Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
34 pending office actions • 2 clients • 32 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 75 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 32 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. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 27 (79%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 3 (9%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (9%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 2 | 72.9% | +14.6% |
| FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 2 | 78.9% | +15.2% |
| LEE, GILBERT Y | 1 | 78.6% | +10.6% |
| HURLEY, SHAUN R | 1 | 77.6% | +17.5% |
| MAI, TRI M | 1 | 36.1% | +21.0% |
| LEE, PO HAN | 1 | 32.3% | +41.1% |
| KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1 | 60.7% | +28.8% |
| YABUT, DIANE D | 1 | 62.3% | +27.9% |
| FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 1 | 75.6% | +30.7% |
| NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L | 1 | 65.7% | +26.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19089886 | COMPOSITE MATERIALS PROMOTING THE CATCHMENT AND ATTACHMENT OF SEAWEED HOLDFASTS | HURLEY, SHAUN R | 153d overdue |
| 17047424 | Medical Delivery Devices With Inhibited Oxygen Permeation | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 147d overdue |
| 18388416 | SEAWEED CULTIVATION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L | 134d overdue |
| 19292026 | SELECTIVELY DENSIFIED MEMBRANE SEALANT AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME | LEE, GILBERT Y | 31d overdue |
| 18888666 | PHYSICAL DEMANDS CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS | LEE, PO HAN | 16d overdue |
| 18720883 | PASTE-PROCESSED ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE EXPANDED INTO DENSE ARTICLES | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 9d |
| 18198656 | ENDOPROSTHESIS HAVING ALIGNED LEGS FOR EASE OF CANNULATION | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 14d |
| 18287151 | AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE FOR BRANCHED LUMENS WITH ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 30d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Gore | 33 |
| InnAVasc Medical, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 8 |
| 3771 | 5 |
| 3783 | 5 |
| 3732 | 2 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3623 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 1786 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19292026 | SELECTIVELY DENSIFIED MEMBRANE SEALANT AND PROCESS FOR MAKING SAME | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | LEE, GILBERT Y | 3675 | Other | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Aug 06, 2025 |
| 19089886 | COMPOSITE MATERIALS PROMOTING THE CATCHMENT AND ATTACHMENT OF SEAWEED HOLDFASTS | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | HURLEY, SHAUN R | 3732 | Other | Non-Final OA | 153d overdue | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19106749 | CONVERTIBLE PACK SYSTEMS AND METHODS | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | MAI, TRI M | 3733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18888666 | PHYSICAL DEMANDS CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | LEE, PO HAN | 3623 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18720883 | PASTE-PROCESSED ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE EXPANDED INTO DENSE ARTICLES | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18605454 | STAGED DEPLOYMENT OF EXPANDABLE IMPLANT | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | YABUT, DIANE D | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18428903 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CANNULATION OF VASCULAR ACCESS VESSEL | Innavasc Medical, Inc. | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18388416 | SEAWEED CULTIVATION SYSTEM | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 134d overdue | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18559269 | STRETCHABLE FLAME RESISTANT MATERIALS | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | MATZEK, MATTHEW D | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 79d overdue | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18287282 | IMPROVED BATTERY | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | NGUYEN, HUY TRAM | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18287151 | AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE FOR BRANCHED LUMENS WITH ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18547673 | GEOMETRICALLY DEFORMABLE IMPLANTABLE CONTAINMENT DEVICES FOR RETENTION OF BIOLOGICAL MOIETIES | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | SHAH, NILAY J | 3783 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18276149 | IMPLANTABLE CONDUIT WITH SELF-SEALING FENESTRATIONS, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | NERENBERG, RENEE FLORENCIA | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
| 18272048 | EMBOLIC FILTER WITH FLEXION | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | NEMER, OSAMA MOHAMMAD | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18267930 | WIRE MANAGEMENT FOR DEVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18206215 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN ADJUSTABLE STIFFNESS CATHETER | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | 3993 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 264d overdue | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18201255 | CONFORMABLE BALLOON DEVICES AND METHODS | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | SWANSON, ANDREW L | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18198656 | ENDOPROSTHESIS HAVING ALIGNED LEGS FOR EASE OF CANNULATION | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | LABRANCHE, BROOKE N | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18036608 | ARTICLES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCLUDING ARTICLES WITH HALOGEN RESERVOIRS | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE | 1776 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | 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 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Mar 03, 2023 |
| 18022243 | COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER | 1724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2023 |
| 18009233 | MULTI-BRANCH INTRALUMINAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | PRESTON, REBECCA STRASZHEIM | 3774 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 18071830 | SUBSTRATE WITH ROTATABLE STRUTS FOR MEDICAL DEVICE | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | PASQUALINI, HANNA LOUISE | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
| 17927264 | A METHOD OF INSERTING A LUBRICANT FREE STOPPER INTO A LUBRICANT FREE BARREL OR A LUBRICANT FREE CARTRIDGE TUBE AND A SYSTEM FOR ASSEMBLING SAME | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Nov 22, 2022 |
| 17795099 | SUSTAINED-RELEASE MATRICES FOR ADVENTITIAL OR PERIADVENTITIAL NEURAL ABLATION AND USES THEREOF | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE | 1617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Jul 25, 2022 |
| 17726362 | BRANCHED ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH TAIL FOR CONTROLLED BRANCH DEPLOYMENT | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | PRONE, CHRISTOPHER D | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Apr 21, 2022 |
| 17764655 | DRUG COATED BALLOON | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2022 |
| 17762839 | ANCHORS FOR MITRAL CHORDAE REPAIR | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | SPENCER, MAXIMILIAN TOBIAS | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Mar 23, 2022 |
| 17626809 | PERFORATED SORBENT POLYMER COMPOSITE SHEETS FOR ENHANCED MASS TRANSPORT | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 97d overdue | Pending | Jan 12, 2022 |
| 17429436 | LIGHT DIFFUSING REFLECTIVE CURTAIN FOR AGRICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | SCHMID, BROOK VICTORIA | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 381d overdue | Pending | Aug 09, 2021 |
| 17279222 | CONSTRAINING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN | 3771 | §112 | Final Rejection | 43d | Pending | Mar 24, 2021 |
| 17203982 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR APPROXIMATING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE OF VASCULATURE HAVING BRANCHES | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | BARIA, DINAH N | 3774 | Other | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Mar 17, 2021 |
| 17047424 | Medical Delivery Devices With Inhibited Oxygen Permeation | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | FARRAR, LAUREN PENG | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | Oct 14, 2020 |
| 16745834 | BIOABSORBABLE FILAMENT MEDICAL DEVICES | W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jan 17, 2020 |
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