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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Christopher A. Rothe

77 pending office actions • 8 clients

Portfolio Summary

77
Total Pending OAs
19
Final Rejections
58
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Aesculap AG 33
B. Braun Melsungen AG 23
B. Braun New Ventures GmbH 10
B. Braun Avitum AG 6
Bausch + Ströbel SE + Co. Kg 2
Schoeller Allibert GmbH 1
Bausch + Stroebel SE + Co. Kg 1
B. Braun Medical Inc. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18864307 Untitled Aesculap AG ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO 3736 Non-Final OA
18750453 Untitled B. Braun Melsungen AG WENG, KAI H 3781 Non-Final OA
19243573 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEDICAL INSTRUMENT Aesculap AG CIGNA, JACOB JAMES 3726 Non-Final OA Jun 19, 2025
19173916 MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR DOCUMENTING AND MANAGING A DRUG ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURE, METHOD OF DOCUMENTING AND MANAGING A DRUG ADMINISTRATION PROCEDURE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM B. Braun Melsungen AG HOLCOMB, MARK 3685 Non-Final OA Apr 09, 2025
19052457 NON-RETURN VALVE, DRIP CHAMBER, PORT FOR NEEDLE-FREE METERING OF A LIQUID, BACK-FLOW BARRIER, INFUSION OR TRANSFUSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A NON-RETURN VALVE B. Braun Melsungen AG NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M 3753 Non-Final OA Feb 13, 2025
19042304 MESH TRAY LID FOR MESH STERILIZING TRAY AND MESH STERILIZING TRAY SYSTEM Aesculap AG ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO 3736 Non-Final OA Jan 31, 2025
19033691 STERILIZABLE DEVICE FOR LOCATING STERILE GOODS Aesculap AG MCCORMACK, THOMAS S 2686 Non-Final OA Jan 22, 2025
18954305 CENTERING INTERFACE B. Braun Avitum AG BOCHNA, DAVID 3679 Final Rejection Nov 20, 2024
18863098 INTEGRATED THERAPY CHAIN Aesculap AG COBANOGLU, DILEK B 3687 Non-Final OA Nov 05, 2024
18914465 PATELLA HOLDING DEVICE Aesculap AG KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3775 Non-Final OA Oct 14, 2024
18856155 STERILE PACKAGING WITH INTEGRATED DAMPING Aesculap AG REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 3735 Non-Final OA Oct 11, 2024
18854531 ELECTRICAL MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING AN ANTENNA Aesculap AG SALIH, AWAT M 2845 Non-Final OA Oct 05, 2024
18901158 PATELLA CLAMP Aesculap AG BATES, DAVID W 3799 Non-Final OA Sep 30, 2024
18901221 PATELLA IMPACTION DEVICE AND PATELLA PREPARATION SET Aesculap AG BATES, DAVID W 3799 Non-Final OA Sep 30, 2024
18847315 INSTRUMENT TRACKING AND INSTRUMENT INSPECTION FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING MEDICAL/ SURGICAL ITEMS Aesculap AG GAWORECKI, MARK R 2884 Non-Final OA Sep 16, 2024
18817386 CONNECTING DEVICE AND CONVEYING ASSEMBLY HAVING A CONNECTING DEVICE Bausch + Ströbel SE + Co. Kg JORGENSEN, ABBY A 3651 Non-Final OA Aug 28, 2024
18816073 MEDICAL DRILL DEVICE AND MEDICAL DRILL SYSTEM Aesculap AG COLEY, ZADE JAMES 3775 Non-Final OA Aug 27, 2024
18839094 BICOLOURED INJECTION-MOULDED PRODUCT AND BI-COLOUR INJECTION-MOULDING METHOD Schoeller Allibert GmbH MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1754 Non-Final OA Aug 16, 2024
18795472 MEDICAL QUICK COUPLING SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING A GUIDE SLEEVE WITHOUT TOOLS B. Braun New Ventures GmbH MCEVOY, THOMAS M 3771 Non-Final OA Aug 06, 2024
18730231 PACKAGING FOR A MEDICAL PRODUCT Aesculap AG REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN 3735 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2024
18728882 CAIMAN RING FORCEPS - MANUAL HF ACTIVATION Aesculap AG RHODES, NORA W 3794 Non-Final OA Jul 14, 2024
18719968 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Aesculap AG MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2024
18718863 SURGICAL ROBOT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD B. Braun New Ventures GmbH BOICE, JAMES EDWARD 3795 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2024
18736160 MEDICAL DEVICE WITH WORKSTATION FUNCTION IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM B. Braun Melsungen AG WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 3682 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2024
18664794 MEDICAL CLIP, FORMING TOOL, FORMING MACHINE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEDICAL CLIP Aesculap AG NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD 3771 Final Rejection May 15, 2024
