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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP - W.L. Gore

50 pending office actions • 7 clients

Portfolio Summary

50
Total Pending OAs
13
Final Rejections
37
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 42
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 2
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 2
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 1
UIM Pressure Implant Inc. 1
Innavasc Medical, Inc. 1
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19400707 Untitled W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. LE, HOA T 1788 Non-Final OA
19292026 SELECTIVELY DENSIFIED MEMBRANE SEALANT AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. LEE, GILBERT Y 3675 Non-Final OA Aug 06, 2025
19089886 COMPOSITE MATERIALS PROMOTING THE CATCHMENT AND ATTACHMENT OF SEAWEED HOLDFASTS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. HURLEY, SHAUN R 3732 Non-Final OA Mar 25, 2025
18978206 IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES AND RELATED DELIVERY SYSTEMS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D 3771 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2024
18854179 PROTECTED ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. HUBER, PAUL W 2691 Non-Final OA Oct 04, 2024
18888666 PHYSICAL DEMANDS CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. LEE, PO HAN 3623 Non-Final OA Sep 18, 2024
18837948 METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS ARTICLES FROM ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. VO, HAI 1788 Non-Final OA Aug 13, 2024
18720883 PASTE-PROCESSED ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE EXPANDED INTO DENSE ARTICLES W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1783 Non-Final OA Jun 17, 2024
18605454 STAGED DEPLOYMENT OF EXPANDABLE IMPLANT W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. YABUT, DIANE D 3771 Final Rejection Mar 14, 2024
18687513 HIGHLY TRANSMISSIVE PTFE DENSE FILM WITH TUNABLE HAZE AND COLOR W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. FIGG, TRAVIS M 1783 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2024
18686929 ANCHORS AND WIRELESS SENSOR ATTACHMENT UIM Pressure Implant Inc. YOON, CHANEL J 3791 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2024
18441395 Medical Delivery Devices Having Low Lubricant Syringe Barrels W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 3783 Final Rejection Feb 14, 2024
18436294 STENT GRAFT WITH FEATURES FOR SIDE BRANCH VESSEL PERFUSION W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. BLANCO, JAVIER G 3774 Non-Final OA Feb 08, 2024
18428903 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CANNULATION OF VASCULAR ACCESS VESSEL Innavasc Medical, Inc. FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3783 Final Rejection Jan 31, 2024
18421615 BIOABSORBABLE MEDICAL DEVICES W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. BARIA, DINAH N 3774 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2024
18541647 INTERMITTENT DIRECT DEPOSITION PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT OF A MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. TALBOT, BRIAN K 1712 Final Rejection Dec 15, 2023
18519825 LOOPED WIRE FOR ADVANCED STENT GRAFTS AND METHODS OF USING SAME W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 3771 Non-Final OA Nov 27, 2023
18388416 SEAWEED CULTIVATION SYSTEM W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L 3732 Non-Final OA Nov 09, 2023
18559269 STRETCHABLE FLAME RESISTANT MATERIALS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1786 Non-Final OA Nov 06, 2023
18498833 IN VIVO ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. BAUTISTA, ADRIANA GISELLE 3774 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2023
18287907 METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 Non-Final OA Oct 23, 2023
18287404 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PERCUTANEOUS DELIVERY OF NEUROSTIMULATION ARRAYS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. WU, TONG E 3796 Non-Final OA Oct 18, 2023
18287282 IMPROVED BATTERY W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. NGUYEN, HUY TRAM 1774 Non-Final OA Oct 17, 2023
18282078 AQUEOUS WATER-BASED BONDING SYSTEM FOR FLAME-RETARDANT COMPOSITE W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. TATESURE, VINCENT 1786 Non-Final OA Sep 14, 2023
18278211 MULTI-BRANCH ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES AND METHODS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 3771 Non-Final OA Aug 22, 2023
18276149 IMPLANTABLE CONDUIT WITH SELF-SEALING FENESTRATIONS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. NERENBERG, RENEE FLORENCIA 3774 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2023
18206215 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE STIFFNESS CATHETER W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE 3993 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2023
18201255 CONFORMABLE BALLOON DEVICES AND METHODS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. SWANSON, ANDREW L 1745 Final Rejection May 24, 2023
18198656 ENDOPROSTHESIS HAVING ALIGNED LEGS FOR EASE OF CANNULATION W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 3771 Final Rejection May 17, 2023
18037129 FORMULATIONS, METHODS, AND PRE-FILLED MULTI-DOSE INJECTION DEVICES WITHOUT CLOUD POINT W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. ULSH, DUNG T 3783 Non-Final OA May 16, 2023
18036608 ARTICLES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCLUDING ARTICLES WITH HALOGEN RESERVOIRS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 1776 Final Rejection May 11, 2023
18036595 MICROPOROUS POLYETHYLENE FILAMENTS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 Non-Final OA May 11, 2023
18024626 AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY DEVICES CONTAINING A HEAT TREATED FIBRILLATED POLYMER MEMBRANE AND MANIFOLDS CONTAINING THE SAME W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. PATEL, PRANAV N 1777 Non-Final OA Mar 03, 2023
18022243 COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 1724 Non-Final OA Feb 20, 2023
18009233 MULTI-BRANCH INTRALUMINAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM 3774 Non-Final OA Dec 08, 2022
18071830 SUBSTRATE WITH ROTATABLE STRUTS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. PASQUALINI, HANNA LOUISE 3774 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2022
17909613 TRANSCATHETER MANIPULATION SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. STEWART, ALVIN J 3799 Non-Final OA Sep 06, 2022
17801892 MULTI-DEPLOY ZONE CONSTRAINING DEVICES AND METHODS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN 3774 Final Rejection Aug 24, 2022
17797359 INFLOW / OUTFLOW CANNULA W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 3781 Final Rejection Aug 03, 2022
17795099 SUSTAINED-RELEASE MATRICES FOR ADVENTITIAL OR PERIADVENTITIAL NEURAL ABLATION AND USES THEREOF W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1617 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2022
17726362 BRANCHED ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH TAIL FOR CONTROLLED BRANCH DEPLOYMENT W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D 3774 Non-Final OA Apr 21, 2022
17764655 DRUG COATED BALLOON W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 Final Rejection Mar 29, 2022
17762839 ANCHORS FOR MITRAL CHORDAE REPAIR W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS 3774 Non-Final OA Mar 23, 2022
17626809 PERFORATED SORBENT POLYMER COMPOSITE SHEETS FOR ENHANCED MASS TRANSPORT W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 1781 Final Rejection Jan 12, 2022
17619452 CONTINUOUS TETHERED TISSUE ANCHOR AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. GEIGER, RACHAEL L 3771 Final Rejection Dec 15, 2021
17611256 STABILIZED MEDICAL DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 3791 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2021
17203982 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR APPROXIMATING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE OF VASCULATURE HAVING BRANCHES W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. BARIA, DINAH N 3774 Non-Final OA Mar 17, 2021
17050248 FLEXIBLE CONTAINER FOR STORAGE AND TRANSPORT OF BIOPHARMACEUTICALS W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 Non-Final OA Oct 23, 2020
17047424 Medical Delivery Devices With Inhibited Oxygen Permeation W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 3783 Final Rejection Oct 14, 2020
16745834 BIOABSORBABLE FILAMENT MEDICAL DEVICES W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 Non-Final OA Jan 17, 2020

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