Listed by the USPTO as WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE
Tech Center 3900 • Art Units: 3772 3783 3993
This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases
WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE examines in tech center 3900 and art unit 3772. The profile contains 127 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 63.0%. The median time to allowance is 1067 days, and the interview lift is 29.1%. The record indicates that interviews may have a material role in prosecution outcomes, while the case volume remains more limited than a large established docket.
The listed companies are Teleflex Life Sciences LLC, Stryker Corporation, and Boston Scientific Corporation. The firms are DeWitt LLP (Minneapolis), DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP - Minneapolis, and Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP - W.L. Gore. These entities give practitioners context for the medical technology work and representation appearing in the record.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18970413 | Implant for Bone Fixation | Non-Final OA | Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC |
| 18761439 | MEDICAL ACCESS CANNULAS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | Non-Final OA | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. |
| 18784174 | SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER WITH PARALLEL CLOSURE JAWS | Non-Final OA | Cilag GMBH International |
| 18970384 | LASER INSTRUMENT FOR EYE THERAPY | Non-Final OA | Carl Zeiss Meditec AG |
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Build Your Strategy63.0% of resolved applications examined by Catherine Serke Williams were allowed (127 resolved cases), compared with 39.7% across Art Unit 3772 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +29.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Catherine Serke Williams took 1,067 days on average from filing to allowance.
Catherine Serke Williams examines applications in Art Unit 3772 in Tech Center 3900.