Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3746 3783 4100
This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases
David Nelson Brandt is an examiner in Tech Center 4100 who has resolved 375 cases. His allowance rate pct of 70.1% in Art Unit 3746 is quite high, suggesting that he is generally open to granting patents. The median days to allowance is 958, which is a relatively efficient timeline for applicants in this technical area.
The most notable data point is the interview lift pct of 49.0. This is an exceptionally high lift, indicating that interviews are incredibly effective at moving applications toward an allowance. For practitioners, this means that an interview should be a standard part of the prosecution strategy for every case assigned to this examiner. The combination of a 70.1% allowance rate and a 49.0% interview lift makes this a very favorable profile for applicants, provided they engage in direct dialogue during the 958-day median prosecution cycle.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18289526 | TISSUE RESECTION SYSTEMS INCLUDING FLUID OUTFLOW MANAGEMENT | Non-Final OA | Covidien LP |
| 18402840 | FLUID PUMP HOUSING SECTION HAVING ONE OR MORE JOINING FLANGES COLLECTIVELY EXTENDING ALONG A SUBSTANTIAL PERCENTAGE OF A CIRCUMFERENCE THEREOF | Final Rejection | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. |
| 18370060 | DETERMINING ANGULAR POSITION OF A ROTOR IN A DOWNHOLE ELECTRIC SUBMERSIBLE PUMP (ESP) ELECTRIC MOTOR | Non-Final OA | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. |
| 17074405 | Rapidly Insertable Central Catheter and Methods Thereof | Non-Final OA | Bard Access Systems, Inc. |
| 18266316 | A BREAST PUMP | Final Rejection | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. |
| 18279785 | AID TO BE APPLIED TO NEEDLELESS SYRINGE, NEEDLELESS SYRINGE PROVIDED WITH AID, AND INTRADERMAL INJECTION METHOD | Non-Final OA | DAICEL CORPORATION |
| 18270771 | INJECTOR | Final Rejection | DAICEL CORPORATION |
| 18565378 | FUEL PUMP | Final Rejection | MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD. |
| 18361237 | SLOTTED LINERS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Maduro Discovery, LLC |
| 18262904 | LARGE DIAMETER HEMOSTASIS VALVES | Non-Final OA | NEPTUNE MEDICAL INC. |
| 17419415 | Compressor | Non-Final OA | Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd. |
| 18670146 | Torosional Non-Disconnecting Luer Connector | Non-Final OA | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| 18684130 | Smart Monitoring of an Intravenous Access Site Using Sensors for Continuous Monitoring | Non-Final OA | Becton, Dickinson And Company |
| 18023434 | ROTATIONAL METERING PUMP WITH CAM-DRIVEN VALVING SHUTTLE INTERLOCK | Final Rejection | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| 18288449 | Housing Components for an Injection Device | Non-Final OA | Sanofi |
| 18434440 | REUSABLE INJECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | Non-Final OA | Purdue Research Foundation |
| 18250524 | SYRINGE GASKET AND SYRINGE | Final Rejection | SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| 18472929 | CONTINUOUS ADMINISTRATION DEVICE | Non-Final OA | TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18039433 | ADMINISTRATION DEVICE FOR IN PARTICULAR INTRAVITREAL ADMINISTRATION OF A FLUID | Final Rejection | BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTERNATIONAL GMBH |
| 18368242 | FRICTIONLESS DESIGN OF HIGH-PRESSURE RECIRCULATION THERMO-PUMP | Non-Final OA | KLA Corporation |
| 18281377 | Access System Including Flexible Needle | Non-Final OA | Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. |
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