Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19241649 | VACUUM ASSISTED OCCLUSION OF THE LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE | June 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18962737 | DEVICE TO RESTRAIN OPENING OF AN OFF-THE-SHELF SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | November 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18776051 | Systems and Methods for Customizable Flow Diverter Implants | July 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18769695 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPE OR LAPAROSCOPE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION | July 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18760322 | Intrasaccular Aneurysm Occlusion Device with a Convex Distal Portion Nested within a Concave Proximal Portion | July 2024 | June 2025 | Abandon | 11 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18674996 | Globular Mesh Compressed into Multilayer Bowl-Shaped Aneurysm Neck Bridge | May 2024 | December 2024 | Abandon | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18661707 | SURGICAL ROBOT ARM | May 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18654455 | ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE APPARATUS WITH SLOTTED SHOE FOR ADVANTAGEOUS PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18644279 | END-TO-END CONNECTOR FOR TEXTILE GRAFT ANASTOMOSIS | April 2024 | July 2025 | Abandon | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18620677 | HEMOSTASIS RELOADABLE CLIPPING DEVICE WITH SLEEVE ENGAGEMENT | March 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18613053 | Systems and Methods for Forming and Deploying the Janjua Aneurysm Net plus Bridge (JAN-B) for Cerebral Aneurysm Occlusion | March 2024 | October 2024 | Abandon | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 18683672 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT SHEARS | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18406561 | MEDICAL CATHETER | January 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18528599 | DIFFUSION AND INFUSION RESISTANT IMPLANTABLE DEVICES FOR REDUCING PULSATILE PRESSURE | December 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18519055 | Methods for Creating an Expandable Two-Part Intrasacular Aneurysm Occlusion Device from a Tubular Mesh | November 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18511410 | SUTURE ANCHOR FOR KNOTLESS FIXATION OF TISSUE | November 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18507833 | TWO BALLOON CATHETER METHODS FOR ASPIRATION AND CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF CLOSURE AGENTS | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18389117 | VARIABLE DENIER YARN AND SUTURE | November 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18489473 | LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE IMPLANT | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18485128 | EMBOLIC DEVICES FOR OCCLUDING BODY LUMENS | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18374602 | Janjua Aneurysm Net and Other Intrasacular Aneurysm Occlusion Devices | September 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 4 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18369779 | DELIVERY CATHETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18460867 | ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18241535 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR ENDOSCOPE OR LAPAROSCOPE MAGNETIC NAVIGATION | September 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18236674 | Systems and Methods for Customizable Flow Diverter Implants | August 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18236194 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR FORMING ANASTOMOSES | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18448792 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FAILURE OF INTRAGASTRIC DEVICES | August 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231298 | LOADING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR EXPANDABLE INTRALUMINAL MEDICAL DEVICES | August 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 25 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18328501 | METHODS AND DEVICES TO REDUCE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF CONCUSSIVE OR BLAST FORCES ON A SUBJECT | June 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18328356 | METHOD FOR TREATING SCALP ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA USING MICRO VASCULAR PLUG | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18195464 | GRIPPER FOR ROBOTIC IMAGE GUIDED NEEDLE INSERTION | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18135153 | Intrasacular Aneurysm Occlusion Device with a Proximal Bowl-Shaped Mesh and a Distal Globular Mesh | April 2023 | May 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 18249020 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MICROVASCULAR ANASTOMOTIC COUPLER RING DELIVERY DEVICE | April 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18123471 | SKIN CLEANSER | March 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18114534 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR TREATING ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA | February 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18113010 | Neurovascular Flow Diverter and Delivery Systems | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18112904 | Systems and Methods for Customizable Flow Diverter Implants | February 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18112963 | Neurovascular Flow Diverter and Delivery Systems | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18102414 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAGNET-INDUCED COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS BETWEEN ADJACENT ORGANS | January 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18092985 | FILAMENTARY DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18088368 | FLEXIBLE STABILIZING MEMBER FOR A CLIP APPLIER | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17994765 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGEMENT OF THROMBOSIS | November 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17999474 | EMBOLISATION DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | November 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17975308 | SUTURE ANCHOR FOR KNOTLESS FIXATION OF TISSUE | October 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17975321 | SUTURE ANCHOR FOR KNOTLESS FIXATION OF TISSUE | October 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17970510 | Intrasacular Aneurysm Occlusion Device with a Proximal-to-Distal Stack of Shape-Changing Embolic Structures | October 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 5 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 17965502 | Intrasacular Aneurysm Occlusion Device with Nested Structures | October 2022 | February 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17900798 | INFUSED NASAL STRIP | August 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889535 | FIXATION DEVICE CARTRIDGES | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17850247 | LAPROSCOPIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17829313 | Intrasacular Aneurysm Occlusion Device with Embolic Members Inserted between an Outer Mesh and an Inner Mesh | May 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17827872 | CLIP APPLIER AND METHODS OF USE | May 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17664619 | METHOD FOR DELIVERING A SURGICAL HEART VALVE | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17748968 | APPARATUSES FOR ANASTOMOSIS OF TUBULAR VESSELS AND RELATED METHODS | May 2022 | May 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17742927 | EXPANDING SUTURE ANCHOR HAVING AN ACTUATOR PIN | May 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17718828 | BIOABSORBABLE STAPLE COMPRISING MECHANISMS FOR SLOWING THE ABSORPTION OF THE STAPLE | April 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17658640 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17710619 | VARIABLE DENIER YARN AND SUTURE | March 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 8 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17710780 | VARIABLE DENIER YARN AND SUTURE | March 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17702284 | ANASTOMOSIS ASSIST TOOL AND VASCULAR ANASTOMOSIS METHOD | March 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17761542 | DISASSEMBLABLE ANASTOMOSIS CLAMP | March 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17697279 | ARTERIOTOMY CLOSURE APPARATUS WITH SLOTTED SHOE FOR ADVANTAGEOUS PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17574364 | SKIN CLEANSER | January 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17425975 | SURGICAL FORCEPS | December 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17623427 | AN EMBOLIZATION DEVICE FOR PROMOTING CLOT FORMATION IN A BODILY LUMEN AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING SAID EMBOLIZATION DEVICE | December 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 31 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17644202 | METHOD TO IMPROVE CUTTING PERFOMANCE OF A MALLEABLE BLADE | December 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17544052 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FIXING SOFT TISSUE | December 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17536277 | PARANASAL SINUS MEDICAL DEVICE AND USES THEREOF | November 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17530031 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR A COATED COIL | November 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17516664 | ADJUSTABLE KNOTLESS LOOPS | November 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17510950 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH LED LIGHTING AND ABSOLUTE ORIENTATION | October 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17496719 | DIFFUSION AND INFUSION RESISTANT IMPLANTABLE DEVICES FOR REDUCING PULSATILE PRESSURE | October 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17485390 | Methods of Occluding a Cerebral Aneurysm by Inserting Embolic Members or Material into an Intrasacular Implant | September 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17476845 | Aneurysm-Occluding Mesh Ribbon with a Series of Loops or Segments Having Distal-to-Proximal Variation in Size, Shape, and/or Orientation | September 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17473474 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | September 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17473868 | VARIABLE DENIER YARN AND SUTURE | September 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17472674 | Janjua Aneurysm Net with a Stiff Proximal Portion and a Flexible Distal Portion | September 2021 | September 2022 | Abandon | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17467680 | Intrasacular Aneurysm Occlusion Device with an Embolic-Filled Flexible Mesh Formed from a Radially-Constrained Tubular Mesh | September 2021 | August 2022 | Abandon | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17466497 | INTRASACULAR ANEURYSM OCCLUSION DEVICE WITH GLOBULAR FIRST CONFIGURATION AND BOWL-SHAPED SECOND CONFIGURATION | September 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17310404 | ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE | July 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17387515 | PACIFIER DEVICES | July 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17383431 | Synthetic Perivascular Wrap | July 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17355060 | SUTURE DELIVERY DEVICE | June 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17353652 | Intrasacular Aneurysm Occlusion Device with a Flexible Net or Mesh and Polymer Longitudinal Embolic Members | June 2021 | September 2022 | Abandon | 15 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17303922 | TRANSCATHETER PERCUTANEOUS BALLOON VALVULOTOMY | June 2021 | November 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17299459 | COMBINATORIAL THERAPIES INCLUDING IMPLANTABLE DAMPING DEVICES AND THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR TREATING A CONDITION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE | June 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 55 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17331580 | ADJUSTABLE LOOP WITH LOCKING KNOT | May 2021 | November 2025 | Abandon | 54 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17302305 | HEMOSTASIS RELOADABLE CLIPPING DEVICE WITH SLEEVE ENGAGEMENT | April 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17242504 | METHODS FOR PARTIAL DIVERSION OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT | April 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17240063 | Acupressure Headband Apparatus | April 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17228446 | CRIMPING ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR A PROSTHETIC VALVE | April 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17220002 | Proximal Concave Neck Bridge with Central Lumen and Distal Net for Occluding Cerebral Aneurysms | April 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 17 | 4 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17217563 | DEVICE FOR SUTURE ATTACHMENT FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE HEART VALVE REPAIR | March 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17214827 | Aneurysm Neck Bridge with a Closeable Opening or Lumen Through Which Embolic Material is Inserted into the Aneurysm Sac | March 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 17 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17280442 | VASCULAR ANASTOMOTIC MEMBER COMPRISING SHAPE-MEMORY POLYMER | March 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17211446 | Parent Vessel and Intrasacular Devices for Occluding a Cerebral Aneurysm | March 2021 | September 2022 | Abandon | 18 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17209545 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FAILURE OF INTRAGASTRIC DEVICES | March 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17193042 | Percutaneous Catheter Directed Intravascular Occlusion Devices | March 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 19 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17186273 | METHOD OF POWERING AND COMMUNICATING WITH A STAPLE CARTRIDGE | February 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17172473 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR FIXATION OF ANKLE SYNDESMOSIS OR ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT DISLOCATIONS OF THE SHOULDER | February 2021 | November 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LAUER, CHRISTINA C.
With a 62.5% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. 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, 53.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
✓ 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 LAUER, CHRISTINA C works in Art Unit 3771 and has examined 277 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 74.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 39 months.
Examiner LAUER, CHRISTINA C's allowance rate of 74.4% places them in the 39% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LAUER, CHRISTINA C receive 2.68 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 79% 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 LAUER, CHRISTINA C is 39 months. This places the examiner in the 28% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LAUER, CHRISTINA C. This interview benefit is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 20.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 23% 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 29.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 42% 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, 114.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 81% 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 72.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 47.6% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 22.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 11% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.1% of allowed cases (in the 68% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
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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