS | RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM | — |
| 17871173 | COLLAPSIBLE SUPER-BORE CATHETER | GEIGER, RACHAEL L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18910218 | DELIVERY CATHETERS WITH ANTI-REFLUX OCCLUDER AND ANTI-STRETCH FEATURES | BYRD, BRIGID K | 14d |
| 18941103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ACUTE ISCHEMIC EVENTS | SCHERBEL, TODD J | — |
| 18800386 | SELF SEALING PROXIMAL MICROCATHETER AND ACCESS AID | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| 18788318 | CLOT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR REMOVING OCCLUSIVE CLOT FROM A BLOOD VESSEL | SCHERBEL, TODD J | — |
| 18441265 | ASPIRATION CATHETER WITH STABILIZING STRUCTURAL MEMBER MINIMIZING RISK OF DAMAGE TO AN INNER WALL OF A VESSEL DURING ASPIRATION | NGO, MEAGAN N | — |
| 18441798 | PULSATILE ASPIRATION SYSTEM USING A STATIC VACUUM SOURCE WITH INTERMITTENT INJECTION OF A PRESSURE PULSE | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| 18441175 | CYCLIC ASPIRATION SYSTEM PRODUCING A CYCLIC ASPIRATION PRESSURE WAVEFORM USING A VACUUM PUMP AND POSITIVE PRESSURE PULSE GENERATOR MECHANISM | PONTON, JAMES D | — |
| 18520921 | FLEXIBLE CATHETER SHAFT FRAME WITH SEAM | HARRIS, WESLEY G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 9 |
| 3783 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18941103 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ACUTE ISCHEMIC EVENTS | SCHERBEL, TODD J | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18910218 | DELIVERY CATHETERS WITH ANTI-REFLUX OCCLUDER AND ANTI-STRETCH FEATURES | BYRD, BRIGID K | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18800386 | SELF SEALING PROXIMAL MICROCATHETER AND ACCESS AID | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18788318 | CLOT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR REMOVING OCCLUSIVE CLOT FROM A BLOOD VESSEL | SCHERBEL, TODD J | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18441265 | ASPIRATION CATHETER WITH STABILIZING STRUCTURAL MEMBER MINIMIZING RISK OF DAMAGE TO AN INNER WALL OF A VESSEL DURING ASPIRATION | NGO, MEAGAN N | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18441798 | PULSATILE ASPIRATION SYSTEM USING A STATIC VACUUM SOURCE WITH INTERMITTENT INJECTION OF A PRESSURE PULSE | PONTON, JAMES D | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18441175 | CYCLIC ASPIRATION SYSTEM PRODUCING A CYCLIC ASPIRATION PRESSURE WAVEFORM USING A VACUUM PUMP AND POSITIVE PRESSURE PULSE GENERATOR MECHANISM | PONTON, JAMES D | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18520921 | FLEXIBLE CATHETER SHAFT FRAME WITH SEAM | HARRIS, WESLEY G | 3783 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18389369 | CATHETER WITH ENHANCED NAVIGABILITY TO AVOID OPHTHALMIC ARTERY | RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18231299 | CATHETER WITH POLYMER TERMINATION AT TIP SECTION | GRAY, PHILLIP A | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18135569 | VALVES TO CONTROL WIRE MOVEMENT | DANG, ANH TIEU | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
| 18073297 | CLOT REMOVAL DEVICE WITH RADIOPAQUE INDICATOR | RWEGO, KANKINDI | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Dec 01, 2022 |
| 17955930 | CATHETER WITH DISTAL BRAID TERMINATIONS | RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17952595 | CATHETER WITH SPINE REINFORCEMENT | RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 17871173 | COLLAPSIBLE SUPER-BORE CATHETER | GEIGER, RACHAEL L | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 17824992 | FUNNEL ASPIRATION CATHETER | NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
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