Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18619777 | LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION DEVICES | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18512963 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | November 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18505265 | SIMPLIFIED COAXIAL SHAFT DESIGN DELIVERY SYSTEM AND IMPLANT FOR MITRAL VALVE ANNULUS REDUCTION | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18376178 | Multi-Lumen Intravascular Catheter with Inner Converging Lumens for Multiple Guidewire Control | October 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18470453 | PROBE DEVICE | September 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 28 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18366456 | CONNECTING DEVICE | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18350167 | BAND FOR SURGICAL WOUND SUTURE | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18347379 | COMPOSITE SUTURE NEEDLES HAVING ELASTICALLY DEFORMABLE SECTIONS | July 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18120027 | INTRANASAL BALLOON COMPRESSION FOR TREATMENT OF CHRONIC RHINITIS | March 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18162270 | IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICE | January 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156650 | SUTURE NEEDLE DEVICES AND SUTURE ATTACHMENT METHODS | January 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18002884 | Surgical Tool with Retractable Blade and Bougie Passage and a Method of Use Thereof | December 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18080048 | Pressure point device | December 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18009621 | PHARYNX ASPIRATION DEVICE FOR MINIMIZING INFECTIOUS PARTICLE EXPOSURE DURING ENDONASAL SURGERIES | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18076311 | MEDICAL DEVICE | December 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17980196 | TISSUE SPECIMEN REMOVAL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD | November 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17913627 | MEDICAL OCCLUDER DELIVERY SYSTEMS | September 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17886238 | OVERMOLDED BALLOON ATTACHMENT TO SHAFT | August 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17881809 | ULTRASONIC VIBRATION TRANSMITTABLE PROBE AND ULTRASONIC TREATMENT ASSEMBLY | August 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17879914 | JOINT ASSEMBLY FOR VASCULATURE OBSTRUCTION CAPTURE DEVICE | August 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17816664 | PERCUTANEOUS CATHETER SYSTEM FOR IMPLANT DELIVERY | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17793724 | OPHTHALMIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | July 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17862238 | BIOSTIMULATOR RETRIEVAL SYSTEM HAVING CINCHER TUBE | July 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 35 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17758402 | HELICOIDAL BODY FOR CUTTING, REMOVING AND CLEANING AND PRODUCTION METHOD | July 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17848458 | CLIP DEVICE | June 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17808026 | INTERVENTIONAL MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLIES | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17845157 | ATRAUMATIC TENACULUM FOR FACILITATION OF TRANSCERVICAL PROCEDURES | June 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 34 | 4 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 17830890 | OCCLUSIVE DEVICE WITH EXPANDABLE MEMBER | June 2022 | May 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17662304 | WIRE FOR AN ENDOVASCULAR APPARATUS | May 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17721474 | MEDICAL DEVICE DELIVERY MEMBER WITH POSITIONING WINDOW | April 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17763485 | LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION DEVICES | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17688007 | Multi-Lumen Intravascular Catheters with inner Converging Lumens for Multiple Guidewire Control | March 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 18 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17680003 | INDIVIDUALLY LOCKABLE CINCH LOOP MICRO SUTURE ANCHOR ARRAY FOR HIGH DENSITY ANATOMICAL ATTACHMENT OF SOFT TISSUE TO BONE | February 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17675890 | DISSECTION AND LIGATION CARTRIDGE | February 2022 | November 2023 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17584612 | WOUND CLOSURE DEVICE WITH WIDE SPACED MICROSTRUCTURES | January 2022 | May 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17583934 | MEDICAL DEVICES HAVING TISSUE GRASPING SURFACES AND FEATURES FOR MANIPULATING SURGICAL NEEDLES | January 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17574448 | POWERED SURGICAL TACK APPLIER | January 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17549300 | INTRAUTERINE BALLOON WITH EXPANDABLE SUPPORT AND METHODS OF USE | December 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17543529 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING THE CEREBRAL VASCULATURE | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17538118 | ULTRASOUND TREATMENT TOOL, ULTRASOUND TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY SYSTEM | November 2021 | July 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17519539 | THROMBECTOMY METHODS | November 2021 | March 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17506407 | OPHTHALMIC CANNULA | October 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17488910 | DOUBLE CLAMPING SURGICAL TOWEL CLAMP | September 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17463538 | SUTURE, SUTURING APPARATUS, AND APPLICTIONS THEREOF | August 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17400926 | PARTIAL EVERSION ANASTOMOSIS JUNCTURE FORMATION AND SUTURING | August 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17386207 | CLIP CARTRIDGE, MEDICAL DEVICE, AND ATTACHMENT METHOD FOR MEDICAL DEVICE | July 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17378733 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR TREATMENT OF A SINUS AND/OR AN EAR AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | July 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17375606 | CLOT RETRIEVAL DEVICE FOR REMOVING CLOT FROM A BLOOD VESSEL | July 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 36 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17374161 | LONG ARM VALVE REPAIR CLIP | July 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17363560 | GRASPING WORK DETERMINATION AND INDICATIONS THEREOF | June 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 42 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17415431 | INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY THROMBECTOMY DEVICES AND METHODS | June 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17346905 | FLOATING CAROTID FILTER | June 2021 | July 2023 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17293229 | BODY-CAVITY SHEET APPLYING DEVICE AND SHEET APPLYING METHOD | May 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17050634 | ASCENDING AORTIC STENT GRAFT | April 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17285513 | STEERABLE INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A TUBE ELEMENT | April 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 58 | 2 | 2 | Yes | No |
