Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18761787 | Surgical Instrument Including Housing, A Cutting Accessory That Extends From The Housing And Actuators That Establish The Position Of The Cutting Accessory Relative To The Housing | July 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 8 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18668339 | SELF-ADJUSTING CATHETER | May 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18620175 | ULTRASOUND MEDICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING A MEDICAL ULTRASONIC BLADE | March 2024 | March 2026 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18597766 | APPLICATORS FOR APPLYING TRANSCUTANEOUS ANALYTE SENSORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | March 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18593795 | Pulsatile Balloon Catheter Systems and Methods of Using the Same | March 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18591037 | Nasal Valve Implants and Methods of Implanting the Same | February 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18588144 | All-Suture Anchor | February 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18434456 | ARTICULATION MECHANISMS FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL TOOLS | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18426123 | PROSTHETIC SUTURING DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF | January 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18390851 | Cardiac Valve Downsizing Device and Method | December 2023 | July 2025 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18535698 | FENESTRATED SHEATH FOR EMBOLIC PROTECTION DURING TRANSCAROTID CAROTID ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530083 | PROSTHETIC INCISION DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18501339 | NAIL TOOL FOR REMOVING TISSUE IN NAIL GROOVE | November 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18492757 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE THROUGH TISSUE | October 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18489666 | HEART VALVE SEALING DEVICES AND DELIVERY DEVICES THEREFOR | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18487184 | POWER ASSIST DEVICE FOR A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18468724 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERCUTANEOUS TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18277293 | BLOOD VESSEL COMPRESSION SYSTEMS | August 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231910 | SPLITTABLE DELIVERY SHEATH | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18226751 | Puncture guide needle | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18226637 | SURGICAL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME | July 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18212880 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR URETHRAL TREATMENT | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18212604 | Instrument Carriage Assembly for Surgical System | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18327567 | STENT, MANDREL, AND METHOD FOR FORMING A STENT WITH ANTI-MIGRATION FEATURES | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18201093 | APPLICATORS FOR APPLYING TRANSCUTANEOUS ANALYTE SENSORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | May 2023 | February 2024 | Abandon | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18035760 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POSITIONING, IMPLANTING AND USING A STIMULATION LEAD | May 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18308882 | POWERED DISCECTOMY APPARATUS | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18033743 | BIOCOMPATIBLE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | April 2023 | February 2026 | Abandon | 33 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18129669 | APPLICATORS FOR APPLYING TRANSCUTANEOUS ANALYTE SENSORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | March 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18191728 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING EMBOLISM | March 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18028691 | Surgical Instruments For A Trabeculotomy Procedure | March 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18122960 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING DISORDERS OF THE EAR NOSE AND THROAT | March 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 27 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18172575 | SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL DEVICE | February 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18041506 | INTRAPROCEDURAL AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZING IDIOPATHIC VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA ORIGINS | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18107713 | Surgical Arm And Method Of Providing Visual Guidance For Operating Same | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165888 | EUSTACHIAN TUBE DRUG ELUTING STENT | February 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18020252 | ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPRESSION TREATMENT, IN PARTICULAR COMPRESSION THERAPY ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AND MONITORING THE SAME | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102990 | TRIGGER THUMB TREATMENT DEVICES AND METHODS | January 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18081506 | ROBOTIC ARM HAVING AN EXTENDABLE PRISMATIC LINK | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18064852 | VERIFYING PROPER WITHDRAWAL OF CATHETER INTO SHEATH | December 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18056192 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FLOW RESTORATION | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17974276 | Method and Assembly for Securing an Implantable Medical Device on a Delivery System | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959834 | CLOSURE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SEALING BIOLOGIC TISSUE MEMBRANES | October 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954038 | ATHERECTOMY DEVICES AND METHODS | September 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17950660 | Intra-Aneurysm Devices | September 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17945928 | APPLICATORS FOR APPLYING TRANSCUTANEOUS ANALYTE SENSORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | September 2022 | June 2023 | Abandon | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17939662 | IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE WITH CAVITATION FEATURES | September 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17939305 | APPLICATORS FOR APPLYING TRANSCUTANEOUS ANALYTE SENSORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | September 2022 | April 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17894033 | ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM WITH ANTEROGRADE AND RETROGRADE ABLATION | August 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17885723 | STENT RETENTION | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17882553 | CATHETER DELIVERED ENDOVASCULAR DEVICES | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17796407 | CATHETER SYSTEM | July 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17863595 | ENDOVASCULAR STENT-GRAFT WITH FATIGUE-RESISTANT LATERAL TUBE | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17852440 | SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EVALUATING THE EXTENT TO WHICH A LIMB IS HELD BY A LIMB HOLDER | June 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17842624 | APPLICATORS FOR APPLYING TRANSCUTANEOUS ANALYTE SENSORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | June 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17827646 | PERCUTANEOUS TISSUE ANCHOR TECHNIQUES | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17826470 | MEDICAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR OCCLUDING A TISSUE OPENING AND METHOD THEREOF | May 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17741673 | CLOT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | May 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17724058 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING A LOCATION FOR NERVE STIMULATION | April 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17659601 | RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF | April 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17659605 | RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF | April 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 46 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17721173 | SURGICAL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME | April 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17713162 | CLOT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM | April 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17706802 | APPLICATOR INSTRUMENTS FOR DISPENSING SURGICAL FASTENERS HAVING DEFLECTABLE STAGING ASSEMBLIES | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17702487 | TRANSCATHETER IMPLANT DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHODS OF IMPLANT LOADING AND DELIVERY | March 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17691716 | MODULAR STENT DEVICE FOR MULTIPLE VESSELS AND METHOD | March 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 47 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17652900 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE THROUGH TISSUE | February 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17667978 | INSERTER SYSTEM WITH TRANSPORT PROTECTION | February 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17649176 | INTERATRIAL SHUNT HAVING PHYSIOLOGIC SENSOR | January 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17579190 | ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLABLE SURGICAL TOOLS | January 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17562381 | SURGICAL ADHESIVES | December 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17561668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE THROUGH TISSUE | December 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17548750 | VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES AND METHODS | December 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17520927 | PROSTHETIC SUTURING DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF | November 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17514193 | SENSOR INSERTER HAVING INTRODUCER | October 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17508333 | METHOD OF OPERATING A RONGEUR FOR CUTTING AND REMOVING TISSUE | October 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17503700 | Intraluminal Stent and Preparation Method Therefor | October 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17604565 | TROCAR INSTRUMENT AND AUXILIARY DEVICE THEREFOR | October 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17441557 | ANCHOR DEVICE | September 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17479958 | CANNULA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARTIAL THICKNESS ROTATOR CUFF REPAIR | September 2021 | January 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17440002 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR WOUND CLOSURE | September 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17472873 | SURGICAL DEVICE FOR GRASPING AND SHEARING | September 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17471665 | TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE FOR A HANDPIECE OF A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | September 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17470213 | FENESTRATED SHEATH FOR EMBOLIC PROTECTION DURING TRANSCAROTID CAROTID ARTERY REVASCULARIZATION | September 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17468414 | PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE AND DELIVERY APPARATUS | September 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17412360 | TISSUE ANCHOR FOR SECURING TISSUE LAYERS | August 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 50 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17406753 | Therapeutic Garment for Treatment of Over-Shunting Headaches and Method for Use of Same | August 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17406402 | Surgical Instrument Including Housing, A Cutting Accessory That Extends From The Housing And Actuators That Establish The Position Of The Cutting Accessory Relative To The Housing | August 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17399696 | PROSTHETIC INCISION DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF | August 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17391556 | EXPANDABLE-MOUTH CATHETER DELIVERY-ASSIST TOOL | August 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17388471 | ANATOMIC NEEDLE SYSTEM | July 2021 | December 2025 | Allow | 52 | 7 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17443398 | GUIDEWIRE POSITIONING CATHETER | July 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17385468 | FECALITH REMOVAL SYSTEM | July 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17422562 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR GONIOTOMY PROCEDURE, METHOD OF USE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | July 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 53 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17369433 | NON-UNIFORM LOADING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES | July 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17353500 | KIRIGAMI-INSPIRED STENTS FOR SUSTAINED LOCAL DELIVERY OF THERAPEUTICS | June 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 50 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17415767 | Laparoscopic Morcellation Bag and Laparoscopic Morcellation Kit Including a Morcellation Bag | June 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17337897 | Yankauer Suction Device with Auxiliary Access Port | June 2021 | August 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17320682 | STENT HAVING REDUCED AXIAL SHRINKAGE UPON RADIAL EXPANSION | May 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 41 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17246640 | Cardiac Valve Downsizing Device And Method | May 2021 | December 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MCEVOY, THOMAS M.
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 MCEVOY, THOMAS M works in Art Unit 3771 and has examined 401 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.
Examiner MCEVOY, THOMAS M's allowance rate of 82.5% places them in the 55% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by MCEVOY, THOMAS M receive 2.12 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 57% 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 MCEVOY, THOMAS M is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 45% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +27.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MCEVOY, THOMAS M. This interview benefit is in the 75% 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, 28.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 34.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 51% 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, 90.9% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 68% 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 81.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 44.4% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 47.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 43% 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 2.4% of allowed cases (in the 71% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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