Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
42 pending office actions • 4 clients • 40 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 42 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 61 patents granted in the last 365 days
BOTOS CHURCHILL IP LAW LLP-ABIO focuses on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has managed 2377 career applications. Currently, there are 24 pending office actions being prosecuted by the firm.
The resolved allowance rate for the firm is 95.85 percent. To reach an allowance, the firm averages 4.12 office actions. This suggests a thorough and persistent prosecution style, where multiple interactions with examiners are the norm. The high allowance rate of 95.85 percent demonstrates the firm's ability to eventually secure patent rights for the vast majority of its applications. The 24 pending office actions represent the current active workload within this high-performing prosecution framework. Practitioners can expect a longer prosecution cycle given the 4.12 average, but with a high probability of success as shown by the 2377 career applications handled by the firm.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (5%) |
| §103 only | 10 (24%) |
| §102 only | 3 (7%) |
| §112 only | 2 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 17 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (5%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORALES, JON ERIC C | 2 | 85.4% | +10.0% |
| MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 2 | 75.2% | +21.0% |
| FREAY, CHARLES GRANT | 1 | 77.0% | +30.5% |
| HANSEN, KENNETH J | 1 | 81.2% | +7.4% |
| RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 1 | 68.5% | +15.9% |
| CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | 1 | 62.4% | +39.2% |
| ROANE, AARON F | 1 | 73.4% | +9.7% |
| GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 1 | 60.5% | +27.8% |
| DAILEY, THOMAS J | 1 | 81.0% | +14.9% |
| LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | 1 | 65.4% | +30.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19314018 | BLOOD PUMP WITH IMPROVED LEAKAGE CONTROL | HANSEN, KENNETH J | — |
| 19062166 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP WITH INTAKE FILTER | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — |
| 18672187 | VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE CONTROL | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17507500 | VASCULAR ACCESS | RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE | 103d overdue |
| 18717826 | PUMP HOUSING FOR A BLOOD PUMP AND BLOOD PUMP | KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | 16d |
| 19264227 | VARIABLE-STIFFNESS DISTAL EXTENSION FOR A BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | — |
| 19262814 | CONTAINER FOR A HEART PUMP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEART PUMP DEVICE | CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | — |
| 19170571 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING LEAKS FROM A CATHETER | ROANE, AARON F | — |
| 19058874 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE FRAME RATE FROM MEDICAL DEVICE CONTROLLER | DAILEY, THOMAS J | — |
| 19037108 | CATHETERS WITH IMPROVED TORQUE TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES | CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | — |
| 19037103 | GRIPPING DEVICES FOR CATHETER ASSEMBLIES | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | — |
Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19317883 | FLUID PUMP HAVING AT LEAST ONE IMPELLER BLADE AND A SUPPORT DEVICE | FREAY, CHARLES GRANT | — |
| 19264227 | VARIABLE-STIFFNESS DISTAL EXTENSION FOR A BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | — |
| 19262814 | CONTAINER FOR A HEART PUMP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEART PUMP DEVICE | CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | — |
| 19085397 | COUNTERPULSATION DEVICE DRIVER APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | — |
| 19062166 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP WITH INTAKE FILTER | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — |
| 19058874 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE FRAME RATE FROM MEDICAL DEVICE CONTROLLER | DAILEY, THOMAS J | — |
| 19053650 | DUAL LUMEN SHEATH FOR ARTERIAL ACCESS | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — |
| 19050595 | BLOOD PUMP HOUSING COMPONENT | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Abiomed | 36 |
| ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft | 4 |
| Ecp Entwickungsgesellschaft Mbh | 1 |
| THE BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL, INC. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 7 |
| 3796 | 4 |
| 3783 | 4 |
| 3746 | 2 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3774 | 2 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19317883 | FLUID PUMP HAVING AT LEAST ONE IMPELLER BLADE AND A SUPPORT DEVICE | Ecp Entwickungsgesellschaft Mbh | FREAY, CHARLES GRANT | 3746 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 19314018 | BLOOD PUMP WITH IMPROVED LEAKAGE CONTROL | Abiomed, Inc. | HANSEN, KENNETH J | 3746 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19264227 | VARIABLE-STIFFNESS DISTAL EXTENSION FOR A BLOOD PUMP SYSTEM | Abiomed, Inc. | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 3771 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19262814 | CONTAINER FOR A HEART PUMP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEART PUMP DEVICE | Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh | CHEUNG, CHUN HOI | 3736 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19170571 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING LEAKS FROM A CATHETER | Abiomed, Inc. | ROANE, AARON F | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 | |
