Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 3 clients • 12 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
MacMillan, Sobanksi & Todd, LLC - Cook Medical has a record of 397 career applications within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has established a resolved allowance rate of 84.34 percent, which is a key indicator of its performance in obtaining patent grants. This rate reflects the firm's effectiveness in navigating the examination process.
The prosecution cycle at the firm involves an average of 4.7 office actions per allowance. This metric suggests a detailed level of interaction with examiners to overcome rejections or requirements. At present, the firm is responsible for 13 pending office actions that are awaiting resolution.
With 397 career applications and an 84.34 percent resolved allowance rate, the firm demonstrates specialized experience in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The 4.7 average office actions per allowance serves as a predictive figure for the intensity of the prosecution process. These statistics offer a clear view of the firm's historical and 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 | 4 (31%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | 2 | 62.2% | +23.6% |
| DANG, PHONG SON H | 1 | 78.0% | +24.4% |
| LANGHALS, RENEE C | 1 | 58.6% | +42.7% |
| WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | 1 | 63.0% | +29.1% |
| COCHRAN, KARI LEE | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 1 | 55.4% | +35.9% |
| KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 1 | 64.4% | +55.6% |
| TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE | 1 | 67.9% | +50.4% |
| SHARMA, YASHITA | 1 | 81.7% | +24.9% |
| FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | 1 | 62.1% | +36.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18827361 | CONSTRAINT ARRANGEMENT FOR A STENT-GRAFT LOADED ONTO A DELIVERY SYSTEM | COCHRAN, KARI LEE | — |
| 18529664 | DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH GUIDED RETRACTION MECHANISM OF A DELIVERY SYSTEM TIP | SHARMA, YASHITA | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19262801 | Medical Cannulae, Delivery Systems and Methods | DANG, PHONG SON H | — |
| 18890385 | PROSTHESIS WITH SIDE BRANCH AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | — |
| 18613673 | MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | — |
| 18540174 | DELIVERY DEVICE WITH AN ACTUATOR HAVING A HARD STOP AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | — |
| 18538827 | INTRODUCER ASSEMBLY HAVING A LOW-PROFILE ACCESS SHEATH AND A HUB ASSEMBLY | TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18106601 | Medical Systems, Devices, and Kits Useful in Performing Treatment under Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Related Methods | FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | 49d overdue |
| 17558905 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING VALVE MEMBER | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | 16d |
| 19262801 | Medical Cannulae, Delivery Systems and Methods | DANG, PHONG SON H | — |
| 19027914 | Access Devices, Treatment Devices, and Kits Useful for Performing Treatment under Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Related Methods | LANGHALS, RENEE C | — |
| 18890385 | PROSTHESIS WITH SIDE BRANCH AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | — |
| 18775680 | METHODS AND USES OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES FOR VARIOUS STENT AND OTHER MEDICAL APPLICATIONS | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | — |
| 18613673 | MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | — |
| 18540174 | DELIVERY DEVICE WITH AN ACTUATOR HAVING A HARD STOP AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Cook Medical | 10 |
| Cook Group | 2 |
| CVDevices | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 6 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19262801 | Medical Cannulae, Delivery Systems and Methods | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | DANG, PHONG SON H | 3771 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19027914 | Access Devices, Treatment Devices, and Kits Useful for Performing Treatment under Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Related Methods | Muffin Incorporated Dba Cook Advanced Technologies | LANGHALS, RENEE C | 3797 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18890385 | PROSTHESIS WITH SIDE BRANCH AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | 3993 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18827361 | CONSTRAINT ARRANGEMENT FOR A STENT-GRAFT LOADED ONTO A DELIVERY SYSTEM | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | COCHRAN, KARI LEE | 3774 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18775680 | METHODS AND USES OF BIOLOGICAL TISSUES FOR VARIOUS STENT AND OTHER MEDICAL APPLICATIONS | Cvdevices, LLC | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 3799 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18613673 | MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | 3774 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18540174 | DELIVERY DEVICE WITH AN ACTUATOR HAVING A HARD STOP AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | KHANDKER, RAIHAN R | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18538827 | INTRODUCER ASSEMBLY HAVING A LOW-PROFILE ACCESS SHEATH AND A HUB ASSEMBLY | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18529664 | DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH GUIDED RETRACTION MECHANISM OF A DELIVERY SYSTEM TIP | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | SHARMA, YASHITA | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18106601 | Medical Systems, Devices, and Kits Useful in Performing Treatment under Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Related Methods | Muffin Incorporated Dba Cook Advanced Technologies | FANG, MICHAEL YIMING | 3798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Feb 07, 2023 |
| 18066698 | ENDOGRAFT SYSTEM HAVING A DEPLOYMENT DEVICE AND A STENT-GRAFT ASSEMBLY | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2022 |
| 17943867 | MODULAR HANDLE FOR A PROSTHESIS DELIVERY DEVICE | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | MANNAN, MIKAIL A | 3774 | §102 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Sep 13, 2022 |
| 17558905 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE INCLUDING VALVE MEMBER | Cook Medical Technologies LLC | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | 3774 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Dec 22, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial84.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Macmillan, Sobanksi & Todd, LLC - Cook Medical were allowed, across 397 applications in USPTO records.
4.70 office actions per allowed application on average.
13 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 12 examiners in 7 art units.