18659549 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT, MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM B. Braun New Ventures GmbH MORALES, JON ERIC C 3796 Non-Final OA May 09, 2024
18706452 SURGICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM HAVING IMPROVED INSTRUMENT TRACKING AND NAVIGATION METHOD B. Braun New Ventures GmbH EDUN, DEAN NAWAAB 3797 Non-Final OA May 01, 2024
18700849 CALIBRATION METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATED CALIBRATION OF A CAMERA WITH RESPECT TO A MEDICAL ROBOT, AND SURGICAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM B. Braun New Ventures GmbH SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL 2673 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2024
18597078 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CHARACTERIZING A VASCULAR ACCESS OF A DIALYSIS PATIENT B. Braun Avitum AG STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 3781 Non-Final OA Mar 06, 2024
18590195 SUPPORT MEMBER FOR AN INTEGRATED BLOOD TREATMENT FLUID MODULE B. Braun Avitum AG TOWNSEND, GUY K 3781 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2024
18684758 MEDICAL COLLABORATIVE ROBOT HAVING ADJUSTABLE ROBOTIC ARM, AND CONTROL METHOD B. Braun New Ventures GmbH HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN 3796 Non-Final OA Feb 19, 2024
18683040 MULTI-PART DIALYZER B. Braun Avitum AG ARBLE, JESSICA R 3781 Non-Final OA Feb 12, 2024
18419039 VISUALIZATION SYSTEM WITH SPATIAL MEASUREMENTS B. Braun New Ventures GmbH ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T 3797 Final Rejection Jan 22, 2024
18412928 MEDICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE COMPATIBILITY OF IMPLANTS AND INSTRUMENTS OF A MEDICAL SYSTEM Aesculap AG BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD 3796 Non-Final OA Jan 15, 2024
18575667 MEDICAL REMOTE CONTROL, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD B. Braun New Ventures GmbH WALKER, OLIVIA 3796 Non-Final OA Dec 29, 2023
18567176 CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS B. Braun Melsungen AG AHMED, TASNIM M 3783 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2023
18565710 NEEDLE ATTACHMENT FOR A SPINAL NEEDLE B. Braun Melsungen AG PEHLKE, CAROLYN A 3799 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2023
18519330 KNEE-JOINT ENDOPROSTHESIS Aesculap AG RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER 3771 Non-Final OA Nov 27, 2023
18563548 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING A CLEANING-OPTIMISED SPRING UNIT Aesculap AG LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES 3619 Non-Final OA Nov 22, 2023
18563645 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING A SPRING UNIT OPTIMISED FOR CLEANING Aesculap AG SCHWIKER, KATHERINE H 3771 Non-Final OA Nov 22, 2023
18560815 KNEE-JOINT ENDOPROSTHESIS Aesculap AG BECCIA, CHRISTOPHER J 3775 Non-Final OA Nov 14, 2023
18507924 CAVITY MODELING SYSTEM AND CAVITY MODELING METHOD B. Braun New Ventures GmbH GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 Final Rejection Nov 13, 2023
18560160 CANNULA ASSEMBLY B. Braun Melsungen AG YABUT, DIANE D 3771 Final Rejection Nov 10, 2023
18557847 CLOSED SYSTEM TRANSFER DEVICE B. Braun Melsungen AG STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 3781 Final Rejection Oct 27, 2023
18557755 VALVE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A VALVE, CAP FOR A FLUID CONTAINER COMPRISING SUCH VALVE, FLUID CONTAINER COMPRISING SUCH CAP, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH CAP B. Braun Melsungen AG YANG, CHENG FONG 3781 Final Rejection Oct 27, 2023
18470743 KNEE JOINT IMPLANT AUGMENTATION AND KNEE JOINT IMPLANT Aesculap AG NGUYEN, VI X 3771 Non-Final OA Sep 20, 2023
18465346 LEAKAGE CONNECTOR FOR A DIALYSIS MACHINE, A LEAKAGE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPPED WITH IT AS WELL AS A DIALYSIS MACHINE B. Braun Avitum AG FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 3783 Non-Final OA Sep 12, 2023
18460853 POSTERIOR STABILIZED KNEE PROSTHESIS SYSTEM Aesculap AG PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 Non-Final OA Sep 05, 2023
18455306 ADAPTER DEVICE FOR A SENSOR DEVICE, ADAPTER ARRANGEMENT, ADAPTER SYSTEM, MEASURING DEVICE HAVING ADAPTER DEVICE AND SENSOR DEVICE, AND METHOD Bausch + Stroebel SE + Co. Kg WOODWARD, NATHANIEL T 2855 Non-Final OA Aug 24, 2023
18276795 SURGICAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DISPLAY METHOD B. Braun New Ventures GmbH LEUBECKER, JOHN P 3795 Final Rejection Aug 10, 2023
18362233 METHOD, DEVICES AND MEDICAL DEVICE B. Braun Melsungen AG RIVERA, JOSHEL 1746 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2023
