Listed by the USPTO as LOUIS, RICHARD G
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3734 3771 3774 3795
This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases
LOUIS, RICHARD G examines in tech center 3700 and art unit 3731. The profile records 963 resolved cases and a 74.7% allowance rate. The median time to allowance is 1,221 days, providing a substantial timing benchmark for matters in this record.
The interview lift is 17.2%, indicating a measurable interview-associated change in reported outcomes. The company concentration is in medical technology, with Boston Scientific Corporation, Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, and Medtronic Inc. listed. The firms are SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM, LLP, BakerHostetler, and Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC. Practitioners can use the data to plan claim presentation and interview discussions for a high-volume examiner record, while preserving enough time for prosecution steps that may extend beyond the median allowance interval.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19009065 | MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICE, AND RELATED METHODS THEREOF | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Medical Device Limited |
| 19190365 | MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 18737780 | VESSEL ACCESS AND CLOSURE ASSIST SYSTEM AND METHOD | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 18924559 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ACCESSING ENCAPSULATED TARGETS | Non-Final OA | INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. |
| 18810133 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF THE OPERATIONAL ENVELOPES OF INDEPENDENT SURGICAL DEVICES | Non-Final OA | Cilag GmbH International |
| 19207734 | BALLOON FOR BALLOON CATHETER AND BALLOON CATHETER INCLUDING SAME | Non-Final OA | KANEKA CORPORATION |
| 19234140 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING NASAL TISSUES | Non-Final OA | Spirair, Inc. |
| 18782196 | SUTURE SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS FOR CONNECTING AND CREATING SUSPENSION BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO BODIES | Final Rejection | Conmed Corporation |
| 18967557 | ADJUSTABLE AORTIC ANNULOPLASTY RINGS FOR SYMMETRIC AORTIC ANNULUS REDUCTION AND METHODS FOR USE | Non-Final OA | The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University |
| 19174837 | LOCK AND RELEASE MECHANISMS FOR TRANS-CATHETER IMPLANTABLE DEVICES | Non-Final OA | EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION |
| 18965594 | DOCKING STATIONS FOR TRANSCATHETER VALVES | Non-Final OA | EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION |
| 18499280 | Clip Delivery Catheter with Helical Multi-Lumen Extrusion for Improved Gripper Actuation and Methods of Making and Using Same | Non-Final OA | Evalve, Inc. |
| 18867754 | FUNNEL CRIMPER WITH TISSUE COMPRESSOR | Non-Final OA | MEDTRONIC, INC. |
| 18858167 | DELIVERY AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Medtronic, Inc. |
| 19192187 | INTRODUCER HUB ASSEMBLY HAVING CROSS-SLIT SEAL | Non-Final OA | Pacesetter, Inc. |
| 19129816 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES WITH THIN-WALLED BALLOONS AND SYSTEMS | Non-Final OA | Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. |
| 18555777 | ACCOMMODATING INTRAOCULAR LENSES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | Final Rejection | Shifamed Holdings, LLC |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy74.7% of resolved applications examined by Richard G Louis were allowed (963 resolved cases), compared with 63.1% across Art Unit 3731 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +17.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Richard G Louis took 1,221 days on average from filing to allowance.
Richard G Louis examines applications in Art Unit 3731 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
