Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
57 pending office actions • 4 clients • 42 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 57 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 79 patents granted in the last 365 days
SLW - Olympus handles 26293 career applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 83.7. Prosecution involves an avg office actions per allowance of 3.68.
The firm is currently managing 44 pending office actions. The 83.7 resolved allowance rate pct and 3.68 avg office actions per allowance are based on the firm's 26293 career applications. These metrics provide a data-driven profile of the firm's performance in its primary technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 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. 18 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 | 18 (32%) |
| §102 only | 6 (11%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 26 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 5 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | 3 | 72.7% | +12.4% |
| LUAN, SCOTT | 3 | 65.2% | +12.7% |
| LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3 | 45.7% | +38.1% |
| KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | 2 | 71.2% | +33.4% |
| WU, PAMELA F | 2 | 57.3% | +22.2% |
| LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 2 | 52.9% | +20.8% |
| CLARK, RYAN T | 2 | 50.4% | +18.2% |
| DUBOSE, LAUREN | 2 | 60.1% | +43.3% |
| HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 1 | 68.7% | +17.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18364227 | SCOPE WITH EXPANDABLE WORKING CHANNEL | ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 72d overdue |
| 17820953 | FORCEPS JAW FLANGES | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 66d overdue |
| 18032114 | OPTICALLY ENHANCED INSTRUMENT WITH LASER FLUORESCING CAPABILITIES | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 56d overdue |
| 17125853 | PERCUTANEOUSLY ADMINISTERED THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCE FOR TREATMENT OF TARGET TISSUE | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 36d overdue |
| 18046801 | ENDOSCOPIC ARTICULATION DEVICE | ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 2d overdue |
| 18609204 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | 14d |
| 18760413 | USER INTERFACE AND LOCK FEATURES FOR POSITIONING MULTIPLE COMPONENTS WITHIN A BODY | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | 28d |
| 19068380 | BIPOLAR ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17820953 | FORCEPS JAW FLANGES | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 66d overdue |
| 17652959 | SEGMENTED SURGICAL FORCEPS | CLARK, RYAN T | 58d overdue |
| 18032114 | OPTICALLY ENHANCED INSTRUMENT WITH LASER FLUORESCING CAPABILITIES | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 56d overdue |
| 18036532 | ULTRAHYDROPHOBIC LASER COATING AND METHOD | LUAN, SCOTT | 25d overdue |
| 17814645 | ENDOSCOPE HAVING ILLUMINATED HANDLE | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 8d overdue |
| 18609204 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | 14d |
| 18760413 | USER INTERFACE AND LOCK FEATURES FOR POSITIONING MULTIPLE COMPONENTS WITHIN A BODY | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | 28d |
| 17653486 | DISTAL WIRE ROUTING FOR STRAIGHT JAW FORCEPS | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 28d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D.B.A. Olympus Surgical Technologies America | 47 |
| Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | 7 |
| Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | 2 |
| Olympus | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3795 | 16 |
| 3794 | 9 |
| 3771 | 6 |
| 3791 | 6 |
| 3792 | 4 |
| 3783 | 3 |
| 3682 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| 2828 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19190952 | FORCEPS INCLUDING A PRE-LOADED HANDLE LATCH | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| 19068380 | BIPOLAR ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 | |
| 19035748 | COLLAPSIBLE HANDLE DESIGN FOR DEBRIDERS | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 | |
| 18985520 | LUNG ANALYSIS AND REPORTING SYSTEM | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | CASCHERA, ANTONIO A | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 | |
| 18956243 | TERMINATING DRYING CYCLES BY MONITORING CURRENT IN ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | BORSCH, NICHOLAS S | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 | |
| 18951300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTABLE DEPLOYMENT OF A MEDICAL DEVICE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | DEMIE, TIGIST S | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 | |
| 18910341 | BIPOLAR ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 | |
| 18911127 | ENDOSCOPIC LASER ENERGY DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF USE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | ROANE, AARON F | 3792 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18911146 | AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION-COORDINATED LITHOTRIPSY | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | LAU, MICHAEL J | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 | |
| 18905566 | TECHNIQUES FOR COMPOSITION IDENTIFICATION OF AN ANATOMICAL TARGET | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | WOO, JAE KYUN | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18894685 | MEDICAL DEVICE REPAIR SUPPORT | Olympus Corporation | BARR, MARY EVANGELINE | 3682 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18799764 | VIBRATIONAL AND ROTATIONAL CALCULUS BASKET | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | MCGRATH, ERIN E | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18729044 | ROTARY ARTICULATING CHOLANGIOSCOPE WITH STABILIZING OVERTUBE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | HENDERSON, RYAN N | 3795 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | 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 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18703629 | MODULAR ENDOSCOPE IMAGING GUIDEWIRE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 3795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18700815 | ENDOSCOPE WITH INTEGRATED STABILIZER AND CANNULATION ELEMENTS | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | WU, PAMELA F | 3795 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18609204 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18595956 