18355693 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SLIDING SURFACE ELEMENT, SLIDING SURFACE ELEMENT AND KNEE JOINT ENDOPROSTHESIS Aesculap AG GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1742 Non-Final OA Jul 20, 2023
18353838 SYRINGE PUMP B. Braun Melsungen AG DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 Non-Final OA Jul 17, 2023
18348620 FEMORAL CONDYLE TRIAL IMPLANT Aesculap AG FLORES, ADRIAN 3774 Non-Final OA Jul 07, 2023
18348015 SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Aesculap AG BATES, DAVID W 3799 Final Rejection Jul 06, 2023
18339369 MECHANICAL HANDLING DEVICE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINERS, AND HANDLING SYSTEM Bausch + Ströbel SE + Co. Kg MCCLAIN, GERALD 3652 Final Rejection Jun 22, 2023
18334973 SURGICAL DEVICE Aesculap AG BATES, DAVID W 3799 Final Rejection Jun 14, 2023
18323067 USER AUTHENTICATION FOR SETTING AT LEAST ONE INFUSION PUMP B. Braun Melsungen AG TSANG, HENRY 2495 Non-Final OA May 24, 2023
18143577 INFUSION SYSTEM AND CATHETER FOR SUCH AN INFUSION SYSTEM B. Braun Melsungen AG MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 Final Rejection May 04, 2023
18130994 APPLICATION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL CLIPS Aesculap AG MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 Final Rejection Apr 05, 2023
18025632 FEMORAL STEM OFFSET ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM Aesculap AG WEISS, JESSICA 3775 Non-Final OA Mar 09, 2023
18025281 DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING AN INFUSION OR TRANSFUSION, SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A DEVICE B. Braun Melsungen AG SHAH, NILAY J 3783 Non-Final OA Mar 08, 2023
18113766 MEDICAL CLIP AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEDICAL CLIP Aesculap AG MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 Non-Final OA Feb 24, 2023
18022866 AUTOMATIC REINFUSION OF BLOOD FOLLOWING A BLOOD TREATMENT THERAPY B. Braun Avitum AG PEO, JONATHAN M 1779 Final Rejection Feb 23, 2023
18022298 INFUSION OR TRANSFUSION SET AND SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INFUSION OR TRANSFUSION SET B. Braun Melsungen AG FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3783 Non-Final OA Feb 21, 2023
18022318 COUPLING DEVICE FOR AN ADAPTER FOR A VIAL, ADAPTER FOR A VIAL, SET COMPRISING AN ADAPTER OF THIS TYPE, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING AN ADAPTER OF THIS TYPE B. Braun Melsungen AG WENG, KAI H 3781 Non-Final OA Feb 21, 2023
18019777 CATHETER ARRANGEMENT INCLUDING A VALVE ELEMENT ELASTICALLY DEFORMABLE BY FLUID PRESSURE B. Braun Melsungen AG GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 Non-Final OA Feb 03, 2023
18090542 KNEE JOINT ENDOPROSTHESIS Aesculap AG WOLF, MEGAN YARNALL 3774 Non-Final OA Dec 29, 2022
17979907 CONTAINER AND SYSTEM FOR RECONSTITUTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF DRUGS B. Braun Medical Inc. WENG, KAI H 3781 Non-Final OA Nov 03, 2022
17974735 INFUSION SYSTEM B. Braun Melsungen AG STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 3783 Final Rejection Oct 27, 2022
17970631 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A MEDICATION AT A MEDICAL DEVICE B. Braun Melsungen AG WEBB, JESSICA MARIE 3683 Non-Final OA Oct 21, 2022
17918351 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING LIQUIDS, COMPRISING A DISPLAY UNIT FOR GRAPHICALLY REPRESENTING THE FILLING LEVEL B. Braun Melsungen AG CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 3783 Final Rejection Oct 12, 2022
17918028 BONE IMPLANT Aesculap AG DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE 3774 Final Rejection Oct 10, 2022
17852480 METALLIC SUPPORT STRUCTURE IN THE DRIVE ARM/HEAD OF A MEDICAL FLUID PUMP B. Braun Melsungen AG WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 Final Rejection Jun 29, 2022
17783739 MEDICINAL PRODUCT COMPRISING A FLEXIBLE PLASTIC BAG AND AN AQUEOUS, READY-TO-USE SOLUTION OF MIDAZOLAM B. Braun Melsungen AG PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 3781 Non-Final OA Jun 09, 2022
17781948 CONNECTOR, SYSTEM WITH CONNECTOR AND HOSE LINE, AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING A CONNECTOR TO A HOSE LINE B. Braun Melsungen AG BOSWORTH, KAMI A 3783 Final Rejection Jun 02, 2022
17776256 SURGICAL MILLING CUTTER WITH IMPROVED CHIP REMOVAL Aesculap AG KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3775 Non-Final OA May 12, 2022

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