Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19183357 | SURGICAL NEEDLE HOLDER AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | April 2025 | October 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18658053 | MEDICAL RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18652409 | SURGICAL DEVICE | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18638577 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLACEMENT OF BLOOD TO MITIGATE PERIPHERAL NERVE NEUROPATHY | April 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18441247 | DURA ELEVATING AND CUTTING APPARATUS | February 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18522495 | CLOT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WITH EXPANDABLE CLOT ENGAGING FRAMEWORK | November 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18516461 | ANTI-SLIP LIGATION BANDS | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18274109 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, TOOL DEVICE FOR SUCH A SURGICAL INSTRUMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A TOOL DEVICE | July 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18338787 | WOUND CLOSURE SYSTEM | June 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18209787 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE OCCLUSION DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF | June 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18317707 | DISTALLY GENERATED ULTRASONIC MOTION RESECTION TOOL | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18142550 | WEDGE LOCK NEEDLE HOLDER | May 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18298659 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLACEMENT OF BLOOD TO MITIGATE PERIPHERAL NERVE NEUROPATHY | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18295621 | METHOD AND BALLOON CATHETER | April 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18172684 | CLIP, SYSTEM, AND CLIP DEPLOYMENT METHOD | February 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18167769 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH ENHANCED SHAPE CHARACTERISTICS | February 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18089400 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ABSCESS DRAINAGE | December 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18085964 | MEDICAL SHAVER WITH MULTI-BLADE | December 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17991988 | BARBED SUTURE WITH REMOVABLE SHEATH | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18056413 | SUTURE LOCKING DEVICE AND SUTURE LOCKING DEVICE IMPLANTING APPARATUS | November 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17968614 | Instrument for Selectively Grabbing and Cutting Tissue | October 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17936906 | ACTUATION MECHANISM WITH GROOVED ACTUATION LEVERS | September 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17951204 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR WOUND CLOSURE | September 2022 | April 2024 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17867854 | VASCULAR AND AORTIC CONNECTORS WITH ROBOTIC DELIVERY AND DEPLOYMENT METHODS THEREOF | July 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17865224 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PASSING TENSION MEMBER AROUND TISSUE MASS | July 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17777619 | HEMORRHOIDS LIGATION TREATMENT DEVICE | May 2022 | October 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17735646 | Repositionable Tissue-Engagement Member And Associated Systems And Methods | May 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17718858 | ABSORBABLE SURGICAL STAPLE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO COATINGS | April 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17657326 | PURSE-STRING SUTURES | March 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17696402 | TRANSCATHETER PUNCTURE NEEDLE SYSTEM | March 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17640415 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING A THREAD LOOP AROUND A SKIN TAG | March 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17684051 | WOUND CLOSURE SYSTEM | March 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17649878 | CAVITATION CATHETER | February 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17572040 | LOCKING NAIL FOR LOCKING SUTURES AND INTERVENTIONAL REMOTE SUTURE LOCKING DEVICE | January 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17625566 | SKIN RETRACTION SYSTEM AND SKIN RETRACTOR THEREFOR | January 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17568300 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-WAY ANASTOMOTIC COUPLING | January 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17528080 | SUCTION-BASED TOOL FOR POSITIONING INTRAOCULAR IMPLANTS | November 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17509998 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF BOWEL IMPACTION | October 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17604582 | SUTURE SECURITY DEVICE FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL SUTURING | October 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17404548 | GRASPING DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TISSUE APPROXIMATION AND APPOSITION | August 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 48 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17392872 | MEDICAL FORCEPS | August 2021 | April 2024 | Abandon | 32 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17425813 | LIGATION DEVICE WITH A PROTRUSION AND NOTCH FOR LOCKING THE LIGATION DEVICE | July 2021 | November 2023 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17383160 | FORCEPS KNIFE BLADE LOCKOUT MECHANISM | July 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17380157 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR STORING SUTURE NEEDLES AND USING ROBOTICS FOR DELIVERING SELECTED SUTURE NEEDLES TO SURGICAL SITES | July 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17357389 | MEDICAL DEVICE, AND ATTACHMENT METHOD FOR MEDICAL DEVICE | June 2021 | August 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17356160 | FORCEPS | June 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17298141 | DURA ELEVATING AND CUTTING APPARATUS | May 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17321082 | CLIP CARTRIDGE | May 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17308830 | ASPIRATION CATHETER INCLUDING MECHANICAL CUTTER | May 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17308936 | ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER CASING, ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCER ASSEMBLY, AND ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | May 2021 | August 2024 | Abandon | 40 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17236246 | SURGICAL SHUNT ASSEMBLY TOOL | April 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17209414 | SURGICAL DEVICE | March 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17200035 | NOSE CLEANING SYSTEM | March 2021 | June 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17198931 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TISSUE LIGATION | March 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 51 | 8 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17191945 | VASCULAR AND AORTIC GRAFTS WITH TELESCOPING SHEATH AND DEPLOYMENT METHODS THEREOF | March 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 51 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 