Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

VENUS MEDTECH (HANGZHOU) INC.

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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.

0
Hard (0%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
No statute on record1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SULLIVAN, DEBRA M 1 78.4% +17.2%
BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1 65.8% +13.0%
MCEVOY, THOMAS M 1 70.9% +35.6%
KHAN, AMINA S 1 47.6% +43.8%
BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1 27.9% +48.2%

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
18049237 Biological Material And Preparation Method Therefor BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 66d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18049237 Biological Material And Preparation Method Therefor BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 66d overdue
18211416 PRO-ENDOTHELIALIZATION BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL, HEART VALVE, AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF BOWMAN, ANDREW J 2d overdue
18408543 CRIMPER FOR CRIMPING INTERVENTIONAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR LOADING INTERVENTIONAL INSTRUMENT SULLIVAN, DEBRA M
18120386 DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND CONTROL HANDLE THEREOF, IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND SECURING METHOD, LOADING METHOD, AND RELEASING METHOD THEREFOR MCEVOY, THOMAS M
18000386 VALVE MATERIAL WITH LONG-ACTING ANTITHROMBOSIS PROPERTY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR KHAN, AMINA S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3725 1
1717 1
3774 1
1761 1
1613 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18408543 CRIMPER FOR CRIMPING INTERVENTIONAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR LOADING INTERVENTIONAL INSTRUMENT SULLIVAN, DEBRA M 3725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18211416 PRO-ENDOTHELIALIZATION BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL, HEART VALVE, AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2023
18120386 DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND CONTROL HANDLE THEREOF, IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE AND SECURING METHOD, LOADING METHOD, AND RELEASING METHOD THEREFOR MCEVOY, THOMAS M 3774 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2023
18000386 VALVE MATERIAL WITH LONG-ACTING ANTITHROMBOSIS PROPERTY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR KHAN, AMINA S 1761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2022
18049237 Biological Material And Preparation Method Therefor BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 Other Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2022

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