Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Womble (Previously Lewis Roca)

76 pending office actions • 5 clients

Portfolio Summary

76
Total Pending OAs
22
Final Rejections
54
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Covidien LP 67
Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. 3
Covidien LP 3
Covidien AG 2
Covidien AG 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19244006 CUT OPTIMIZATION FOR EXCESSIVE TISSUE CONDITIONS Covidien LP WEEKS, GLORIA R 3731 Non-Final OA Jun 20, 2025
19237833 SURGICAL FASTENER APPLYING APPARATUS WITH LOCKOUT ASSEMBLY Covidien LP LOPEZ, MICHELLE 3731 Non-Final OA Jun 13, 2025
19191704 SURGICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING ADAPTER ASSEMBLY WITH WORM GEAR ASSEMBLY Covidien LP SEIF, DARIUSH 3731 Non-Final OA Apr 28, 2025
19176285 STAPLING DEVICE WITH END EFFECTOR HAVING BOTTOM GUIDE MEMBER Covidien LP LOPEZ, MICHELLE 3731 Non-Final OA Apr 11, 2025
19098205 APPARATUS FOR ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES Covidien LP LOPEZ, MICHELLE 3731 Non-Final OA Apr 02, 2025
19088005 HAND-HELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Covidien LP FRY, PATRICK B 3731 Non-Final OA Mar 24, 2025
19076558 HAND-HELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 Non-Final OA Mar 11, 2025
19066997 ADAPTER, EXTENSION, AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES FOR SURGICAL DEVICES Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 Final Rejection Feb 28, 2025
18877132 REAL-TIME STAPLING TISSUE PERFUSION ASSESSMENT Covidien LP MATTSON, SEAN D 3798 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2024
18872154 ANVIL BUTTRESS ATTACHMENT FOR SURGICAL STAPLING APPARATUS Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2024
18959020 SURGICAL TABLE Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. ORTIZ, ADAM C 3673 Non-Final OA Nov 25, 2024
18946662 DRIVE ROD AND KNIFE BLADE FOR AN ARTICULATING SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Covidien LP GABR, MOHAMED GAMIL 3771 Non-Final OA Nov 13, 2024
18930098 SHOULDER HOLD DOWN AND LOCKING MECHANISM THEREFOR FOR USE WITH A SURGICAL FRAME Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. BREDEFELD, RACHAEL EVA 3786 Non-Final OA Oct 29, 2024
18856325 COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS RINGS WITH ADJUSTABLE COMPRESSION PROFILE Covidien LP BYRD, BRIGID K 3771 Non-Final OA Oct 11, 2024
18888844 MULTIFUNCTIONAL VISUALIZATION INSTRUMENT Covidien AG HAMMOND, ELLEN CHRISTINA 3773 Non-Final OA Sep 18, 2024
18823995 MEDICAL DEVICE IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Covidien LP LANE, HOLLY JOANNA 3773 Non-Final OA Sep 04, 2024
18797809 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Covidien AG KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3775 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2024
18776775 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE WITH AUTOMATIC ZOOM EFFECTS Covidien LP NGUYEN, KHAI MINH 2641 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2024
18729428 FLUID-COOLED ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Covidien LP SHI, KATHERINE MENGLIN 3771 Non-Final OA Jul 16, 2024
18727770 MULTI-FUNCTION ULTRASONIC BLADES AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATING THE SAME Covidien LP VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 Non-Final OA Jul 10, 2024
18753380 ENDOSCOPE WITH PERSPECTIVE VIEW Covidien LP JONES, DIANA S 3775 Non-Final OA Jun 25, 2024
18662310 INTERFACE MOVEABLY INTERCONNECTING SURGICAL TABLE AND SURGICAL CART Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. KURILLA, ERIC J 3619 Non-Final OA May 13, 2024
18600914 DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE DRIVE Covidien LP NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY 3795 Non-Final OA Mar 11, 2024
18590313 HANDHELD ELECTROMECHANICAL SURGICAL SYSTEM Covidien LP LOPEZ, MICHELLE 3731 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2024
18425627 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS INCLUDING TISSUE INDICATION Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 Final Rejection Jan 29, 2024
18421476 Motor Control for Disposable Steerable Endoscope Covidien LP CARTER, TARA ROSE E 3773 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2024
18421525 LOCKING CARTRIDGE FOR CONNECTING AN ENDOSCOPE TO A VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE Covidien LP GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2024
18541299 DIRECT LARYNGOSCOPE TRAINING MODE FOR VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE Covidien LP ROWLAND, STEVE 3715 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2023
18526050 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT MEASUREMENT IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC SURGERY Covidien LP GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18566619 SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING TEMPERATURE FOR PREDICTING AND/OR CONTROLLING THERMAL SPREAD Covidien LP FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18565011 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS WITH TISSUE CONTACT SENSING Covidien LP FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2023
18558768 AUXILIARY DEVICES FOR STAPLING APPARATUS Covidien LP MCGINNITY, JAMES RYAN 3771 Final Rejection Nov 03, 2023
18282267 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCORPORATING ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY FOR AN ULTRASONIC BLADE Covidien LP FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 Final Rejection Sep 15, 2023
18466338 HYBRID SINGLE-LIMB MEDICAL VENTILATION Covidien LP DAHER, KIRA B 3785 Non-Final OA Sep 13, 2023
18279578 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCORPORATING ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY Covidien LP COLLINS, SEAN W 3794 Final Rejection Aug 30, 2023
18274997 THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS FOR ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS INCORPORATING THE SAME Covidien LP FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Final Rejection Jul 29, 2023
18360010 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC CYCLING OR CYCLING DETECTION Covidien LP BALLER, KELSEY E 3785 Non-Final OA Jul 27, 2023
