Listed by the USPTO as PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP
Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3763 3767 3783 4100
This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases
PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP has 754 resolved cases in tech center 4100 and art unit 3763. The allowance rate is 58.1%, the interview lift is 27.7%, and the median time to allowance is 1414 days. The positive interview measure supports direct examiner engagement, while the allowance rate and median timing indicate that applications may require sustained, carefully managed prosecution.
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Sanofi S.A., and Boston Scientific Corporation are the listed companies. The listed firms are Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC - SANOFI, MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP, and MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP. Counsel should use interviews to develop concrete paths forward and support amendments with a detailed technical record.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18105533 | Intraosseous Hemodialysis Port | Non-Final OA | Bard Access Systems, Inc. |
| 17742098 | Systems, Medical Devices, and Methods for Steering the Medical Devices | Final Rejection | Bard Access Systems, Inc. |
| 18450075 | MEDICAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | Final Rejection | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 18669816 | TESTING DEVICE, TESTING METHOD, AND ELONGATED MEDICAL BODY | Non-Final OA | Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha |
| 18709991 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A BREAST PUMP DEVICE AND BREAST PUMP DEVICE USING THE SENSOR ARRANGEMENT | Non-Final OA | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. |
| 17603315 | CUSHION CONFIGURED TO BE MOUNTED TO AN AIR PASSAGE ELEMENT OF A BREAST PUMP DEVICE | Final Rejection | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. |
| 17799541 | DRUG INFUSION DEVICES COMPATIBLE WITH DRUG FORMULATIONS | Non-Final OA | Medtronic, Inc. |
| 18397853 | FLOW DIVERTER FOR A CATHETER | Non-Final OA | Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. |
| 18635482 | Two-Part Stopper and Process for Making Same | Non-Final OA | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| 18634047 | Catheter System with Integrated Stabilization Anchor Securement | Non-Final OA | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| 18618940 | PASSIVE SAFETY CATHETER SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | Non-Final OA | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| 18431170 | INJECTION PEN | Non-Final OA | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| 18254559 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AN EMPTY RESERVOIR IN AN INFUSION PUMP | Non-Final OA | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
| 17297604 | INTEGRATED CONNECTOR AND DISINFECTING CAP WITH RESERVOIR | Non-Final OA | Becton, Dickinson and Company |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy58.1% of resolved applications examined by Shefali Dilip Patel were allowed (754 resolved cases), compared with 60.3% across Art Unit 3763 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +27.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Shefali Dilip Patel took 1,414 days on average from filing to allowance.
Shefali Dilip Patel examines applications in Art Unit 3763 in Tech Center 4100.
