Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18965484 | SUTURE RETENTION DEVICE | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18962711 | OCCLUSION DEVICES AND METHODS HAVING LATERAL POCKETS OR SLEEVES | November 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18944940 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING A MAGNETIC IMPLANT FOR FORMING AN ANASTAMOSIS IN THE DIGESTIVE TRACT | November 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18824733 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DURAL CLOSURE | September 2024 | August 2025 | Abandon | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18765724 | MINIMALLY-INVASIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18755486 | SHOCK WAVE ELECTRODES | June 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18667084 | ACCESS SITE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PERCUTANEOUS VASCULAR ACCESS | May 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18643243 | CLOT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR REMOVING OCCLUSIVE CLOT FROM A BLOOD VESSEL | April 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18635659 | CARTRIDGE DEVICE FOR SUTURE ANCHOR AND SUTURE MANAGEMENT DURING IMPLANTATION OF A MICRO SUTURE ANCHOR ARRAY | April 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18614537 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING IMPLANTABLE OCCLUDER DEVICES FOR TREATING ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTS | March 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18589464 | METHOD OF PREPARING A SUTURE FIXATION DEVICE FOR USE IN SURGERY TO TREAT PELVIC ORGAN PROLAPSE | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18588111 | Slip Knot Suture Construct | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18585926 | DEFECT OCCLUDER WITH WRAPPING COVER | February 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18413450 | SUTURE BASED CLOSURE DEVICE FOR USE WITH ENDOSCOPE | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18404752 | DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RESHAPING A HEART VALVE ANNULUS, INCLUDING THE USE OF MAGNETIC TOOLS | January 2024 | January 2026 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18545792 | BIOMATERIAL OCCLUDER DELIVERY MECHANISM | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18525075 | ACHILLES TENDON REPAIR DEVICE | November 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18523484 | SURGICAL STACKING NEEDLE | November 2023 | January 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18519834 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING TISSUE TO BONE | November 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18517764 | SUTURE CLOSURE DEVICES | November 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18507249 | TENSIONABLE KNOTLESS TISSUE REPAIR SYSTEMS AND SURGICAL METHODS | November 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18503661 | ROTARY OSCILLATING/RECIPROCATING SURGICAL TOOL | November 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18382060 | LIFTING SUTURE FOR RHINOPLASTY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18489632 | TEN-DIMENSIONAL BARBED SURGICAL THREAD | October 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18468265 | RETRIEVAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS OF USE | September 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18466371 | IMPLANTABLE TISSUE SCAFFOLD | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458642 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PASSAGE BETWEEN HEART CHAMBERS | August 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18455382 | SUTURE RETENTION DEVICE | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18455002 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VASCULAR ABNORMALITIES | August 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18235540 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING ANATOMICAL FEATURES | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18235662 | WOUND CLOSURE TREATMENT SYSTEM | August 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18451464 | SPACE FILLING DEVICES | August 2023 | September 2025 | Abandon | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18229443 | SUTURE SECURING ASSEMBLY | August 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18220306 | IMPLANTABLE TISSUE CONNECTOR | July 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18337387 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR LOCATING AND IMPLANTING TISSUE ANCHORS AT MITRAL VALVE COMMISSURE | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18205147 | ACCESS SITE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PERCUTANEOUS VASCULAR ACCESS | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18324564 | Hemostatic Device | May 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18198314 | ANATOMICAL TISSUE ANCHOR AND RELATED METHODS | May 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18251383 | INTERSEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE | May 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18030141 | TISSUE REPAIR SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLY | April 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18125901 | CATHETER PROXIMAL JOINT | March 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18123839 | SUTURE ANCHOR AND RELATED METHOD | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18173422 | System To Assist In The Release Of A Collapsible Stent From a Delivery Device | February 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18171043 | ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH MOVABLE RIGIDIZING MEMBER | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18108853 | SUTURE ANCHORS WITH LOCKING THREADS THAT INTERLOCK WITH ADJACENT BONE TISSUE | February 2023 | December 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102179 | OPHTHALMIC INCISIONAL PROCEDURE INSTRUMENT AND METHOD | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18101490 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING SOFT TISSUE TO BONE | January 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18158614 | Tensionable Knotless Surgical Techniques | January 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18158165 | INSTRUMENT AND METHODS FOR SURGICALLY CLOSING PERCUTANEOUS PUNCTURES | January 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18092459 | SMALL DIAMETER FIBER BRAID WITH CENTRAL CORE MEMBER | January 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18090593 | Suture Passer and Methods of Tissue Repair | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18090335 | Occluder and Occlusion System | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18086190 | SENSOR-BASED ARTHROSCOPIC ANCHOR SYSTEM | December 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18000103 | Device Allowing Large Bore Transseptal Access With Subsequent Atrial Re-Access And Method Thereof | November 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17927083 | MECHANICAL DEPLOYMENT DEVICE FOR HIP ALL-SUTURE ANCHOR | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18054656 | COMPRESSION PATCH | November 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18053606 | STEERABLE PLATFORM REPOSITIONABLE OVER THE SCOPE CLIP | November 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17981542 | VASCULAR HOLE CLOSURE DEVICE | November 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17978589 | SUTURE-LOCKING WASHER FOR USE WITH A BONE ANCHOR, AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING THE THUMB