18347667 PHRENIC NERVE INTEGRITY AND RAMPED-UP BURST Covidien LP TU, AURELIE H 3791 Non-Final OA Jul 06, 2023
18268376 COOLING SYSTEM FOR DISSECTION BLADE Covidien LP FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Final Rejection Jun 20, 2023
18335494 VENTILATION TRIGGERING Covidien LP DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 3785 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18265714 ENERGY GENERATOR WITH MULTIFUNCTIONAL ENERGY RECEPTACLE Covidien LP FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Final Rejection Jun 07, 2023
18325407 STEERABLE ENDOSCOPE WITH MOTION ALIGNMENT Covidien AG SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA 3795 Non-Final OA May 30, 2023
18321253 TRACHEOSTOMY INNER CANNULA WITH INTEGRATED FILTER Covidien LP JAYAN, AKHIL ADAI 3785 Non-Final OA May 22, 2023
18319120 VENTILATOR-TO-VENTILATOR TRANSFER OF VENTILATOR DATA Covidien LP JONES, AISLINN MOIRA 3785 Non-Final OA May 17, 2023
18032985 END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH MULTI-AXIS THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENT Covidien LP COLLINS, SEAN W 3794 Non-Final OA Apr 20, 2023
18194771 IDENTIFICATION AND DISPLAY OF AIRWAY COLLAPSE Covidien LP PARK, EVELYN GRACE 3791 Non-Final OA Apr 03, 2023
18192273 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MISSED BREATH DETECTION AND INDICATION Covidien LP AGAHI, PUYA 3791 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2023
18247016 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVELY ASSESSMENT TRACHEA Covidien LP MATTHEWS, TESSA M 3773 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2023
18027682 END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENT Covidien LP FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL 3794 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18023799 THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS, ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING Covidien LP FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2023
18175210 LUNG-PROTECTIVE VENTILATION Covidien LP HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA 3785 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2023
18019881 COMPUTER VISION BASED CONTROL OF AN ENERGY GENERATOR Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 Non-Final OA Feb 06, 2023
18098813 GRASP OVER-RIDE FOR IN-LINE VESSEL SEALER Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 Non-Final OA Jan 19, 2023
18092659 THERMAL ELEMENTS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATING THE SAME Covidien LP FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 Non-Final OA Jan 03, 2023
18075470 MULTIFUNCTIONAL ACTIVATION FOR IN-LINE VESSEL SEALER Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 Final Rejection Dec 06, 2022
18074993 END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLY, INSTRUMENT, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FACILITATING TESTING AND/OR CALIBRATION OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Covidien LP TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 Final Rejection Dec 05, 2022
18056147 END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT DURING HIGH FLOW OXYGEN THERAPY Covidien LP TOTH, KAREN E 3791 Final Rejection Nov 16, 2022
18050013 ENDOSCOPE WITH AUTOMATIC STEERING Covidien LP SONG, LI-TING 3795 Final Rejection Oct 26, 2022
17970257 ARTICULATING ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING DISTALLY POSITIONED TRANSDUCERS Covidien LP EREZO, DARWIN P 3771 Final Rejection Oct 20, 2022
17960651 CONNECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING AN ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT TO AN ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR Covidien LP GOOD, SAMANTHA M 3794 Final Rejection Oct 05, 2022
17914300 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS INCORPORATING ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 Non-Final OA Sep 23, 2022
17890957 AUTOMATIC SYNCHRONIZATION FOR MEDICAL VENTILATION Covidien LP PHILIPS, BRADLEY H 3799 Non-Final OA Aug 18, 2022
17798106 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO THE SAME Covidien LP POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 Final Rejection Aug 08, 2022
17785494 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ULTRASONIC SURGICAL SYSTEM Covidien LP MCGRATH, ERIN E 3771 Final Rejection Jun 15, 2022
17736375 JAW APERTURE POSITION SENSOR FORELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS Covidien LP DEDOULIS, CHRISTINE A 3794 Non-Final OA May 04, 2022
17711157 ENERGY BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS Covidien LP TEMPLETON, MARINA DELANEY 3794 Non-Final OA Apr 01, 2022
17702629 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 Non-Final OA Mar 23, 2022
17582615 LATCHING MECHANISM FOR IN-LINE ACTIVATED ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE Covidien LP PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 Final Rejection Jan 24, 2022
17530621 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEALING TISSUE Covidien LP PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 Final Rejection Nov 19, 2021
17511083 PATHOGEN SENSING ADAPTORS FOR USE IN BREATHING CIRCUITS Covidien LP ELLABIB, MAAP AHMED 3785 Non-Final OA Oct 26, 2021
17439783 ULTRASONIC AND MULTI-ENERGY SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SEALING, CUTTING, AND/OR SENSING TISSUE Covidien LP RHODES, NORA W 3794 Final Rejection Sep 15, 2021
17398547 SHAFT RETENTION FEATURES FOR SHAFT-BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Covidien LP PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 Final Rejection Aug 10, 2021
17392870 TISSUE SEALING FORCEPS Covidien LP EKRAMI, YASAMIN 3794 Non-Final OA Aug 03, 2021
17366122 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 Final Rejection Jul 02, 2021
17331742 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUTTING TISSUE USING ELECTROSURGICAL TISSUE SEALING INSTRUMENT Covidien LP RHODES, NORA W 3794 Non-Final OA May 27, 2021
17018253 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS HAVING AN ARTICULATING SECTION SUCH AS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 Final Rejection Sep 11, 2020

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