| 19085397 | COUNTERPULSATION DEVICE DRIVER APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM | Abiomed, Inc. | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | 3796 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19062166 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP WITH INTAKE FILTER | Abiomed, Inc. | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 3792 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19058874 | DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTABLE FRAME RATE FROM MEDICAL DEVICE CONTROLLER | Abiomed, Inc. | DAILEY, THOMAS J | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 | |
| 19053650 | DUAL LUMEN SHEATH FOR ARTERIAL ACCESS | Abiomed, Inc. | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 19050595 | BLOOD PUMP HOUSING COMPONENT | Abiomed, Inc. | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 | |
| 19037108 | CATHETERS WITH IMPROVED TORQUE TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES | Abiomed, Inc. | CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2025 | |
| 19037101 | STEERABLE CATHETER ASSEMBLIES | Abiomed, Inc. | GEDEON, BRIAN T | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2025 | |
| 19037103 | GRIPPING DEVICES FOR CATHETER ASSEMBLIES | Abiomed, Inc. | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2025 | |
| 18989201 | BLOOD PUMP | Abiomed Europe GmbH | ADAMS, WILLIAM PATRICK | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18987573 | FLUID PUMP WITH A ROTOR | Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh | TEJANI, ANKIT D | 3792 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18952312 | DATA STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR NON-CONTIGUOUS MEDICAL DEVICE OPERATIONAL DATA | Abiomed, Inc. | LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G | 3682 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18935922 | LOADING GUIDE LUMEN | Abiomed, Inc. | KAHELIN, MICHAEL WILLIAM | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 | |
| 18912736 | HEART PUMP ASSEMBLY WITH A PUMP HOUSING CONFIGURED TO REDUCE HEMOLYSIS | Abiomed, Inc. | HUH, VYNN V | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 | |
| 18889488 | GUIDEWIRE ACCESS SLEEVE | Abiomed, Inc. | SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 | |
| 18807096 | PURGE-FREE MINIATURE ROTARY PUMP | Abiomed, Inc. | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 | |
| 18802064 | BLOOD FLOW RATE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | Abiomed, Inc. | PORTILLO, JAIRO H | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| 18832291 | BLOOD PUMP | Abiomed Europe GmbH | MOSS, JAMES R | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18730129 | BLOOD PUMP | Abiomed Europe GmbH | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18729102 | BLOOD PUMP | Abiomed Europe GmbH | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18717826 | PUMP HOUSING FOR A BLOOD PUMP AND BLOOD PUMP | Abiomed Europe GmbH | KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18672187 | VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE CONTROL | Abiomed Europe GmbH | MORALES, JON ERIC C | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18639133 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP WITH CERAMIC INNER SLEEVE | Abiomed Europe GmbH | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 3792 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18610361 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP COMPRISING CORROSION RESISTANT PERMANENT MAGNET | Abiomed Europe GmbH | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 3792 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18387872 | BLOOD PUMP FOR THE INVASIVE APPLICATION WITHIN A BODY OF A PATIENT | Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh | STEWART, ALVIN J | 3799 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18370170 | PEEL-AWAY SHEATH ASSEMBLY | Abiomed, Inc. | KOCH, GEORGE R | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18224644 | METHOD TO LAMINATE ePTFE TO A NITINOL BRAID WITH A SMOOTH OUTER DIAMETER | Abiomed, Inc. | PIZIALI, ANDREW T | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | 146d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18195617 | EXPANDABLE SHEATH AND LINER THEREFOR | Abiomed, Inc. | LANGE, ERIC A | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18088039 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CARDIAC OUTPUT | The Brigham And Women'S Hospital Inc. | TU, AURELIE H | 3791 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 18071765 | VASCULAR ACCESS SYSTEM | Abiomed, Inc. | WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA | 3783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
| 17974131 | EXPANDABLE INTRODUCER SHEATH FOR MEDICAL DEVICE | Abiomed, Inc. | WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL | 3774 | §102 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Oct 26, 2022 |
| 17912136 | BLOOD PUMP | Abiomed Europe GmbH | SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA | 3792 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2022 |
| 17796031 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP | Ecp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | 230d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
| 17795284 | BLOOD PUMP PLACEMENT AND INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP | Abiomed Europe GmbH | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2022 |
| 17719768 | INTRACARDIAC DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE | Abiomed, Inc. | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2022 |
| 17617219 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A CATHETER BEFORE USE | Abiomed Europe GmbH | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2021 |
| 17507500 | VASCULAR ACCESS | Abiomed Europe GmbH | RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 103d overdue | Pending | Oct 21, 2021 |
| 17034308 | COLLAPSIBLE CATHETER | Abiomed, Inc. | VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2020 |
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