Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18798512 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING NASAL TISSUES | August 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 7 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18727590 | Endoscopic Gastric Plication Device | July 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18753059 | Percutaneous Catheter Directed Intravascular Occlusion Devices | June 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 9 | 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 |
| 18636793 | MEDICAL ELONGATED BODY AND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT SET | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 18536115 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR MANIPULATING NASAL TISSUES | December 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 18296898 | Surgical Constructs with Collapsing Suture Loop and Methods for Securing Tissue | April 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18296492 | ROBOTIC SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VASCULAR ACCESS | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 18173709 | COMPLEX SURGICAL DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT AND PROTECTING AN ANASTOMOSIS | February 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 17959614 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ORGAN MANIPULATION USING A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | October 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17951167 | SYSTEM, AN APPARATUS, AND A METHOD FOR TREATING A SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONAL FEMALE PATIENT | September 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17933950 | Surgical Tools and Methods for Delivering a Neurostimulator into the Pterygopalatine Fossa | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17896620 | DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS | August 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17895453 | DEVICE FOR STABILIZING CATHETERS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | August 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17893534 | MANIPULATORS AND CARTRIDGES FOR ROBOTIC-ASSISTED VASCULAR ACCESS | August 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17820427 | Embolic Protection Device And Method | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889948 | OCCLUDER INSERTION SYSTEM | August 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17877747 | INTRODUCER HUB ASSEMBLY HAVING CROSS-SLIT SEAL | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17868715 | MEDICAL DEVICE | July 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17864889 | TWELVE-DIMENSIONAL BARBED SURGICAL THREAD | July 2022 | March 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17811335 | SOFT TISSUE REPAIR INSTRUMENTS AND TECHNIQUES | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17811144 | VALVED CANNULA ASSEMBLY | July 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17858740 | FLEXIBLE INSTRUMENT DELIVERY DEVICE | July 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17809528 | Devices and Methods for Repairing a Pathological Connection Between Two Anatomical Structures | June 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17809531 | Aspiration Catheters and Methods of Use Thereof | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17808011 | MEDICAL SYSTEMS, DEVICE, AND RELATED METHODS THEREOF | June 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17838862 | FEEDBACK CONTROLLED ANASTOMOSIS DEVICES | June 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17837422 | SURGICAL SYSTEM INSTRUMENT MOUNTING | June 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17836803 | DEVICE FOR STABILIZING CATHETERS AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | June 2022 | September 2022 | Allow | 3 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17805408 | STENT DELIVERY DEVICE | June 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17830213 | LAPAROSCOPE-HOLDING ROBOT SYSTEM FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY | June 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17804428 | MEDICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM | May 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17780039 | MODULAR ROBOTIC SYSTEM FOR DRIVING MOVEMENT OF SURGICAL TOOLS | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 17750199 | BIOSTIMULATOR TRANSPORT SYSTEM HAVING VALVE BYPASS TOOL | May 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17747313 | COMPLIANCE CONTROL STITCHING IN SUBSTRATE MATERIALS | May 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17745986 | PARTIAL THICKNESS ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD | May 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17738916 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PERFORMING SURGERY USING LAPLACE'S LAW TENSION RETRACTION DURING SURGERY | May 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17660491 | LOCK AND RELEASE MECHANISMS FOR TRANS-CATHETER IMPLANTABLE DEVICES | April 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17725839 | LEAD METHOD OF SUTURING ACUTELY RUPTURED ACHILLES TENDON AND DEVICE USED IN THE LEAD METHOD | April 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17725387 | INTEGRATED ROBOTIC INSUFFLATION AND SMOKE EVACUATION | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17723411 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING TEMPERATURE OF AN ULTRASONIC INSTRUMENT | April 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17711980 | CANNULA FOR GRASPING AND SETTING LEAD WITH NEEDLE | April 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17704077 | EUSTACHIAN TUBE DILATION BALLOON WITH VENTILATION PATH | March 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17694036 | Catheter Based Retrieval Device with Proximal Body Having Axial Freedom of Movement | March 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17685454 | ELONGATING WIRES FOR INHIBITING PREMATURE IMPLANT DETACHMENT | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17683949 | SURGICAL SYSTEM ENTRY GUIDE | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17673601 | EXPANDABLE SHEATH | February 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17635461 | SURGICAL ACCESS SYSTEM | February 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17669444 | ATHERECTOMY DEVICE | February 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17572206 | Clot Removal Methods and Devices with Multiple Independently Controllable Elements | January 2022 | January 2023 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17572138 | Clot Removal Methods and Devices with Multiple Independently Controllable Elements | January 2022 | May 2022 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17565677 | MEDICAL DEVICE | December 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17623066 | Arthroscopic Cannula And Suture Management System | December 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17597041 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES USING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED MEDICAL DEVICES | December 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17619052 | TENDON HARVESTING SYSTEM | December 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17545885 | ANCHORING DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS | December 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17542749 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR MODIFICATION OF LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | December 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17457093 | ROBOTIC CATHETER SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE SPEED CONTROL | December 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17455655 | ATHERECTOMY CATHETER WITH SHAPED DISTAL TIP | November 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17526060 | DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY INSERTING AND MANIPULATING A MEDICAL TOOL INTO AND WITHIN A BODILY LUMEN | November 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17524775 | GUIDE SYSTEM WITH SUCTION | November 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17452118 | REENTRY CATHETER FOR CROSSING A VASCULAR OCCLUSION | October 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LOUIS, RICHARD G.
With a 37.5% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success 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, 40.0% 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 554 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.
Examiner LOUIS, RICHARD G's allowance rate of 84.3% places them in the 54% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by LOUIS, RICHARD G receive 2.16 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 73% 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 30 months. This places the examiner in the 44% 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 LOUIS, RICHARD G. This interview benefit is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 21.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 16% 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 52.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 57.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 47% 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 65.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 26.7% 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, 37.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 33% 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 41% 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 41% 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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