Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 1 client • 3 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Perkins Coie LLP - ReValve Solutions shows a perfect resolved allowance rate of 100.0 percent in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. This result is based on 15 career applications. Prosecution efficiency is notable, with an average of 1.0 office actions per allowance. There are 5 pending office actions currently in the pipeline.
The 100.0 percent allowance rate and 1.0 office action average suggest an exceptionally direct path to grant for these specific filings. While the career applications count is 15, the metrics indicate a highly successful initial track record. The 5 pending office actions represent a significant portion of the total activity for this client profile.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 4 | 49.8% | +26.0% |
| GANESAN, SUBA | 1 | 73.8% | +13.4% |
| DAVID, SHAUN L | 1 | 72.8% | +19.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17925590 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for a Collapsible and Expandable Replacement Heart Valve | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 30d overdue |
| 18773395 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR A VALVE REPLACEMENT | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
| 17921070 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for a Collapsible Replacement Heart Valve | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17925590 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for a Collapsible and Expandable Replacement Heart Valve | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 30d overdue |
| 19346566 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for an Implantable Heart-Valve Adapter | GANESAN, SUBA | — |
| 18773395 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR A VALVE REPLACEMENT | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
| 18275988 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for a Valve Replacement | DAVID, SHAUN L | — |
| 17921070 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for a Collapsible Replacement Heart Valve | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
| 17240914 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR A COLLAPSIBLE REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| ReValve Solutions Inc. | 6 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 5 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19346566 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for an Implantable Heart-Valve Adapter | Revalve Solutions, Inc. | GANESAN, SUBA | 3774 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
| 18773395 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR A VALVE REPLACEMENT | Revalve Solutions, Inc. | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18275988 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for a Valve Replacement | Revalve Solutions Inc. | DAVID, SHAUN L | 3771 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 17925590 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for a Collapsible and Expandable Replacement Heart Valve | Revalve Solutions Inc. | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2022 |
| 17921070 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for a Collapsible Replacement Heart Valve | Revalve Solutions Inc. | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
| 17240914 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR A COLLAPSIBLE REPLACEMENT HEART VALVE | Revalve Solutions Inc. | WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2021 |
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