| 17283467 | INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY THROMBECTOMY DEVICES AND METHODS | April 2021 | November 2023 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17266683 | ACTIVE CUTTING CATHETER WITH HOUSED EXPANDABLE ACTUATOR | February 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17254013 | USE OF A URINARY BLADDER ECM HYDROGEL AS AN ESOPHAGEAL SUBMUCOSAL FLUID CUSHION | December 2020 | December 2025 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 17125156 | SIMPLIFIED COAXIAL SHAFT DESIGN DELIVERY SYSTEM AND IMPLANT FOR MITRAL VALVE ANNULUS REDUCTION | December 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17102512 | Balloon Catheter | November 2020 | June 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 16953625 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SECURING TISSUE | November 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 43 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17085802 | SUTURING DEVICE | October 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17070440 | SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER WITH PARTIAL CLAMPING | October 2020 | April 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17034314 | SUTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD | September 2020 | March 2024 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16982407 | MITRAL VALVES WITH INTEGRATED CUTTING FEATURES | September 2020 | February 2025 | Allow | 53 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17021905 | LESION CROSSING SHOCK WAVE CATHETER | September 2020 | February 2025 | Allow | 53 | 3 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 16979995 | MECHANICAL WOUND CLEANSING DEVICE | September 2020 | February 2026 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 16975289 | OCCLUDER, AND MEDICAL DEVICE | August 2020 | October 2023 | Abandon | 38 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16965973 | EPIDERMAL HARVESTER WITH INTEGRATED MECHANICAL STRETCHING MECHANISM | July 2020 | December 2023 | Abandon | 41 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16942684 | Balloon Guide Catheter Having Reduced Outer Diameter Distal and Proximal Bonding Interface Areas With the Balloon | July 2020 | September 2022 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16914881 | ISOLATED STENTING WITH DUAL LUMEN ASPIRATION | June 2020 | January 2024 | Abandon | 43 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16946371 | CATHETER MOUTH DESIGNS | June 2020 | September 2025 | Abandon | 60 | 8 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16895955 | MULTIHEAD GROOMING AND CLEANING TOOL, PARTICULARLY FOR AN INFANT | June 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 41 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16893243 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED OCCLUSION AND DELIVERY | June 2020 | May 2023 | Abandon | 35 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16768657 | MEDICAL-GRADE ACTUATOR HAVING A MODULAR STRUCTURE AND MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | May 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16765465 | MEDICAL DEVICES COMPRISING DETACHABLE BALLOONS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND USE | May 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 52 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16763398 | BAND FOR SURGICAL WOUND SUTURE | May 2020 | November 2023 | Abandon | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16864096 | INLINE CUTTER FOR CUTTING AND RETRIEVING IMPLANTED MICROSURGICAL DEVICES | April 2020 | February 2024 | Abandon | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16862454 | THREAD LIFT CANNULA AND METHOD OF PERFORMING A THREAD LIFT | April 2020 | September 2024 | Abandon | 52 | 5 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16859475 | Method and Device for the Intermittent Occlusion of the Coronary Sinus | April 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16758820 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY OCCLUDING THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA FOR TREATING HEART CONDITIONS | April 2020 | April 2025 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 16856890 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TREATING TISSUE | April 2020 | February 2025 | Abandon | 58 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 16845354 | COMPOSITE SUTURE NEEDLES HAVING ELASTICALLY DEFORMABLE SECTIONS | April 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16839501 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | April 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16830199 | FORCEPS JAW FLANGES | March 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16649495 | ULTRASONIC SURGICAL BLADE, WAVEGUIDE AND ULTRASONIC SCALPEL THEREOF | March 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16798323 | LAPAROSCOPIC PURSE STRING SUTURE DEVICE | February 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16749578 | MEDICAL DEVICE DELIVERY MEMBER WITH FLEXIBLE STRETCH RESISTANT DISTAL PORTION | January 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16747073 | ATRAUMATIC TENACULUM FOR FACILITATION OF TRANSCERVICAL PROCEDURES | January 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16739446 | EXPANDABLE INTRODUCER | January 2020 | March 2024 | Abandon | 50 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16738417 | Umbrella Catheter Device | January 2020 | November 2022 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16732879 | ULTRASONIC VIBRATION TRANSMITTABLE PROBE AND ULTRASONIC TREATMENT ASSEMBLY | January 2020 | September 2023 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16732873 | ULTRASONIC VIBRATION TRANSMITTABLE PROBE AND ULTRASONIC TREATMENT ASSEMBLY | January 2020 | September 2023 | Abandon | 45 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16732829 | ULTRASONIC VIBRATION TRANSMITTABLE PROBE AND ULTRASONIC TREATMENT ASSEMBLY | January 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16713773 | ULTRASONIC PROBE, ULTRASONIC TREATMENT INSTRUMENT, AND ULTRASONIC TREATMENT ASSEMBLY | December 2019 | August 2022 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16699196 | CLIP DEVICE | November 2019 | March 2022 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16679541 | ANASTOMOSIS SET, ANASTOMOTIC AUXILIARY AND THE METHOD THEREOF | November 2019 | July 2023 | Allow | 44 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16677776 | ENDOSCOPIC PUNCTURE NEEDLE | November 2019 | February 2023 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16663751 | MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS | October 2019 | January 2023 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16608544 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT OF TWO-BRANCH DESIGN WITH IMPROVED CLEANING SUITABILITY | October 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner DUBOSE, LAUREN.
With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 33.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner DUBOSE, LAUREN works in Art Unit 3771 and has examined 108 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 58.3%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 41 months.
Examiner DUBOSE, LAUREN's allowance rate of 58.3% places them in the 19% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by DUBOSE, LAUREN receive 2.47 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 72% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by DUBOSE, LAUREN is 41 months. This places the examiner in the 22% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +51.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DUBOSE, LAUREN. This interview benefit is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 16.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 14% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 25.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 111.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 45% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 48% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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