Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2841 3794 3796
This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases
Ashleigh Lauren Kern examines cases in Art Unit 2841 within Tech Center 3700. With 52 resolved cases, her allowance rate is 32.7%. The median days to allowance is 1504, which reflects a lengthy prosecution period for successful applications. These metrics suggest a rigorous examination environment where allowances are not easily won and require a long-term commitment from the applicant.
The interview lift for Kern is 8.4%. While this is a positive increase, it is more modest than other examiners in similar tech centers. Given the 32.7% allowance rate and the 1504-day timeline, practitioners should prepare for a detailed and potentially long-term engagement. For the 52 cases analyzed, interviews should be used as a targeted tool to resolve specific technical disagreements rather than a guaranteed solution for overcoming rejections.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18956094 | MICROWAVE ENERGY-DELIVERY DEVICE AND SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Covidien LP |
| 17403504 | END EFFECTOR DRIVE MECHANISMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS | Final Rejection | Covidien LP |
| 19008009 | MULTI-FACTOR ENFORCEMENT OF SINGLE-USE FOR DISPOSABLE RF DEVICES | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 18972694 | CARTRIDGE-BASED SINGLE-USE RF MEDICAL DEVICE WITH EXPANSION CARTRIDGE | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 18972675 | MULTI-LOOP MAPPING CATHETER | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 17957954 | MONITORING ONE DRIVE SYSTEM TO ADAPT THE MOTOR DRIVEN ASPECT OF A SECOND DRIVE SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Cilag GmbH International |
| 18724938 | PATIENT TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | Stryker Corporation |
| 17436049 | MANUFACTURING OF SKIN-COMPATIBLE ELECTRODES | Final Rejection | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA |
| 18100100 | WEARABLE CARDIAC THERAPEUTIC DEVICES WITH HYDROPHOBIC AND/OR HYDROPHILIC DIELECTRIC FIBERS | Final Rejection | ZOLL Medical Corporation |
| 17561512 | TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EASE AND TIMING OF SETUP AND OPERATION | Final Rejection | Zoll Circulation, Inc. |
| 18882132 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TRACKING AND ASSESSING A WOUND | Non-Final OA | Hill-Rom Services, Inc. |
| 18725885 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CONTINUOUS ORGAN AND ORGAN ALLOGRAFT MONITORING | Non-Final OA | NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY |
| 17570924 | PULSED FIELD ABLATION CATHETER | Non-Final OA | Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. |
| 17547517 | ELECTRICAL PATHS ALONG FLEXIBLE SECTION OF DEFLECTABLE SHEATH | Final Rejection | Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. |
| 17532980 | Mapping System with Real Time Electrogram Overlay | Non-Final OA | Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. |
| 18273163 | On-Pad Fluid Line Connectors for Arctic Gel Pads | Non-Final OA | C. R. Bard, Inc. |
| 17957871 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING THERMAL CONTRAST THERAPY | Final Rejection | GENTHERM INCORPORATED |
| 18713064 | CAPACITY MEASURING DEVICES FOR CRYOGEN VESSELS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Final Rejection | HOLOGIC, INC. |
| 18869866 | BIOLOGICAL SENSOR | Non-Final OA | NITTO DENKO CORPORATION |
| 17714909 | BEDSIDE COMMODE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM | Final Rejection | AliveCor, Inc. |
| 18578008 | ANALYTE DETECTION DEVICE WITH MULTILAYER ADHESIVE TAPE | Non-Final OA | MEDTRUM TECHNOLOGIES INC. |
| 17890222 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PLASMA-ACTIVATED LIQUID | Non-Final OA | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Medizinische Fakultät |
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