Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19172712 | IMPLANTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING FLEXIBLE NEURAL ELECTRODE | April 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19171315 | Percutaneous Catheter Directed Intravascular Occlusion Devices | April 2025 | July 2025 | Allow | 4 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18914330 | SURGICAL PORT WITH INTEGRATED CLEANING MEANS | October 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 6 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18904918 | VASCULAR ACCESS SHEATH AND DILATOR ASSEMBLY | October 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18895152 | BALLOON SEALING AND FILL VALVE | September 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18828844 | Percutaneous Catheter Directed Intravascular Occlusion Devices | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18816831 | METHODS AND DEVICE FOR CLOSURE OF A TISSUE DEFECT | August 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18798512 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING NASAL TISSUES | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18770637 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRODUCING A DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AN ANASTOMOSIS | July 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18727590 | Endoscopic Gastric Plication Device | July 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18765543 | TORQUE COMPENSATION | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18753059 | Percutaneous Catheter Directed Intravascular Occlusion Devices | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18747761 | EXPANDABLE SHEATH | June 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18659441 | INTRODUCER SHEATH WITH DUAL ARM HUB HAVING INBUILT TIGHTENING PORT | May 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18658650 | DUAL STENT AND DELIVERY SYSTEM, DELIVERY TOOL APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DELIVERY OF DUAL STENTS | May 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18654670 | PACIFIER DEVICE | May 2024 | March 2026 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18642575 | STEERABLE OVERTUBE ASSEMBLIES FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS | April 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18636793 | MEDICAL ELONGATED BODY AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT SET | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18632417 | GUIDE WIRE | April 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18699299 | EMBOLIZATION MICROCATHETER FOR DELIVERY OF BEADS TO PERIPHERAL VESSELS | April 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18603173 | TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE INSERTION DEVICE | March 2024 | March 2026 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18596258 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR MODIFICATION OF LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | March 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18594616 | FASTENING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND SUTURING METHOD | March 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18441374 | CYCLIC ASPIRATION SYSTEM PRODUCING CYCLIC ASPIRATION PRESSURE WAVEFORM USING VACUUM PUMP AND POSITIVE PRESSURE PULSE GENERATOR MECHANISM | February 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18415783 | MICRODRIVE GUIDE | January 2024 | December 2024 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18413363 | ARTICULATING CAMERA STAND | January 2024 | May 2025 | Abandon | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18410991 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTRODUCING A DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AN ANASTOMOSIS | January 2024 | March 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18577478 | INTRAGASTRIC DEVICE | January 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18407386 | ROBOTIC SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VASCULAR ACCESS | January 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18539855 | DILATION INSTRUMENT WITH MALLEABLE GUIDE | December 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536115 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING NASAL TISSUES | December 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18524973 | INTERVENTIONAL DEVICE ASSEMBLY WITH ANTI-BUCKLING SYSTEM | November 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18525446 | METHOD FOR USING A TELESCOPING DRIVE TABLE | November 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18384442 | EUSTACHIAN TUBE DILATION BALLOON WITH VENTILATION PATH | October 2023 | July 2025 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18495482 | DEVICES, APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING CLEANING OF AN IMAGING ELEMENT OF AN IMAGING DEVICE | October 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18287993 | MULTI-FIRE CLIP APPLIER INSTRUMENT | October 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18375766 | MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM FOR OCCLUDING A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE AND IMPLANT REMODELING TOOL | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18550656 | Implant Delivery System With Multiple Detachment Mechanisms | September 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18243869 | APPARATUS AND METHODS TO ADJUST OCULAR BLOOD FLOW | September 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18459599 | Retrieval Devices | September 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18546209 | A COMPRESSION ANASTOMOSIS SYSTEM, AND USE THEREOF | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18446116 | PERCUTANEOUS IMPLANT RETRIEVAL METHODS | August 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18364410 | NEUROVASCULAR OCCLUSION DEVICE | August 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18275225 | IMPROVEMENT IN DIRECT HAIR IMPLANTATION AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SERVICE | August 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18272800 | VASCULAR INTERVENTION ROBOT AND VASCULAR INTERVENTION SYSTEM HAVING LINE-CONTACT ROLLER MECHANISM | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221201 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANCHORING AND RESTRAINING GASTROINTESTINAL PROSTHESES | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18271450 | Photovoltaic Retinal Prosthesis with Optically Configurable Confinement of Electric Field | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18268508 | TROCAR AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY DEVICE | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18337215 | METHODS FOR SURGICAL ACHILLES TENDON REPAIR | June 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18210668 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING GERD | June 2023 | July 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18335887 | INTRAOCULAR LENS DELIVERY SYSTEM PACKAGING | June 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18267426 | Delivery Device and Delivery System | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18334256 | APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING OCULAR IMPLANTS INTO AN ANTERIOR CHAMBER OF THE EYE | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18331785 | MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18329143 | LAPAROSCOPIC