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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Olympus Winter & Ibe GmbH

40 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

40
Total Pending OAs
12
Final Rejections
28
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18773279 LAPAROSCOPIC IMAGE MANIPULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM WELCH, DAVID T 2613 Final Rejection Jul 15, 2024
18742467 ELECTRODE FOR AN ELECTROSURGICAL HANDHELD INSTRUMENT TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY 3794 Non-Final OA Jun 13, 2024
18738973 HAND SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND BRIDGE FOR A HANDHELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENT ABBASI, ABDUL HADI 3795 Non-Final OA Jun 10, 2024
18676980 MEDICAL DEVICE ADJUSTING ACOUSTIC SIGNAL OUTPUT VOLUME AND METHOD OF ADJUSTING THE ACOUSTIC SIGNAL OUTPUT VOLUME OF A MEDICAL DEVICE ANWAH, OLISA 2692 Non-Final OA May 29, 2024
18675731 HAND-HELD SURGICAL DEVICE AND INSULATING INSERT FOR A HAND-HELD SURGICAL DEVICE GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 3794 Non-Final OA May 28, 2024
18621433 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2024
18607878 STEREOSCOPIC VIDEO ENDOSCOPE AND VIDEO ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM LI, TRACY Y 2487 Final Rejection Mar 18, 2024
18408980 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING FLUORESCENT IMAGE GUIDED SURGICAL OR DIAGNOSTICS IMAGERY OAKES, JUSTIN MONTGOMERY 2662 Non-Final OA Jan 10, 2024
18402074 ELECTRODE FOR AN ELECTROSURGICAL HANDHELD INSTRUMENT FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 Final Rejection Jan 02, 2024
18391811 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 21, 2023
18391952 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 21, 2023
18392425 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRO SURGICAL GENERATOR PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 21, 2023
18392000 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR HAVING A MODULAR OUTPUT SOCKET FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 21, 2023
18541886 ELECTRO SURGICAL GENERATOR FOR FEEDING AND CONTROLLING ELECTRO SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2023
18540534 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRO SURGICAL GENERATOR BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18511209 MEDICAL MULTI-DYE FLUORESCENCE IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD MATTSON, SEAN D 3798 Final Rejection Nov 16, 2023
18371190 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF-CHECKING OF AN ENDOSCOPE REPROCESSING DEVICE BOICE, JAMES EDWARD 3795 Final Rejection Sep 21, 2023
18243373 METHOD FOR TRACKING THE STATUS OF AT LEAST ONE MEDICAL DEVICE IN A DISTRIBUTED MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM, METHOD FOR RETRIEVING THE STATUS OF AT LEAST ONE MEDICAL DEVICE IN A DISTRIBUTED MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL DEVICE HAILE, BENYAM 2688 Non-Final OA Sep 07, 2023
18242845 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN 2667 Non-Final OA Sep 06, 2023
18234062 HAND-HELD ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT, INSULATING INSERT AND ELECTRODE SUPPORT FOR HAND-HELD ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT COLLINS, SEAN W 3794 Non-Final OA Aug 15, 2023
18233987 ELECTRODE FOR A HAND-HELD ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 Final Rejection Aug 15, 2023
18132203 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY DEVICE WITH WIRELESSLY CONNECTED FOOT SWITCH RHODES, NORA W 3794 Final Rejection Apr 07, 2023
18124934 ALBARRAN AND SHAFT FOR AN ALBARRAN HENDERSON, RYAN N 3795 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18168909 SURGICAL GENERATOR WITH IMPROVED DRIVING OF ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SAN MARTIN, JAYDI A 2837 Non-Final OA Feb 14, 2023
18077926 IMPLANT KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 3771 Non-Final OA Dec 08, 2022
18077874 HANDHELD SURGICAL DEVICE AND SHAFT FOR A HANDHELD SURGICAL DEVICE BOICE, JAMES EDWARD 3795 Non-Final OA Dec 08, 2022
18077001 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR WITH A LEAKAGE CURRENT DETECTION VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 07, 2022
18076775 IMPLANT ADAM, MOHAMMED SOHAIL 3771 Non-Final OA Dec 07, 2022
17974274 HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRODE FOR USE IN A HANDHELD SURGICAL DEVICE, ELECTRODE INSTRUMENT, AND RESECTOSCOPE PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 Final Rejection Oct 26, 2022
17963443 PROVISIONING SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPES BOND, REED MADISON 3624 Non-Final OA Oct 11, 2022
17963433 PROVISIONING SYSTEM FOR ENDOSCOPES BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 Final Rejection Oct 11, 2022
17892611 ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR HAVING AN INVERTER WITH IMPROVED DYNAMIC RANGE GOOD, SAMANTHA M 3794 Final Rejection Aug 22, 2022
17828659 ELECTROSURGICAL HANDHELD DEVICE, AND CONTACT BODY FOR AN ELECTROSURGICAL HANDHELD DEVICE BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER 3794 Non-Final OA May 31, 2022
17719687 ELECTRODE INSTRUMENT, SURGICAL HANDHELD DEVICE, AND THEIR PRODUCTION METHODS LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 3794 Non-Final OA Apr 13, 2022
17682669 ELECTROSURGICAL HANDHELD DEVICE, AND CONTACT BODY FOR AN ELECTROSURGICAL HANDHELD DEVICE PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2022
17677044 ELECTROSURGICAL HANDHELD DEVICE, AND CONTACT BODY FOR AN ELECTROSURGICAL HANDHELD DEVICE LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 3794 Non-Final OA Feb 22, 2022
17671654 BIPOLAR HF APPLICATOR AND HF APPLICATION SYSTEM ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M 3794 Non-Final OA Feb 15, 2022
17487185 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM WITH EVACUATION DEVICE KERN, ASHLEIGH LAUREN 3794 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2021
17369645 RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTRODE FOR USE IN A SURGICAL HANDHELD DEVICE, ELECTRODE INSTRUMENT AND RESECTOSCOPE BROWN, KYLE MARTZ 3794 Final Rejection Jul 07, 2021
17217554 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEM, ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR BECTON, MATTHEW DAVID 3794 Final Rejection Mar 30, 2021

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