17183712 | STAPLING ADJUNCT ATTACHMENT | February 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17160241 | Ultrasonic Surgical System | January 2021 | June 2023 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17157169 | Cutting Grasper for Valve Leaflet Laceration | January 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 41 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17137638 | BALLOON CATHETER | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17132823 | THROMBUS REMOVAL DEVICE | December 2020 | December 2024 | Allow | 48 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17255986 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | December 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17253340 | SCALPEL FOR CARPAL TUNNEL SURGERY | December 2020 | June 2022 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17251807 | OBSTETRICAL INSTRUMENT OF THE FORCEPS TYPE FOR EXTRACTING A FETUS AND AN ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR EXTRACTION EQUIPPED WITH AFOREMENTIONED FORCEPS | December 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17118746 | NEEDLE DRIVER DEVICES AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17111266 | CATHETER INCLUDING A RADIOPAQUE EXPANDABLE MEMBER | December 2020 | May 2025 | Allow | 53 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17103229 | Multi-Band Rubber Band Ligation Device And Method Of Operation Thereof | November 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17055421 | BIDIRECTIONAL BARBED SUTURE HAVING NEEDLE AND TREATMENT METHOD USING THE SAME | November 2020 | March 2023 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17082515 | DISTALLY GENERATED ULTRASONIC MOTION RESECTION TOOL | October 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17077509 | MUCOSAL EXCLUSION ANASTOMOSIS DEVICE AND METHODS | October 2020 | September 2024 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17060129 | MULTI-BALLOON DILATION CATHETER | October 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17043150 | CRISS-CROSS CORDS FOR BAND LIGATION | September 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17037230 | ULTRASONIC PROBE | September 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 47 | 6 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17034267 | SUTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD | September 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17030568 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE OCCLUSION DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF | September 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17031070 | WEDGE-LOCK SHEATH RETENTION MECHANISM | September 2020 | April 2025 | Allow | 55 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17027008 | SUTURE MATERIALS, SUTURE PLACEMENT DEVICES AND METHODS OF SUTURE PLACEMENT AND TISSUE APPROXIMATION | September 2020 | February 2025 | Allow | 53 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17017493 | EIGHT-DIMENSIONAL BARBED SURGICAL THREAD | September 2020 | July 2025 | Allow | 58 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16976091 | LAPAROSCOPIC DEVICE FOR LOCATING, MOBILISING AND CLAMPING ORGANS OR TUBULAR STRUCTURES | August 2020 | April 2022 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17000499 | ACTUATION MECHANISM WITH GROOVED ACTUATION LEVERS | August 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16996362 | TISSUE SEPARATION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USING SAME | August 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16964840 | ANTI-SLIP LIGATION BANDS | July 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16931759 | STAPLING ADJUNCT ATTACHMENT | July 2020 | September 2024 | Abandon | 50 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16931205 | Medical Device With Enhanced Shape Characteristics | July 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16931440 | INSTRUMENT FOR SELECTIVELY GRABBING AND CUTTING TISSUE | July 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15733373 | ANASTOMOSIS ASSEMBLY | July 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16919233 | SURGICAL DEVICE HAVING CHANGEABLE ELEMENTS | July 2020 | April 2025 | Allow | 57 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16958168 | REPOSABLE MULTI-FIRE SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER | June 2020 | May 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16957955 | ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING DETACHABLE SLEEVE ASSEMBLY | June 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16908161 | CLOT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WITH EXPANDABLE CLOT ENGAGING FRAMEWORK | June 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 38 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16908544 | THROMBUS REMOVAL DEVICE | June 2020 | November 2024 | Abandon | 53 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16907619 | ANNULOPLASTY MANUAL INTERNAL GUIDEWIRE NAVIGATION | June 2020 | May 2025 | Abandon | 59 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16905707 | MULTIPLE BAND LIGATION | June 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16897561 | APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR INCREASING FORCE DISTRIBUTION AT SUTURE-TISSUE INTERFACE | June 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16895598 | WOUND CLOSURE SYSTEM | June 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16769485 | SHEATHED CUTTING DEVICE | June 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16882443 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR WOUND CLOSURE | May 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16762246 | DELIVERY DEVICE | May 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16757190 | LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION DEVICE AND LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION SYSTEM | April 2020 | July 2022 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16652523 | SURGICAL THREAD | March 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16830417 | LIGATION CLIP CARTRIDGE | March 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MILLER, SERENITY A.
With a 100.0% 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, 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 MILLER, SERENITY A works in Art Unit 3771 and has examined 83 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.5%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.
Examiner MILLER, SERENITY A's allowance rate of 73.5% places them in the 37% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by MILLER, SERENITY A receive 2.37 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 68% 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 MILLER, SERENITY A is 36 months. This places the examiner in the 37% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +35.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MILLER, SERENITY A. This interview benefit is in the 83% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 21.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 26% 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 26.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 37% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 22% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% 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, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 74% 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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