HYSTERECTOMY SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL DEVICE | June 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18255838 | INTRAGASTRIC EXPANDABLE DEVICES | June 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18323934 | COMBINED OSMOTIC AND HYDROGEL CERVICAL DILATORS AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18200168 | DEVICE FOR RESTRICTING BLOOD FLOW TO ANEURYSMS | May 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18318079 | DEVICE FOR ARRANGING GUIDEWIRES AROUND A HEART VALVE | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18142660 | IMPLANT | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18310180 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH COMPLIANT MECHANISM DESIGN | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18141704 | MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18141481 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING OBESITY | May 2023 | May 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18138687 | STEERABLE MEMBER AND SYSTEM AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | April 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18299154 | VENTILATION TUBES | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18296492 | ROBOTIC SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VASCULAR ACCESS | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18296898 | Surgical Constructs with Collapsing Suture Loop and Methods for Securing Tissue | April 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18193369 | Blood Flow Control Devices, Systems, and Methods | March 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18189169 | VASO-OCCLUSIVE DEVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM | March 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18188607 | Percutaneous Device Exchange | March 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18123655 | INTRODUCER SHEATH WITH OCCLUSION CAPABILITY | March 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18184564 | STEERABLE OVERTUBE ASSEMBLIES FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18121128 | REAR-VIEWABLE PORT CLOSURE SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18023601 | ANEURYSM OCCLUSION DEVICE, THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS FOR ANEURYSM OCCLUSION AND ANEURYSM OCCLUSION SYSTEM | February 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18023624 | LONGITUDINALLY COMPRESSIBLE VASCULAR OCCLUDER | February 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18173709 | COMPLEX SURGICAL DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT AND PROTECTING AN ANASTOMOSIS | February 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18042672 | BLOOD FLOW GUIDE DEVICE CONVEYING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF VISUAL TRACKING AND POSITIONING, AND TRACKING AND POSITIONING METHOD | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18172704 | PUNCTURE DEVICE, PUNCTURE SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF PUNCTURE DEVICE, AND USAGE METHOD OF GUIDEWIRE | February 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18112093 | CLOT REMOVAL METHODS AND DEVICES WITH MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLABLE ELEMENTS | February 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18170457 | FEEDBACK CONTROLLED ANASTOMOSIS DEVICES | February 2023 | November 2024 | Abandon | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18168675 | HEMI-BRIDGE AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND USING SAME | February 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18168653 | ATRAUMATIC INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR CAPSULOTOMY | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18108246 | INTRAGASTRIC DEVICE FOR TREATING OBESITY | February 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18106884 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS RESISTING MIGRATION AND METHOD OF IMPLANTATION THEREOF | February 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18104588 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PERFORMING SURGERY USING LAPLACE'S LAW TENSION RETRACTION DURING SURGERY | February 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18040180 | PLUGGING DEVICE | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18017146 | Support and Holder For Navigation System | January 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18155093 | Low Risk, Reversible, Weight Loss Procedure | January 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18015172 | An endoscopic magnetic anastomosis system, and methods and devices for forming an anastomosis | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18146742 | MEDICAL CATHETER | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18145316 | EMBOLISATION SYSTEMS | December 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18068907 | AUTOMATIC-SEALING BALLOON-FILLING CATHETER SYSTEM | December 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18010058 | CONTINUUM INSTRUMENT AND SURGICAL ROBOT | December 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18065527 | ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONS IN NEUROVASCULAR ANATOMY | December 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18071991 | TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE AND A PLACEMENT DEVICE | November 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18070439 | DEVICE FOR ESTABLISHING AN AMNIOTIC CAVITY ACCESS THROUGH A MOTHER AND METHOD THEREOF | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17982924 | LUMEN REINFORCEMENT AND ANCHORING SYSTEM | November 2022 | October 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17981717 | CLOT REMOVAL METHODS AND DEVICES WITH MULTIPLE INDEPENDENTLY CONTROLLABLE ELEMENTS | November 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17981164 | ASPIRATION CATHETER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE | November 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17923174 | TISSUE GRAFT FIXTURE | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LOUIS, RICHARD G.
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, 40.9% 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 LOUIS, RICHARD G works in Art Unit 3771 and has examined 485 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.
Examiner LOUIS, RICHARD G's allowance rate of 84.5% places them in the 60% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LOUIS, RICHARD G receive 2.35 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 67% 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 LOUIS, RICHARD G is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 53% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LOUIS, RICHARD G. 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, 20.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 21% 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 50.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 76% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 25.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 29% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 63.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 23.5% 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, 41.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 32% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
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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