Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3731 3734 3771 3774 3776
This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases
Mikail A. Mannan has resolved 317 cases in Art Unit 3731 of Tech Center 3700. His allowance rate is 68.5 percent. This 68.5 percent rate is a key metric for practitioners to evaluate when filing in this art unit. The data also shows an interview lift of 23.5 percent. This lift indicates the change in the probability of allowance associated with an examiner interview.
The median days to allowance is 1248. This 1248-day figure represents the duration of the prosecution process for cases that reach a grant. Practitioners should consider the 317 resolved cases as a historical record of the examiner's work. The 68.5 percent allowance rate and 23.5 percent interview lift are central to the examination profile. The median pendency is a factor for managing client expectations.
Direct communication is a documented tactic, as shown by the lift. Applicants should review the allowance rate as they prepare their prosecution strategy. The cases provide a data set for understanding the examiner's approach in Tech Center 3700. The timeline is a measure of the time required to navigate Art Unit 3731 to a successful conclusion.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18626986 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING TISSUE USING A PATCH | Non-Final OA | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. |
| 18461284 | MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING ATTACHABLE COMPONENTS | Final Rejection | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. |
| 18108169 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPIC POSITIONING | Non-Final OA | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. |
| 18108112 | SHEATH WITH COLLAPSIBLE CAPSULE | Non-Final OA | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. |
| 18099013 | HEART VALVE PREP ASSIST PACKAGING | Non-Final OA | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC. |
| 17577931 | STENT VALVE, DELIVERY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR | Non-Final OA | BOSTON SCIENTIFIC LIMITED |
| 18278579 | BONE IMPLANT SYSTEM, BONE IMPLANT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A BONE IMPLANT | Non-Final OA | Aesculap AG |
| 17981699 | EXPANDABLE SHEATH FOR INTRODUCING AN ENDOVASCULAR DELIVERY DEVICE INTO A BODY | Non-Final OA | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
| 17960480 | PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DELIVERY APPARATUS | Final Rejection | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
| 17940868 | DELIVERY SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS | Final Rejection | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
| 17660915 | BLOW MOLDED BALLOON SHOULDER ASSEMBLY FOR A TRANSCATHETER DELIVERY DEVICE | Final Rejection | Edwards Lifesciences Corporation |
| 17943867 | MODULAR HANDLE FOR A PROSTHESIS DELIVERY DEVICE | Final Rejection | Cook Medical Technologies LLC |
| 17190514 | INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INTRAOCULAR IMPLANT | Final Rejection | Carl Zeiss Meditec AG |
| 18043526 | ACCESS SHEATH FOR PROSTHETIC CARDIAC VALVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS | Final Rejection | SHIFAMED HOLDINGS, LLC |
| 18459808 | PROXIMAL STENT-GRAFT RETENTION SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | MEDTRONIC VASCULAR, INC. |
| 18170748 | HEART VALVE REPAIR | Non-Final OA | Medtronic Vascular, Inc. |
| 18245046 | CLOSURE DEVICES, VASCULAR REPAIR ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING VEIN VALVE INSUFFICIENCY | Non-Final OA | Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. |
| 18019772 | Systems and Methods for Endovascularly Restoring Venous Valve Function | Non-Final OA | Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. |
| 17832420 | KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHOR | Final Rejection | In2Bones USA, LLC |
| 18656921 | ARTIFICIAL IRIS, A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ARTIFICIAL IRIS, AN ARTIFICIAL IRIS, A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ARTIFICIAL IRIS, AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A USER-SPECIFIC PROFILE FOR AN ARTIFICIAL IRIS AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A USER-SPECIFIC PROFILE FOR AN ARTIFICIAL IRIS | Non-Final OA | IMEC VZW |
| 18678856 | DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT | Non-Final OA | Cephea Valve Technologies, Inc. |
| 16806587 | METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR LIGAMENT REPAIR | Final Rejection | The Children's Medical Center Corporation |
| 18471024 | LANDING ZONE MARKER FOR FLOW DIVERTING STENT | Non-Final OA | Deepin Technologies, LLC |
| 17862241 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TREATING THE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE | Non-Final OA | Laminar, Inc. |
| 17846070 | ROTARY HANDLE STENT DELIVERY DEVICE WITH TIMING BELT CONNECTOR | Final Rejection | Vesper Medical, Inc. |
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