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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Slw - Olympus

60 pending office actions • 15 clients

Portfolio Summary

60
Total Pending OAs
21
Final Rejections
39
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 36
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 5
Veran Medical Technologies, LLC 3
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 3
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 2
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 2
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 1
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 1
C/O Gyrus Acmi, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 1
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 1
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 1
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 1
Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America 1
Olympus America Inc. 1
Olympus Corporation 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19214568 LOW PROFILE ULTRASOUND CATHETER AND SYSTEM Veran Medical Technologies, LLC CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON 3797 Non-Final OA May 21, 2025
19087977 OPTICAL SPLITTER FOR LASER SURGICAL SYSTEMS WITH OVERHEATING PROTECTION Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America JOHNSON, GERALD 3797 Non-Final OA Mar 24, 2025
19046151 ENDOSCOPIC CUTTING FORCEPS WITH JAW CLAMP LEVER LATCHING MECHANISM Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 Non-Final OA Feb 05, 2025
18969734 FORCEPS DRIVE SYSTEMS Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America JAMIALAHMADI, MAJID 3771 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2024
18837670 HEAT TRANSFER TECHNIQUES IN HEAT-GENERATING MEDICAL DEVICES Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America OUYANG, BO 3794 Non-Final OA Aug 12, 2024
18799764 VIBRATIONAL AND ROTATIONAL CALCULUS BASKET Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America MCGRATH, ERIN E 3771 Non-Final OA Aug 09, 2024
18777975 ENDOSCOPE WITH OPTICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America ROY, BAISAKHI 3797 Final Rejection Jul 19, 2024
18776502 SHORT CIRCUIT ERROR TRAPPING WITH BAND BETWEEN TRIGGER AND ESCAPE VALUES IN ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS C/O Gyrus Acmi, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America GOOD, SAMANTHA M 3794 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2024
18729044 ROTARY ARTICULATING CHOLANGIOSCOPE WITH STABILIZING OVERTUBE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America HENDERSON, RYAN N 3795 Non-Final OA Jul 15, 2024
18760413 USER INTERFACE AND LOCK FEATURES FOR POSITIONING MULTIPLE COMPONENTS WITHIN A BODY Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Jul 01, 2024
18658231 INSERTION SHEATH FOR MODULAR DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE COMPONENTS Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 3795 Non-Final OA May 08, 2024
18700815 ENDOSCOPE WITH INTEGRATED STABILIZER AND CANNULATION ELEMENTS Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America WU, PAMELA F 3795 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2024
18625166 LASER CONTROL USING A SPECTROMETER Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America KUO, JONATHAN T 3792 Non-Final OA Apr 02, 2024
18619377 LITHOTRIPSY GUIDE SYSTEM Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America KISH, JAMES M 3792 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2024
18610919 SELECTIVE LASER FIRING FOR TISSUE SAFETY Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 3796 Non-Final OA Mar 20, 2024
18609204 ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Mar 19, 2024
18595956 MEDICAL DEVICE WITH TURBIDITY MEASUREMENT SENSOR Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN 3795 Non-Final OA Mar 05, 2024
18590465 SURGICAL PROTECTION SYSTEM Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America BRUCE, FAROUK A 3797 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2024
18423796 FORCEPS HAVING A SUCTION CUT BLADE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 Non-Final OA Jan 26, 2024
18578584 HYDROPHOBIC COATING FOR MEDICAL DEVICES Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America BOCKELMAN, MARK 3792 Non-Final OA Jan 11, 2024
18406596 INTRAUTERINE MORCELLATION DEVICE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C 3794 Non-Final OA Jan 08, 2024
18543009 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO COMPOSITE PRE-ACQUIRED IMAGE DATA IN OCCLUDED AREAS OF A REAL-TIME IMAGE STREAM Veran Medical Technologies, LLC CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS 2614 Final Rejection Dec 18, 2023
18570735 TISSUE COLLECTOR WITH SHUTTLE AND EXPANDABLE SHAFT Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America GUPTA, ANANT AGUILAR 3792 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2023
18516617 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS WITH DISPLACEABLE HEAT SINK FOR THERMAL CUTTING Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America DELLA, JAYMI E 3794 Final Rejection Nov 21, 2023
18488522 LIGHT PROCESSING ADAPTER FOR ENDOSCOPE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America WU, PAMELA F 3795 Non-Final OA Oct 17, 2023
18483610 FLUID MANAGEMENT WITH ABNORMALITY DETECTION Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America KIM, SUN U 1777 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2023
