Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Kagan Binder, Pllc - Abbott Laboratories - Csi

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 4 examiners • 1 art unit • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=24213 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.4%
Allowance Rate
n=24213
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=24213
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=13194
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=13194
1092 days
Time to Allowance
n=13194
+9.1pp
Interview Lift
n=24213
29.7%
RCE Rate
n=24213
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=24213

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.7%
§101 Overcome
n=224
84.0%
§102 Overcome
n=1930
78.5%
§103 Overcome
n=7632
87.1%
§112 Overcome
n=1902

Specialization & Scale

A61K, H01L, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=24213
10
Practitioners
n=24213
2421.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=24213

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (20%)
3
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only3 (60%)
§112 only1 (20%)

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
5
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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 2 81.8% +19.3%
TANNER, JOCELIN C 1 72.0% +35.2%
TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 1 61.7% +35.2%
HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM 1 49.1% +54.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19120110 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS SYSTEM WITH FORWARD FACING ELECTRODES AND FLEX CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS NGUYEN, TUAN VAN

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18659770 DRIVE SHAFT DESIGN, CONDITIONING AND STABILIZATION METHODS FOR ROTATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICES NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 44d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18659770 DRIVE SHAFT DESIGN, CONDITIONING AND STABILIZATION METHODS FOR ROTATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICES NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 44d overdue
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
18690570 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADAPTIVE ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON INFLATION AND DEFLATION TON, MARTIN TRUYEN
18393260 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS HAVING SPARK MONITORING FEEDBACK HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Cardiovascular Systems 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37715

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19120110 INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY DEVICES AND SYSTEMS SYSTEM WITH FORWARD FACING ELECTRODES AND FLEX CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 3771 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2025
18906647 REDUCER FOR CRITICAL LIMB ISCHEMIA AND CRITICAL HAND ISCHEMIA Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. TANNER, JOCELIN C 3771 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18659770 DRIVE SHAFT DESIGN, CONDITIONING AND STABILIZATION METHODS FOR ROTATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICES Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. NGUYEN, TUAN VAN 3771 §101 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending May 09, 2024
18690570 SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADAPTIVE ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON INFLATION AND DEFLATION Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 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

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