Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kagan Binder, Pllc - Abbott Laboratories - Csi

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 1 client • 8 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Kagan Binder, PLLC - Abbott Laboratories - CSI has 9 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The associated record contains 2673 career applications, an 81.5% resolved allowance rate, and 3.78 average office actions per allowance. The profile combines a client-specific device workload with broader prosecution measures.

The historical allowance rate and office-action average provide context rather than a prediction for an individual Abbott matter. They indicate repeated examination activity across resolved applications. Practitioners should focus on device structure, component interaction, operating steps, and the precise technical distinctions needed to address each pending action.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=2673 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.5%
Allowance Rate
n=2673
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2673
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=1441
+0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1441
1131 days
Time to Allowance
n=1441
+13.7pp
Interview Lift
n=2673
29.2%
RCE Rate
n=2673
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=2673

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.1%
§101 Overcome
n=130
74.4%
§102 Overcome
n=634
77.7%
§103 Overcome
n=1081
78.2%
§112 Overcome
n=899

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G01N, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2673
10
Practitioners
n=2673
267.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=2673

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (33%)
6
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 2 59.6% +33.2%
LOUIS, RICHARD G 1 74.7% +17.2%
NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 1 81.7% +19.4%
SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 1 83.7% +8.2%
TANNER, JOCELIN C 1 72.3% +34.7%
DANG, PHONG SON H 1 78.0% +24.4%
HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM 1 50.5% +52.7%
DARB, HAMZA A. 1 74.5% +31.1%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18906647 REDUCER FOR CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA AND CRITICAL HAND ISCHEMIA TANNER, JOCELIN C 35d overdue
19120110 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS SYSTEM WITH FORWARD FACING ELECTRODES AND FLEX CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS NGUYEN, TUAN VAN —
19106491 RAPID EXCHANGE BLOOD PUMP WITH STRAIGHT GUIDEWIRE PATH THROUGH PUMP HOUSING SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18906647 REDUCER FOR CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA AND CRITICAL HAND ISCHEMIA TANNER, JOCELIN C 35d overdue
17938490 ROTATIONAL DRIVE SHAFTS AND INTRAVASCULAR MEDICAL DEVICES THEREOF POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 20d
18866415 MANAGEMENT OF STORED ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN STALLED INTRAVASCULAR ROTATIONAL DRIVE SHAFTS FOR ATHERECTOMY POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 35d
19129816 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES WITH THIN-WALLED BALLOONS AND SYSTEMS LOUIS, RICHARD G —
19120110 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS SYSTEM WITH FORWARD FACING ELECTRODES AND FLEX CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS NGUYEN, TUAN VAN —
18632431 ROTATIONAL SYSTEMS COMPRISING A POLYMER DRIVESHAFT DANG, PHONG SON H —
18393260 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS HAVING SPARK MONITORING FEEDBACK HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM —
17809668 GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETERS DARB, HAMZA A. —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Cardiovascular Systems 9

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37717
37961
37831

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19129816 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES WITH THIN-WALLED BALLOONS AND SYSTEMS Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. LOUIS, RICHARD G 3771 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2025
19120110 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS SYSTEM WITH FORWARD FACING ELECTRODES AND FLEX CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2025
19106491 RAPID EXCHANGE BLOOD PUMP WITH STRAIGHT GUIDEWIRE PATH THROUGH PUMP HOUSING Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2025
18866415 MANAGEMENT OF STORED ANGULAR MOMENTUM IN STALLED INTRAVASCULAR ROTATIONAL DRIVE SHAFTS FOR ATHERECTOMY Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18906647 REDUCER FOR CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA AND CRITICAL HAND ISCHEMIA Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. TANNER, JOCELIN C 3771 §102§103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18632431 ROTATIONAL SYSTEMS COMPRISING A POLYMER DRIVESHAFT Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. DANG, PHONG SON H 3771 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18393260 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS HAVING SPARK MONITORING FEEDBACK Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM 3771 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 21, 2023
17938490 ROTATIONAL DRIVE SHAFTS AND INTRAVASCULAR MEDICAL DEVICES THEREOF Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17809668 GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETERS Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. DARB, HAMZA A. 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 29, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kagan Binder, Pllc - Abbott Laboratories - Csi's patent allowance rate?

81.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Kagan Binder, Pllc - Abbott Laboratories - Csi were allowed, across 2,673 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Kagan Binder, Pllc - Abbott Laboratories - Csi average before allowance?

3.78 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Kagan Binder, Pllc - Abbott Laboratories - Csi have?

9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 8 examiners in 3 art units.

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