USPTO Examiner POLAND CHERIE MICHELLE - Art Unit 3771

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18900846TOURNIQUET TIGHTENING MODULATION METHOD BASED ON BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT AND VIBRATION POINT SENSING, AND TOURNIQUET TIGHTENING MODULATION DEVICE BASED ON BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT AND VIBRATION POINT SENSINGSeptember 2024May 2025Allow800NoNo
18756302MEDICAL INTERVENTION DEVICE, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING AND OUTPUTTING A POSITIONING INSTRUCTION AND COMPUTER PROGRAMJune 2024November 2025Allow1720YesNo
18593803Pulsatile Balloon Catheter Systems and Methods of Using the SameMarch 2024December 2024Allow1020YesNo
18490360LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE IMPLANTOctober 2023February 2025Allow1620NoNo
18481430Redundant Axis and Degree of Freedom for Hardware-Constrained Remote Center Robotic ManipulatorOctober 2023August 2025Allow2210NoNo
18471488WRIST ARCHITECTURESeptember 2023February 2026Allow2801NoNo
18469415UTERINE MANIPULATORSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18235551ROBOTIC SHOULDER REPAIR AND RECONSTRUCTIONAugust 2023May 2025Allow2100NoNo
18334612BACKUP LATCH RELEASE FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTJune 2023August 2025Allow2610YesNo
18310117DEVICE FOR ASSISTANCE IN FEMALE LABOR AND METHODS OF USING SAMEMay 2023February 2026Allow3410YesNo
18044913ARRANGEMENT OF END EFFECTOR ELEMENTSMarch 2023January 2026Abandon3410NoNo
18167535METHOD OF ACTUATING ULTRASONIC DRIVE DEVICE, ULTRASONIC DRIVE DEVICE, AND ULTRASONIC TREATMENT SYSTEMFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3211NoNo
18166111SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS MEDICAL INTERVENTIONFebruary 2023February 2026Abandon3610NoNo
18075061ADHESIVE PAD AND HEMOSTASIS SYSTEMDecember 2022May 2025Allow2900NoNo
17923388MEDICAL THREAD HAVING POLYGONAL CROSS-SECTIONED STOPPER ON ONE END, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAMENovember 2022June 2025Allow3111NoNo
17920685MEDICAL DEVICE AND COOLING-FLUID/RINSING-FLUID HOSEOctober 2022July 2025Allow3211NoNo
17970506REDUCTION OF FALSE POSITIVE HAPTIC INPUTS IN A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMOctober 2022January 2026Allow3920YesNo
17965061TRAINING SYSTEM FOR A NEURAL NETWORK TO GUIDE A ROBOTIC ARM TO OPERATE A CATHETEROctober 2022July 2025Allow3421YesNo
17964299APPARATUS FOR TISSUE REMOVALOctober 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
17963725ELECTRODES AND METHODS FOR USE WITH A MULTI-LAYER CLAMP ARM PAD TO ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE OF A SURGICAL DEVICEOctober 2022July 2025Allow3311YesNo
17917954DIGITIZER CALIBRATION CHECKOctober 2022June 2025Abandon3211NoNo
17938540FLEXIBLE SCOPE WITH IMPROVED SUCTIONOctober 2022June 2025Allow3311YesNo
17916874THROMBUS REMOVAL APPARATUSOctober 2022March 2026Abandon4120NoNo
17959984DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RETRACTING PROSTATIC TISSUE OF A PATIENTOctober 2022July 2025Allow3411NoNo
17995151SUTURING CATHETER AND RELATIVE SYSTEM FOR PERCUTANEOUSLY REDUCING MITRAL INSUFFICIENCYSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3411NoNo
17949549Redundant Axis and Degree of Freedom for Hardware-Constrained Remote Center Robotic ManipulatorSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510NoNo
17945867PATIENT INTERFACES FOR COOLING EYE TISSUESeptember 2022April 2025Allow3111YesNo
17901463SURGICAL CLIP APPLICATION DEVICESeptember 2022April 2025Allow3220NoNo
17900389MICRODEBRIDER WITH IMPROVED CUTTING AND REDUCED CLOGGINGAugust 2022July 2025Allow3521NoNo
17895215MEDICAL INSTRUMENT FOR DISLODGING VERTEBRAL DISC MATERIAL FROM A VERTEBRAL DISC IN A VERTEBRAL DISC SPACE VIA A CANNULAAugust 2022November 2025Abandon3821NoNo
17799048MICROROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTIONSAugust 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17885111SURGICAL ROBOTAugust 2022February 2026Abandon4221YesYes
17881784ATHERECTOMY DEVICEAugust 2022September 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17878373INTRAVASCULAR IMPLANT DEPLOYMENT SYSTEMAugust 2022March 2025Abandon3110NoNo
