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Womble (Previously Lewis Roca): all pending office actions

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App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19478906 ADAPTER ASSEMBLIES FOR SURGICAL DEVICE Covidien LP CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C 3731 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2025
19478944 SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE WITH ARTICULATING TOOL ASSEMBLY Covidien LP IMAM, TANZIM 3731 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2025
19168380 SURGICAL STAPLING APPARATUS WITH LOCKOUT ASSEMBLIES Covidien LP CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C 3731 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2025
19162434 STAPLE CARTRIDGE WITH MOVABLE KNIFE Covidien LP CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C 3731 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2025
19162428 STAPLING DEVICE WITH FIRING LOCKOUT ASSEMBLY Covidien LP PALMER, LUCAS E A 3731 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2025
19270710 SURGICAL PLATFORM SYSTEM Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3679 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2025
19270708 SURGICAL STAPLER WITH UNIVERSAL TIP RELOAD Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 16, 2025
19258121 JAW DRIVE ARM FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATING THE SAME Covidien LP BYRD, BRIGID K 3771 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2025
19213082 HANDHELD ELECTROMECHANICAL SURGICAL SYSTEM Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103Other Final Rejection 84d Pending May 20, 2025
19087802 POWERED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING TISSUE TYPES THEREWITH Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 24, 2025
19081488 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ARCING Covidien LP ZIEGLER, ABIGAIL M 3794 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
19076558 HAND-HELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 DP Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2025
19053802 METHODS FOR OPEN DISSECTION USING SEALING INSTRUMENT Covidien LP SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE 3794 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
19099105 GRAPHIC DISPLAY FOR POWERED SURGICAL STAPLERS Covidien LP WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M 3731 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 28, 2025
19099111 Handheld Electromechanical Surgical System With Low Tissue Compression Indiction Covidien LP WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M 3731 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 28, 2025
19036684 UNIVERSAL SURGICAL FOOTSWITCH TOGGLING Covidien LP COLLINS, SEAN W 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2025
19025436 ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH COOLING SYSTEM Covidien LP FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN 3771 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19014837 INDEPENDENT CONTROL OF DUAL RF ELECTROSURGERY Covidien LP GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
18877132 REAL-TIME STAPLING TISSUE PERFUSION ASSESSMENT Covidien LP MATTSON, SEAN D 3798 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2024
18963134 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE INTEGRATION WITH PATIENT ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD Covidien LP COTRONEO, STEVEN J 3773 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18868951 ELECTRICAL IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE AND SYSTEM Trustee Of Dartmouth College FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18947767 SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TREATING TISSUE Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18946662 DRIVE ROD AND KNIFE BLADE FOR AN ARTICULATING SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Covidien LP GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL 3771 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18940435 SLOW SPEED STAPLE AND STAPLE RELAXATION FOR STAPLING OPTIMIZATION Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18929053 NON-STICK COATED ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Covidien LP PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18913410 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS FOR GRASPING, TREATING, AND/OR DIVIDING TISSUE Covidien LP DEMIE, TIGIST S 3794 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18856325 COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS RINGS WITH ADJUSTABLE COMPRESSION PROFILE Covidien LP BYRD, BRIGID K 3771 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18909766 ADAPTIVE ANTI-TWITCH ALGORITHM FOR POWERED SURGICAL DEVICES Covidien LP HIBBERT, MARY C 3731 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 08, 2024
18902152 VESSEL SEALING INSTRUMENT WITH SEAL PLATES FOR DIRECTING THE FLOW OF ENERGY Covidien LP VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18887931 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATING ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY Covidien LP VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18775043 DRIVE AND ARTICULATION MECHANISMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS Covidien LP LABRANCHE, BROOKE N 3771 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18775319 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING DELIVERY OF ELECTROSURGICAL ENERGY Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18760968 MACHINE-LEARNING IMAGE RECOGNITION FOR CLASSIFYING CONDITIONS BASED ON VENTILATORY DATA Covidien LP RUSH, ERIC 2677 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18648615 CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR Covidien LP PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C 3794 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2024
18630573 DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE DRIVE Covidien LP ABBASI, ABDUL HADI 3795 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18623424 LIGHT GUIDE PIPE FOR UNIFORM ENDOSCOPIC ILLUMINATION Covidien LP ABBASI, ABDUL HADI 3795 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18600292 SELF-GUIDING CATHETER WITH PROXIMITY SENSOR Covidien LP LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2024
18407601 HANDHELD ELECTROMECHANICAL SURGICAL SYSTEM Covidien LP GERTH, KATIE L 3731 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2024
18541299 DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPE TRAINING MODE FOR VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE Covidien LP ROWLAND, STEVE 3715 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18558768 AUXILIARY DEVICES FOR STAPLING APPARATUS Covidien LP MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18558632 BLADE OPTIMIZATION FOR ROBOTIC ASSISTED SEALING INSTRUMENT Covidien LP LONG, SARAH A 3771 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 02, 2023
18497051 PATIENT-VENTILATOR ASYNCHRONY DASHBOARD Covidien LP RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES 3785 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2023
18227904 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR GRASPING, TREATING, AND DIVIDING TISSUE Covidien LP GOOD, SAMANTHA M 3794 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2023
18356330 CONCENTRIC BREATHING CIRCUIT WITH BOOST ZONE Covidien LP SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG 3785 §103§112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18347667 PHRENIC NERVE INTEGRITY AND RAMPED-UP BURST Covidien LP TU, AURELIE H 3791 §101§103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jul 06, 2023
18210779 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 16, 2023
18325407 STEERABLE ENDOSCOPE WITH MOTION ALIGNMENT Covidien AG SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA 3795 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18296049 REPLACEABLE FILTER SYSTEMS FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION Covidien LP SIPPEL, RACHEL T 3785 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 05, 2023
18192273 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MISSED BREATH DETECTION AND INDICATION Covidien LP AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §101Other Non-Final OA 156d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
18247016 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVELY ASSESSMENT TRACHEA Covidien LP MATTHEWS, TESSA M 3773 §102§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 28, 2023
18019881 COMPUTER VISION BASED CONTROL OF AN ENERGY GENERATOR Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
18065061 EXPIRATORY FILTER WITH EMBEDDED DETECTORS Covidien LP DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 3785 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 13, 2022
17992978 ENERGY-BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO MINIMIZE THERMAL SPREAD Covidien LP MILLER, SERENITY A 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 23, 2022
18050013 ENDOSCOPE WITH AUTOMATIC STEERING Covidien LP SONG, LI-TING 3795 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 26, 2022
17888034 VENTILATION MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Covidien LP RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES 3785 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 15, 2022
17870564 PHRENIC NERVE STIMULATION WITH MECHANICAL VENTILATION Covidien LP RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES 3785 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 21, 2022
17785494 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ULTRASONIC SURGICAL SYSTEM Covidien LP MCGRATH, ERIN E 3771 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 15, 2022
17779397 ENERGY-BASED SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS BASED ON AN ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE LEARNING SYSTEM Covidien LP VASSELL, MEREDITH ABBOTT 1687 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2022
17736375 JAW APERTURE POSITION SENSOR FORELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS Covidien LP RODDEN, JOANNE M 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 04, 2022
17715986 ENERGY ACTIVATION SWITCH FOR VESSEL SEALER Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Apr 08, 2022
17702629 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 23, 2022
17398547 SHAFT RETENTION FEATURES FOR SHAFT-BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Covidien LP PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2021

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