Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

VELANO VASCULAR, INC.

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
§102 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
PATEL, OM 1 58.3% +54.4%
VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG 1 68.3% +27.5%
DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 1 74.9% +15.2%
PORTILLO, JAIRO H 1 53.4% +30.6%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18229761 Devices and Methods for Fluid Transfer Through a Placed Peripheral Intravenous Catheter VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG
17204826 SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING CONTAMINATION OF A BLOOD DRAW SYSTEM PORTILLO, JAIRO H

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
17519968 Systems and Methods for Phlebotomy Through a Peripheral IV Catheter DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 22d overdue
18424063 Devices and Methods for Phlebotomy Through a Closed System Intravenous Catheter PATEL, OM
18229761 Devices and Methods for Fluid Transfer Through a Placed Peripheral Intravenous Catheter VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG
17204826 SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING CONTAMINATION OF A BLOOD DRAW SYSTEM PORTILLO, JAIRO H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 3
3783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18424063 Devices and Methods for Phlebotomy Through a Closed System Intravenous Catheter PATEL, OM 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 26, 2024
18229761 Devices and Methods for Fluid Transfer Through a Placed Peripheral Intravenous Catheter VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 03, 2023
17519968 Systems and Methods for Phlebotomy Through a Peripheral IV Catheter DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 3791 §102 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2021
17204826 SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING CONTAMINATION OF A BLOOD DRAW SYSTEM PORTILLO, JAIRO H 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2021

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