17816388Mechanical Thrombectomy Device for Capture and Removal of OcclusionsJuly 2022July 2025Allow3521YesNo
17876643Medical Devices That Include a Trigger Assembly for a Rotatable Catheter and Methods of UseJuly 2022September 2025Allow3811NoNo
17815816INTERFACE MECHANISM FOR REPOSITIONING AND DEPLOYMENT OF OVER THE SCOPE CLIPJuly 2022January 2025Allow3011NoNo
17795508JUNCTIONAL TOURNIQUETJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17873551CLOT REMOVAL DISTAL PROTECTION METHODSJuly 2022April 2025Allow3221YesNo
17871001NON-BRAIDED BIODEGRABLE FLOW DIVERTING DEVICE FOR ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF ANEURYSM AND ASSOCIATED FABRICATION METHODJuly 2022December 2025Abandon4121NoNo
17869121END TOOL FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEJuly 2022June 2025Allow3511YesNo
17811704OVER THE SCOPE CLIP WITH COMPLIANT MECHANISMJuly 2022January 2026Allow4231YesYes
17860375Specimen Retrieval Bag, Specimen Retrieval Device and Method for Using Specimen Retrieval DeviceJuly 2022April 2025Allow3311NoNo
17810743INSERTER FOR GUIDING A DEVICE THROUGH A HEMOSTASIS VALVE AND METHOD THEREOFJuly 2022May 2025Abandon3501NoNo
17851308MEDICAL DEVICEJune 2022August 2025Allow3711NoNo
17808682JAW APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES TO MAINTAIN ENGAGEMENT UPON TISSUE SEPARATIONJune 2022November 2024Allow2810NoNo
17846523LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE IMPLANTJune 2022February 2025Allow3120NoNo
17846405SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING THE PATENT FOREMAN OVALE AND ATRIAL SEPTAL DEFECTJune 2022August 2025Abandon3811NoNo
17787232SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR APPLYING MULTIPLE CLIPSJune 2022February 2025Allow3210YesNo
17807081TETHER ASSEMBLIES FOR MEDICAL DEVICE RETRIEVAL SYSTEMSJune 2022December 2024Allow3010YesNo
17839630FRICTION FIT ENDOVASCULAR IMPLANT DETACHMENT MECHANISMJune 2022June 2025Abandon3611NoNo
17784317INSTRUMENT SHAFTS WITH RELIEF FEATURES, AND RELATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSJune 2022February 2025Allow3211YesNo
17837076SURGICAL ROBOT AND CONTROL METHOD OF SURGICAL ROBOTJune 2022November 2024Allow3010YesNo
17781082Knotless Methods and Constructs for Tissue Repairs and ReconstructionsMay 2022November 2025Allow4131NoNo
17827169Pulsatile Balloon Catheter Systems and Methods of Using the SameMay 2022March 2025Allow3320NoNo
17752922Tissue Integration Devices And Methods Of Making The SameMay 2022August 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17751993NEEDLE STEERING BY SHAFT MANIPULATIONMay 2022September 2025Abandon4020NoNo
17751800DEVICE FOR LARGE SPECIMEN RETRIEVALMay 2022March 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17749590Aspiration Catheter and Clot Removal SystemMay 2022January 2025Allow3210NoNo
17756042MULTI-PROCESSING DEVICE FOR AN ENDOSCOPE AND USE METHOD THEREOFMay 2022August 2025Allow3911NoNo
17744390Surgical robotic platform for operating within the constrained space of an imaging scannerMay 2022July 2025Allow3821YesNo
17732106STENT AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODSApril 2022January 2025Allow3220YesNo
17771293TECHNOLOGIES FOR FIBER NANOTECHNOLOGYApril 2022April 2025Allow3621YesNo
17770994MEDICAL DEVICE FOR JOINING MATERIALSApril 2022February 2025Allow3430NoNo
17714783SURGICAL SYSTEMApril 2022March 2025Abandon3601NoNo
17766720SEVEN DEGREE OF FREEDOM POSITIONING DEVICE FOR ROBOTIC SURGERYApril 2022September 2024Allow2910YesNo
17766260APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GUIDING AN INSTRUMENTApril 2022February 2025Allow3410NoNo
17762327METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING FLEXIBLE DEVICES IN PRESENCE OF ABNORMAL SENSOR SIGNALSMarch 2022July 2025Allow4020YesNo
17761636ADJUSTABLE INTERFACE DEVICE FOR CONNECTING COMPONENTS OF A MEDICAL DEVICEMarch 2022December 2024Allow3310NoNo
17642775BIOLOGICAL TISSUE ADHESIVE SHEET, BIOLOGICAL TISSUE REINFORCEMENT MATERIAL KIT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING BIOLOGICAL TISSUE ADHESIVE SHEETMarch 2022May 2025Abandon3820NoNo
17693135ALL SUTURE ANCHOR AND ANCHOR PULLING-AND-FORMING KITMarch 2022December 2024Allow3420NoNo