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH TURBIDITY MEASUREMENT SENSOR | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | FAIRCHILD, AARON BENJAMIN | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18590465 | SURGICAL PROTECTION SYSTEM | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | BRUCE, FAROUK A | 3797 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18417486 | MEDICANT DELIVERY DEVICE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18410979 | REAL-TIME SAMPLING DEVICE | Gyrus Acmi, Inc. D/B/A/ Olympus Surgical Technologies America | SHAH, JAY B | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18483610 | FLUID MANAGEMENT WITH ABNORMALITY DETECTION | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | KIM, SUN U | 1777 | §102 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18477062 | COAXIAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT OPTICAL FIBER DISTANCE MEASUREMENT USING DUAL COMB RANGING | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | LUAN, SCOTT | 3792 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18365502 | TWO-MODE MORCELLATION DEVICE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 3794 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18364227 | SCOPE WITH EXPANDABLE WORKING CHANNEL | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18350935 | MODULATING SURGICAL DEVICE SETTINGS BASED ON TISSUE WHITENING | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ | 3795 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18257792 | DIRECT PERORAL CHOLANGIOSCOPE SYSTEM WITH GUIDE SHEATH | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | BOLER, RYNAE E | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18257809 | CHOLANGIOSCOPE SYSTEM GUIDE SHEATH AND ANCHOR WIRE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN | 3791 | §102 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18328253 | MEDICAL DEVICE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | CLARK, RYAN T | 3794 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18036532 | ULTRAHYDROPHOBIC LASER COATING AND METHOD | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | LUAN, SCOTT | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18313629 | FLEXIBLE AND/OR PUSHABLE TUBULAR DEVICE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | AHMED, TASNIM M | 3783 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18303732 | GUIDEWIRE LOCKING DEVICE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK | 3791 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18032114 | OPTICALLY ENHANCED INSTRUMENT WITH LASER FLUORESCING CAPABILITIES | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 56d overdue | Pending | Apr 14, 2023 |
| 18297719 | AUTOMATIC LASER SETTING ADJUSTMENT | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | NIU, XINNING | 2828 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18166275 | SPECTROSCOPIC SIGNAL DETECTION DURING A LASER PROCEDURE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | LUAN, SCOTT | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 18057306 | AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION-COORDINATED LITHOTRIPSY | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | WU, PAMELA F | 3795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
| 18047736 | ENDOLUMINAL VALVE PLACEMENT PATIENT OUTCOME PREDICTION | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | WESTFALL, SARAH ANN | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2022 |
| 18046999 | ENDOSCOPIC ARTICULATION DEVICE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 3795 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2022 |
| 18047093 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISINFECTING SURGICAL SITE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2022 |
| 18046801 | ENDOSCOPIC ARTICULATION DEVICE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | ABBASI, ABDUL HADI | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 14, 2022 |
| 17820953 | FORCEPS JAW FLANGES | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Aug 19, 2022 |
| 17814645 | ENDOSCOPE HAVING ILLUMINATED HANDLE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2022 |
| 17813227 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME SAMPLING | Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d | Pending | Jul 18, 2022 |
| 17808325 | INTRA-KIDNEY STONE DISRUPTOR | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2022 |
| 17664784 | COATING MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 3794 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 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 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2022 |
| 17653486 | DISTAL WIRE ROUTING FOR STRAIGHT JAW FORCEPS | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
| 17652959 | SEGMENTED SURGICAL FORCEPS | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | CLARK, RYAN T | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 58d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2022 |
| 17647047 | SURGICAL DEVICE WITH SEGMENTED END EFFECTOR | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | RHODES, NORA W | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jan 05, 2022 |
| 17646170 | ACTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ANATOMIC SITES | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | LUU, TIMOTHY TUAN | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2021 |
| 17546804 | REAL-TIME SAMPLING SYSTEM | Olympus Medical Systems Corporation | EISEMAN, ADAM JARED | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2021 |
| 17541721 | LUMINESCENCE PROBE FOR IN VIVO TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2021 |
| 17457316 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH FLEXIBLE END EFFECTOR | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2021 |
| 17525268 | SURGICAL DEVICE AND METHOD USING TUNGSTEN DISULFIDE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Nov 12, 2021 |
| 17398517 | INTERCHANGEABLE PROBE TIPS FOR CALCULI FRACTURE AND REMOVAL | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2021 |
| 17125853 | PERCUTANEOUSLY ADMINISTERED THERAPEUTIC SUBSTANCE FOR TREATMENT OF TARGET TISSUE | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Dec 17, 2020 |
| 17100025 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH INTEGRATED LIGHTING SYSTEMS | Gyrus ACMI, Inc. D/B/A Olympus Surgical Technologies America | SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA | 3795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2020 |
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