Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Teleflex Life Sciences LLC manages a portfolio with 15 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 12 distinct examiners, indicating a broad range of examiner interactions. The prosecution spans 6 distinct art units, which suggests that the company's filings cover a diverse array of technical sub-specialties within the medical devices field.
The busiest examiner, WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE, is currently handling 3 busiest examiner pending office actions. This concentration of 3 actions with the examiner, out of the total 15 pending office actions, represents a significant point of contact for the company. With 12 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units involved, the prosecution strategy must account for various examiner behaviors and art unit standards. Practitioners should analyze the actions under WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE for potential efficiencies while remaining mindful of the diverse requirements across the other distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (36%) |
| §102 only | 2 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | 3 | 65.4% | +26.7% |
| WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | 3 | 63.0% | +29.1% |
| SCHERBEL, TODD J | 1 | 76.2% | +52.3% |
| RWEGO, KANKINDI | 1 | 74.9% | +33.9% |
| DAVID, SHAUN L | 1 | 72.8% | +19.5% |
| JAMIALAHMADI, MAJID | 1 | 74.3% | +57.6% |
| AMAR, MARC J | 1 | 75.1% | +37.8% |
| TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | 1 | 65.6% | +27.7% |
| MILLER, SERENITY A | 1 | 68.0% | +36.9% |
| VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG | 1 | 68.5% | +27.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18412217 | GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETER | AMAR, MARC J | — |
| 18393787 | BIOABSORBABLE OCCLUSION SYSTEM | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | — |
| 18390149 | FREEZE-DRYING TRAY ASSEMBLY | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | — |
| 16220975 | COAXIAL GUIDE CATHETER FOR INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | — |
| 16184706 | COAXIAL GUIDE CATHETER FOR INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18766028 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA AND OTHER CONDITIONS | DAVID, SHAUN L | 30d overdue |
| 18914997 | EXPANDABLE TISSUE ENGAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD | RWEGO, KANKINDI | 9d overdue |
| 18828807 | AORTIC CLOSURE SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | 12d |
| 19000951 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING DEVICE DEPLOYMENT FAILURE | SCHERBEL, TODD J | — |
| 18742624 | VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM WITH INTRODUCER FOR SHEATH TRANSFER | JAMIALAHMADI, MAJID | — |
| 18412217 | GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETER | AMAR, MARC J | — |
| 18393787 | BIOABSORBABLE OCCLUSION SYSTEM | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | — |
| 18390149 | FREEZE-DRYING TRAY ASSEMBLY | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 8 |
| 3993 | 3 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19000951 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING DEVICE DEPLOYMENT FAILURE | SCHERBEL, TODD J | 3771 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18914997 | EXPANDABLE TISSUE ENGAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD | RWEGO, KANKINDI | 3771 | §102 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18828807 | AORTIC CLOSURE SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | 3771 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18766028 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA AND OTHER CONDITIONS | DAVID, SHAUN L | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18742624 | VASCULAR CLOSURE SYSTEM WITH INTRODUCER FOR SHEATH TRANSFER | JAMIALAHMADI, MAJID | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18412217 | GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETER | AMAR, MARC J | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18393787 | BIOABSORBABLE OCCLUSION SYSTEM | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18390149 | FREEZE-DRYING TRAY ASSEMBLY | TREMARCHE, CONNOR J. | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18154457 | Vascular Closure Device with Removable Guide Member | ORKIN, ALEXANDER J | 3771 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2023 |
| 17662496 | CONCENTRIC CORE PUNCTURE LOCATING SYSTEM | MILLER, SERENITY A | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2022 |
| 17061025 | CATHETER | VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2020 |
| 16220951 | COAXIAL GUIDE CATHETER FOR INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | 3993 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2018 |
| 16220975 | COAXIAL GUIDE CATHETER FOR INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | 3993 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2018 |
| 16184706 | COAXIAL GUIDE CATHETER FOR INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY PROCEDURES | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | 3993 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2018 |
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