17678070DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY INSERTING AND MANIPULATING A MEDICAL TOOL INTO AND WITHIN A BODILY LUMENFebruary 2022January 2026Allow4730YesNo
17635335TACTILE SENSORY DEVICE FOR USE BY A BABY OR CHILDFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3710YesNo
17665716TREATMENT TOOL FOR ENDOSCOPEFebruary 2022July 2025Allow4130YesNo
17631685CANNULA FOR PREVENTING TUMOR SEEDINGJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3310NoNo
17586145ARTICULATION JOINT FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTJanuary 2022April 2025Allow3910NoNo
17575404MULTI-ARM ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A TARGETJanuary 2022July 2025Allow4230YesNo
17564090DYNAMIC CONTROL OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS IN A SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMDecember 2021July 2024Allow3100YesNo
17455215MULTIPLE-FIRING SUTURE FIXATION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USING AND MANUFACTURING SAMENovember 2021November 2024Allow3610YesNo
17503429LOW FRICTION INSTRUMENT DRIVER INTERFACE FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMSOctober 2021March 2025Abandon4120YesNo
17601322ROBOTIC ANATOMICAL MANIPULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSOctober 2021February 2025Allow4010YesNo
17493545SURGICAL SYSTEMS FOR INDEPENDENTLY INSUFFLATING TWO SEPARATE ANATOMIC SPACESOctober 2021June 2025Allow4430NoNo
17600983GUIDE DEVICE FOR A MEDICAL NEEDLEOctober 2021December 2025Allow5030YesNo
17437493SURGICAL TOOLSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3510YesNo
17404741REMOTE CENTER OF MOTION ROBOTAugust 2021July 2025Allow4720NoNo
17401391METHODS OF FORMING AN ANASTOMOSIS BETWEEN ORGANS WITH AN EXPANDABLE PATTERNAugust 2021November 2024Allow3920YesNo
17395722QUADRATUS LUMBORUM MASSAGE APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUESAugust 2021July 2024Allow3510YesNo
17395165WEARABLE SAFETY TOURNIQUET ASSEMBLY FOR CHAINSAW CHAPSAugust 2021November 2024Allow3910YesNo
17394319SURGICAL CLAMP FOR LAPIDUS BUNION SURGERYAugust 2021November 2024Allow4010YesNo
17444162ROTATABLE CARRIAGE FOR AN INSTRUMENT HOLDERJuly 2021October 2024Allow3911YesNo
17356181KINEMATICS OF WRISTED LAPAROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTSJune 2021November 2024Abandon4110NoNo
17353471ENDOSCOPIC SUTURING DEVICEJune 2021December 2025Abandon5420NoNo
17349390PURSE-STRING APPLICATOR FOR CIRCULAR STAPLING INSTRUMENTSJune 2021December 2024Abandon4211NoNo
17299867ADAPTER CONFIGURED TO MAINTAIN A SURGICAL TOOL IN A PREDETERMINED POSE WHEN DISCONNECTED FROM DRIVE UNITJune 2021October 2024Abandon4010NoNo
17272720SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF TRACKING USAGE OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS THEREOFMarch 2021August 2024Allow4210NoNo
17037567SLAVE-SIDE PROPELLING DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR INTERVENTIONAL SURGICAL ROBOTSeptember 2020February 2025Allow5331NoNo
17035211ROTATIONAL SUPPORT FOR AN ELONGATE MEMBERSeptember 2020August 2025Abandon5820NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE works in Art Unit 3771 and has examined 20 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 70.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 41 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE's allowance rate of 70.0% places them in the 32% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE receive 1.50 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 26% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE is 41 months. This places the examiner in the 22% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +46.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE. This interview benefit is in the 91% 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.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 40.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 91% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 50.0% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 49% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

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 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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

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