Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19108304 | SURGICAL FORCEPS AND FIXATION THEREOF | March 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19068049 | Percutaneous Catheter Directed Intravascular Occlusion Devices | March 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 4 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 19058000 | HEMOSTATIC CLIP ASSEMBLY AND TWO-PIECE FORCEPS | February 2025 | September 2025 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 19047147 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY SYSTEM | February 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18920421 | FORCEPS AND FORCEPS SYSTEM | October 2024 | March 2026 | Abandon | 17 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18914008 | EFFICIENT BACTERIOSTATIC MINIMALLY INVASIVE COLLECTION DEVICES FOR GREAT SAPHENOUS VEIN | October 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18852558 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING A LOCKING MECHANISM | September 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18822404 | UTERINE MANIPULATOR WITH CUTTING HEAD | September 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18811481 | LITHOTRIPSY CATHETERS HAVING ELECTRODES FORMED IN METALLIZATION LAYERS | August 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18757158 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | June 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18680370 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR SHOCK WAVE GENERATION UTILIZING CATHETERS WITH MULTI-METAL JOINTS | May 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18678207 | Percutaneous Catheter Directed Intravascular Occlusion Devices | May 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18714380 | Medical Device for Causing Hemostasis of Blood Vessel | May 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18666446 | VASCULAR CLAMP ASSEMBLY | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18638360 | FORCEPS JAW ACTIVATION | April 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18632325 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL PREOPERATIVE PRECISE LOCATOR SUITABLE FOR MULTIPLE ORGANS | April 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18604049 | END TOOL FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | March 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18684411 | ELECTRODE APPARATUS FOR NERVE DENERVATION OR MODULATION IN VIVO | February 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18430839 | GRASPING STRUCTURE FOR MEMBRANE REMOVAL | February 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18421735 | DRY DOUBLE-SIDED MATERIAL FOR ADHESION OF WET TISSUES AND DEVICES | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18420607 | Determining Fluid Flow Rate in a Phacoemulsification Probe | January 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18291373 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND STEERING GEAR FOR SAME | January 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18291052 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND ACTUATION DEVICE THEREFOR | January 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18413251 | ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH A CLAMP ARM CLOCKING ASSEMBLY | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18409293 | System and Method for Detection of Cornea Collapse | January 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18545578 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR OCCLUSION OF UTERINE BLOOD VESSELS | December 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18543209 | Tensionable Surgical Clamp | December 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18540205 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT STEERING INPUT DEVICE | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18539170 | Implant Delivery System | December 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18565641 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTION OF TISSUE FROM A SUBJECT | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18517928 | CRIMP ATTACHMENT OF CLIP FOR RELOADABLE HEMOSTASIS DEVICE | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18258623 | A TIP FOR A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND RELATED METHODS | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 23 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18462880 | ENDOSCOPIC TREATMENT TOOL AND CLIP DEVICE | September 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458862 | ADJUSTABLE INTERATRIAL SHUNTS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | August 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18236601 | Apparatus and Method for Deploying Stent Across Adjacent Tissue Layers | August 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18278077 | JAW ACTUATION MECHANISM | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231206 | Surgical Clip Applier | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18352110 | ARTICULATED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR ROBOTIC SURGERY OR MICROSURGERY, MANUFACTURING METHOD AND ASSEMBLY METHOD | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221119 | HEMORROHOIDECTOMY LINEAR STAPLER" to "LINEAR STAPLE FOR FOR END - END ANASTOMOSIS PROCEDURES". | July 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 21 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18217100 | CLIP DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENGAGING TISSUE | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18216761 | PROSTHETIC VALVE, DELIVERY APPARATUS AND DELIVERY METHOD | June 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18321040 | CLIP APPLYING MECHANISM AND CLIP APPLYING APPARATUS THEREOF | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18316608 | CLIP APPLYING MECHANISM AND CLIP APPLYING APPARATUS THEREOF | May 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18316045 | ACCESSORY DEVICE TO PROVIDE NEUROPROTECTION DURING INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES | May 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18315492 | ENDOSCOPE TREATMENT TOOL, ENDOSCOPE DEVICE, AND TREATMENT METHOD | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18315124 | NON-SHEDDING COUPLING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RELOADABLE HEMOSTASIS CLIP | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18251027 | METHOD FOR FORMING PTFE COATING FILM ON STENT, AND STENT MANUFACTURED THEREBY | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18182484 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENT | March 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18183067 | MULTI-ACCESS INTRAPROCEDURAL EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE | March 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18042236 | DOUBLE LUMEN AORTIC CANNULA AND CROSS CLAMP ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS | February 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18109650 | PERICARDIAL MODIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEART FAILURE TREATMENT | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18166405 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR PLACING A GUIDEWIRE FOR A GASTROSTOMY TUBE | February 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18006567 | ADJUSTABLE INTERATRIAL SHUNTS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18016742 | BALANCING SYSTEM FOR A MICRO-SAW | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18014800 | Medical Instrument and Method | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18084674 | REDUCING VIBRATION IN A VITRECTOR | December 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18064989 | TRANS-ESOPHAGEAL AORTIC FLOW RATE CONTROL | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18065495 | RELOADABLE CLIP WITH A FLARING CAPSULE DEFORMATION | December 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986526 | MEDICANT ELUTING ADJUNCTS AND METHODS OF USING MEDICANT ELUTING ADJUNCTS | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17984128 | VASO-OCCLUSIVE DEVICES WITH IN-SITU STIFFENING | November 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18053078 | TREATMENT OF ISCHAEMIA | November 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17982195 | PHACOMACHINE AIR PULSE CONVERSION FOR CAPSULOTOMY DEVICE | November 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17977073 | MEDICAL APPARATUS WITH OPTICAL SENSING, AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS | October 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17977812 | TOURNIQUET AND CONNECTION ASSEMBLY THEREFOR | October 2022 | September 2023 | Abandon | 10 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050971 | UTERINE MANIPULATOR WITH CUTTING HEAD | October 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050359 | REPOSITIONABLE OVER THE SCOPE CLIP | October 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17974476 | Enhanced Infant Pacifier | October 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17962810 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLOSING PORTIONS OF BODY TISSUE | October 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17938406 | Percutaneous Catheter Directed Intravascular Occlusion Devices | October 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17938469 | Percutaneous Catheter Directed Intravascular Occlusion Devices | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17957471 | LIGATION CLIP APPLIER WITH CLIP RETAINING END EFFECTOR | September 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17952776 | TWO-PART FASTENERS FOR SURGICAL CLIP APPLIERS AND SURGICAL CLIP APPLIERS FOR DEPLOYING THE SAME | September 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17800487 | VASCULAR OCCLUSION CATHETER FOR PARTIAL OCCLUSION OR FULL OCCLUSION | September 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17944622 | IVC Filter Retrieval Device | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17931309 | EXCLUSION DEVICE BEAMS AND RELATED METHODS | September 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17929076 | TOOLS FOR TRANSURETHRAL DEPLOYMENT AND FIXATION OF GRAFT FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT OF URETHRAL STRICTURES | September 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 43 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17897603 | LOCKING APPARATUS | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17817198 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPIC PATCH DELIVERY | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17858637 | MULTI-ACCESS INTRAPROCEDURAL EMBOLIC PROTECTION DEVICE | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17810692 | METHOD FOR MAKING ANASTOMOSES BETWEEN HOLLOW STRUCTURES VIA DIRECT ATRIAL ACCESS | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17855211 | TRAJECTORY GUIDE WITH DOUBLE X-Y SLIDING TABLES | June 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17789338 | LOOP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | June 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17846084 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PELVIC FLOOR PROCEDURES | June 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17841916 | BALLOON CATHETER | June 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17839513 | METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS FOR TREATING OBESITY | June 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17781568 | COMBINED HYSTEROSCOPIC INSTRUMENT OPERATION PROPELLER | June 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17826279 | ELONGATED ASSEMBLIES FOR SURGICAL CLIP APPLIERS AND SURGICAL CLIP APPLIERS INCORPORATING THE SAME | May 2022 | August 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17804244 | ROTATABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN AN INTERVENTION MEMBER AND A MANIPULATION MEMBER OF AN ENDOVASCULAR DEVICE | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17735149 | DRIVE AND ARTICULATION MECHANISMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS | May 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17729741 | SUTURE BASED CLOSURE DEVICE | April 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17718845 | ABSORBABLE SURGICAL STAPLES COMPRISING SUFFICIENT STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES DURING A TISSUE HEALING WINDOW | April 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17768158 | A SURGICAL DEVICE | April 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17709869 | Access Catheter | March 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17708581 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING HEARING LOSS | March 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17707696 | INTRAVASCULAR LITHOTRIPSY BALLOON | March 2022 | January 2026 | Abandon | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17704223 | Percutaneous Catheter Directed Intravascular Occlusion Devices | March 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17762614 | SURGERY-ASSISTANCE DEVICE | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17693246 | VIRTUAL REALITY SURGICAL TOOLS SYSTEM | March 2022 | February 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17753527 | SURGICAL TOOL, SURGERY SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND SURGICAL OPERATING UNIT | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17638272 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR BLUNT DISSECTION, DILATION OF INCISIONS, AND SEPARATION OF ADHESIONS | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LABRANCHE, BROOKE N.
With a 20.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.
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, 30.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner LABRANCHE, BROOKE N works in Art Unit 3771 and has examined 349 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.6%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.
Examiner LABRANCHE, BROOKE N's allowance rate of 73.6% places them in the 38% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LABRANCHE, BROOKE N receive 2.74 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 80% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LABRANCHE, BROOKE N is 37 months. This places the examiner in the 34% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LABRANCHE, BROOKE N. This interview benefit is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 22.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 22.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 29% 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, 142.9% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 88% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 64.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 61.1% 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, 54.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
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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