Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Valve Medical Ltd. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This volume of 2 pending office actions indicates an active prosecution phase for the portfolio. The focus on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering shows the company's commitment to mechanical innovation in the healthcare sector. Practitioners should note that the technical scope is limited to this specific technology area.
The pending office actions are distributed across distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. The concentration within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's technical focus is narrow enough to be handled by a single specialized group within the patent office. This structure allows for a consistent application of technical standards across the portfolio. Having distinct examiners for each action means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to individual examiner preferences even within the same art unit.
MATHEW, SEEMA is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This busiest examiner pending action constitutes a significant portion of the total workload. Practitioners should prepare for direct examiner interactions, as the workload is split among the distinct examiners involved in the portfolio. The reliance on the distinct art unit simplifies the procedural landscape for these pending office actions. Managing these matters requires engagement with MATHEW, SEEMA and the other distinct examiner assigned to the art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATHEW, SEEMA | 1 | 71.6% | +26.1% |
| WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 1 | 49.8% | +26.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18798576 | SELF-ASSEMBLING MODULAR PERCUTANEOUS VALVE AND METHODS OF FOLDING, ASSEMBLY AND DELIVERY | MATHEW, SEEMA | — |
| 18098287 | MODULAR PERCUTANEOUS VALVE STRUCTURE AND DELIVERY METHOD | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18798576 | SELF-ASSEMBLING MODULAR PERCUTANEOUS VALVE AND METHODS OF FOLDING, ASSEMBLY AND DELIVERY | MATHEW, SEEMA | — |
| 18098287 | MODULAR PERCUTANEOUS VALVE STRUCTURE AND DELIVERY METHOD | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18798576 | SELF-ASSEMBLING MODULAR PERCUTANEOUS VALVE AND METHODS OF FOLDING, ASSEMBLY AND DELIVERY | MATHEW, SEEMA | 3774 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18098287 | MODULAR PERCUTANEOUS VALVE STRUCTURE AND DELIVERY METHOD | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialValve Medical Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Seema Mathew has the most, with 1 of Valve Medical Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