OF A PATIENT AFTER BASAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY, AND OTHER NOVEL ORTHOPEDIC APPARATUS AND OTHER NOVEL ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES | November 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17973543 | LIFTING THREAD FOR PRESS | October 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17972216 | ANATOMICAL TISSUE ANCHOR AND RELATED METHODS | October 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18047752 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT SIZE ESTIMATION | October 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18045205 | HIGH SPEED BURR WITH FLEX SHAFT COOLING AND IMPROVED SUCTION | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17936726 | HEMOSTASIS CLIP SHORT SYSTEM | September 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17939316 | DEPLOYMENT DEVICE FOR A SOFT TISSUE REPAIR PROSTHESIS | September 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17888603 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REMOVAL OF ACUTE BLOCKAGES FROM BLOOD VESSELS | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17886109 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR KNOTLESS SUTURE ANCHORING | August 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17861278 | IMPLANTABLE TISSUE CONNECTOR | July 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17811359 | ACCESS SITE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PERCUTANEOUS VASCULAR ACCESS | July 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17811533 | System And Method For Implant Delivery | July 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17782458 | MEDICAL SUTURE THREAD | June 2022 | February 2026 | Abandon | 45 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17827039 | ANEURYSM DEVICES WITH ADDITIONAL ANCHORING MECHANISMS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | May 2022 | November 2024 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17751956 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR POSITIONING SUTURES FOR CLOSING AN OPENING IN TISSUE | May 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17739806 | FULLY-THREADED BIOABSORBABLE SUTURE ANCHOR | May 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17738580 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLATCHING A SURGICAL CLIP | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17725435 | SHOCK WAVE ELECTRODES | April 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17720859 | TEXTILE-BASED PROTHESIS FOR LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY | April 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17696014 | ENDOSCOPIC REPOSABLE SURGICAL CLIP APPLIER | March 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17686774 | Selectively Delivering Particles into the Distal Portion of the Left Gastric Artery | March 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17686339 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING VASCULAR HEMOSTASIS | March 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17681501 | CARTRIDGE DEVICE FOR SUTURE ANCHOR AND SUTURE MANAGEMENT DURING IMPLANTATION OF A MICRO SUTURE ANCHOR ARRAY | February 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17669609 | VALVE DELIVERY SYSTEM HAVING AN INTEGRAL DISPLACEMENT COMPONENT FOR MANAGING CHORDAE TENDINEAE IN SITU AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | February 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17668542 | Integrated Hemostasis Bypass Valve | February 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17648994 | VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | January 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17581116 | AORTIC CLOSURE SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS | January 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17573971 | KNOTLESS ANCHOR TEMPORARY SUTURE CAPTURE | January 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17624386 | LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE MANIPULATION | January 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 50 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17566003 | CLOT RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR REMOVING OCCLUSIVE CLOT FROM A BLOOD VESSEL | December 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17645646 | Surgical Stapling and Cutting Device | December 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17551838 | CARTRIDGE DEVICE FOR SUTURE ANCHOR AND SUTURE MANAGEMENT DURING IMPLANTATION OF A MICRO SUTURE ANCHOR ARRAY | December 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17550074 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING SOFT TISSUE TO A BONE | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17546139 | SMALL DIAMETER FIBER BRAID WITH CENTRAL CORE MEMBER | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17545395 | PUNCTURE DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCESSING TISSUE | December 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17545668 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COUPLING ANATOMICAL FEATURES | December 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17457169 | Access Site Management System for Percutaneous Vascular Access | December 2021 | May 2022 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17536215 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING OR OCCLUDING A PHYSIOLOGICAL OPENING OR CAVITY | November 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17610921 | MEDICAL MATERIAL | November 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17608466 | CROSSABLE INTERSEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE | November 2021 | March 2026 | Allow | 52 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17516614 | DYNAMIC LIGAMENT REPAIR DEVICE | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17509465 | DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RESHAPING A HEART VALVE ANNULUS, INCLUDING THE USE OF MAGNETIC TOOLS | October 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ORKIN, ALEXANDER J.
With a 75.0% 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, 62.5% 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 ORKIN, ALEXANDER J works in Art Unit 3771 and has examined 402 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 78.1%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.
Examiner ORKIN, ALEXANDER J's allowance rate of 78.1% places them in the 46% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by ORKIN, ALEXANDER J receive 2.27 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 64% 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 ORKIN, ALEXANDER J is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 49% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +19.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ORKIN, ALEXANDER J. This interview benefit is in the 62% 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, 26.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 45% 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 36.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 57% 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 71.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 35.0% 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, 56.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 58% 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 46% 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 1.3% of allowed cases (in the 63% 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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