Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

VANTIS VASCULAR, INC.

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (25%)
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 2 52.4% +16.4%
ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB 1 62.1% +23.6%
SHAH, NILAY J 1 76.7% +46.4%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18046699 INTRAVASCULAR DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION INCLUDING PERFUSION SHAH, NILAY J 57d
19303343 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTEGRADE TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPAIR OR IMPLANTATION ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB 75d
18051221 GUIDE CATHETER EXTENSION SYSTEM FOR REVERSE CONTROLLED ANTEGRADE/RETROGRADE TRACKING & THROMBUS REMOVAL PROCEDURES DANIEL, ANTARIUS S

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16132878 INTRAVASCULAR DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 60d overdue
18046699 INTRAVASCULAR DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION INCLUDING PERFUSION SHAH, NILAY J 57d
19303343 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTEGRADE TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPAIR OR IMPLANTATION ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB 75d
18051221 GUIDE CATHETER EXTENSION SYSTEM FOR REVERSE CONTROLLED ANTEGRADE/RETROGRADE TRACKING & THROMBUS REMOVAL PROCEDURES DANIEL, ANTARIUS S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 3
3774 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19303343 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTEGRADE TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPAIR OR IMPLANTATION ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB 3774 §101 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Aug 18, 2025
18051221 GUIDE CATHETER EXTENSION SYSTEM FOR REVERSE CONTROLLED ANTEGRADE/RETROGRADE TRACKING & THROMBUS REMOVAL PROCEDURES DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2022
18046699 INTRAVASCULAR DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION INCLUDING PERFUSION SHAH, NILAY J 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Oct 14, 2022
16132878 INTRAVASCULAR DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Sep 17, 2018

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