18464573 COAXIAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT OPTICAL FIBER DISTANCE MEASUREMENT Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America WU, PAMELA F 3795 Final Rejection Sep 11, 2023
18365502 TWO-MODE MORCELLATION DEVICE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 3794 Non-Final OA Aug 04, 2023
18364227 SCOPE WITH EXPANDABLE WORKING CHANNEL Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America ABBASI, ABDUL HADI 3795 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2023
18262313 ELECTROSURGICAL TISSUE SEALING DEVICE WITH NON-STICK COATING Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America OUYANG, BO 3794 Final Rejection Jul 20, 2023
18350935 MODULATING SURGICAL DEVICE SETTINGS BASED ON TISSUE WHITENING Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 Final Rejection Jul 12, 2023
18346358 Flexible Bipolar Sheath Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Final Rejection Jul 03, 2023
18257809 CHOLANGIOSCOPE SYSTEM GUIDE SHEATH AND ANCHOR WIRE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18321111 Methods and Apparatus for Folding Ultrasound Transducer Assemblies Veran Medical Technologies, LLC WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT 1745 Non-Final OA May 22, 2023
18309260 DISTAL NEEDLE AND STYLET TIPS Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America CERMAK, ADAM JASON 3783 Final Rejection Apr 28, 2023
18303732 GUIDEWIRE LOCKING DEVICE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 3791 Final Rejection Apr 20, 2023
18032752 KIDNEY STONE MANAGEMENT Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 Non-Final OA Apr 19, 2023
18032111 COMPACT BIOLOGICAL MATTER COLLECTION SYSTEMS Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 Non-Final OA Apr 14, 2023
18048733 TEMPORARY ANATOMY ILLUMINATION Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America SONG, LI-TING 3795 Final Rejection Oct 21, 2022
18047475 SINGLE USE URETEROSCOPE WITH INTEGRATED SUCTION CATHETER Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America SONG, LI-TING 3795 Final Rejection Oct 18, 2022
18047093 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISINFECTING SURGICAL SITE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 3783 Final Rejection Oct 17, 2022
18046801 ENDOSCOPIC ARTICULATION DEVICE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America ABBASI, ABDUL HADI 3795 Non-Final OA Oct 14, 2022
17935489 LASER FIBER INTEGRATED MORCELLATOR Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 3791 Final Rejection Sep 26, 2022
17935470 PROSTATE INNER LUMEN EXPANSION Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America DANG, ANH TIEU 3771 Final Rejection Sep 26, 2022
17929485 TISSUE THERAPY ENERGY DELIVERY AT A TARGET PRESSURE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America BLAISE, BRADFORD CHRISTOPHER 3794 Final Rejection Sep 02, 2022
17820953 FORCEPS JAW FLANGES Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America DUBOSE, LAUREN 3771 Non-Final OA Aug 19, 2022
17814645 ENDOSCOPE HAVING ILLUMINATED HANDLE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN 3795 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2022
17758503 POWER PORT CONNECTOR FOR MEDICAL DEVICE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH 3795 Non-Final OA Jul 07, 2022
17663292 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SETTING POSITION OF A SHEATH IN A SCOPE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America ABBASI, ABDUL HADI 3795 Non-Final OA May 13, 2022
17659637 POLYSILOXANES AND FLUOROSILANES ON INSULATION ELEMENTS Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 Final Rejection Apr 18, 2022
17653486 DISTAL WIRE ROUTING FOR STRAIGHT JAW FORCEPS Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN 3794 Non-Final OA Mar 04, 2022
17652959 SEGMENTED SURGICAL FORCEPS Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America CLARK, RYAN T 3794 Final Rejection Mar 01, 2022
17650299 ANGULAR POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR ROTARY SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America JAFFRI, ZEHRA 3771 Final Rejection Feb 08, 2022
17647047 SURGICAL DEVICE WITH SEGMENTED END EFFECTOR Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America RHODES, NORA W 3794 Non-Final OA Jan 05, 2022
17541721 LUMINESCENCE PROBE FOR IN VIVO TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD 3796 Final Rejection Dec 03, 2021
17539531 DILATION AND STONE RETRIEVAL CATHETER Olympus America Inc. MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2021
17525268 SURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD USING TUNGSTEN DISULFIDE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 Non-Final OA Nov 12, 2021
17127087 ENDOSCOPE WITH DETACHABLE HANDLE MODULE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America MONAHAN, MEGAN ELIZABETH 3795 Final Rejection Dec 18, 2020
17125853 PERCUTANEOUSLY ADMINISTERED THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCE FOR TREATMENT OF TARGET TISSUE Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America MEDWAY, SCOTT J 3783 Final Rejection Dec 17, 2020
16960346 Urological Stent Olympus Corporation PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 Non-Final OA Jul 07, 2020

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