Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Venova Medical Inc.

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

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

Analysis

Venova Medical Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to QUYNH DAO LE, the 1 distinct examiner currently active for the company. The prosecution is focused within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a singular administrative path. QUYNH DAO LE is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending office action, representing the single active prosecution thread for the company.

The concentration of the 1 pending office action under 1 distinct examiner means that the applicant only needs to manage one set of examiner preferences. Similarly, the 1 distinct art unit ensures that the technical review follows a single set of administrative procedures. The progress of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filing is entirely dependent on the schedule of QUYNH DAO LE. Practitioners should focus their efforts on the specific requirements of the busiest examiner, as there are no other examiners or art units to navigate. This lack of dispersion simplifies the management of the 1 pending office action within the 1 distinct art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
1
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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, QUYNH DAO 1 33.3% +12.1%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18949348 ENDOVASCULAR IMPLANTS AND DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CREATING A PERCUTANEOUS ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA LE, QUYNH DAO —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18949348 ENDOVASCULAR IMPLANTS AND DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CREATING A PERCUTANEOUS ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA LE, QUYNH DAO —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3781 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18949348 ENDOVASCULAR IMPLANTS AND DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CREATING A PERCUTANEOUS ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA LE, QUYNH DAO 3781 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Venova Medical Inc. have?

Venova Medical Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Venova Medical Inc. applications?

Quynh Dao Le has the most, with 1 of Venova Medical Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Venova Medical Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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