Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kagan Binder, PLLC - Abbott Laboratories - CSI operates in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. It has 2672 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 81.43 percent. It averages 3.78 office actions per allowance. There are 8 pending office actions.
The 81.43 percent allowance rate is derived from 2672 career applications. The average of 3.78 office actions per allowance reflects the prosecution effort required in the medical device sector. The 8 pending office actions represent the firm's current workload.
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.
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.
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 | 6 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 2 | 59.5% | +33.3% |
| LOUIS, RICHARD G | 1 | 74.7% | +17.2% |
| NGUYEN, TUAN VAN | 1 | 81.7% | +19.5% |
| TANNER, JOCELIN C | 1 | 72.2% | +34.8% |
| DANG, PHONG SON H | 1 | 78.0% | +24.6% |
| HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM | 1 | 50.4% | +53.3% |
| DARB, HAMZA A. | 1 | 74.4% | +30.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Cardiovascular Systems | 8 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 7 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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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