Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19082099 | Instrument for Manual Insertion of a Button | March 2025 | March 2026 | Abandon | 11 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18894964 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ENDOLUMINAL SUTURING INSTRUMENT | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18891231 | SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND METHODS | September 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18830860 | Instrument for Manual Insertion of a Button | September 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18830757 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A CINCH TO A SUTURE | September 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18760999 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ACTIVE TISSUE SITE DEBRIDEMENT | July 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18708042 | BALLOON CATHETER | May 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18703923 | ROBOTIC ARM FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY | April 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18697018 | VALVE LEAFLET RESECTION DEVICE | March 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18535668 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVING A FOREIGN BODY FROM A VASCULATURE | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18528619 | DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18524268 | MAGNETIC IMPACT NEEDLE ROBOT | November 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18510317 | ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED CLOT MANIPULATION AND REMOVAL | November 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18495876 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING SOFT TISSUES USING NANOFIBER MATERIAL | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18492860 | ROBOTIC CATHETER SYSTEM WITH VARIABLE DRIVE MECHANISM | October 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18480394 | MULTI-PURPOSE MEDICAL DEVICE FOR STREAMLINED BILIARY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONS. | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18467949 | FORCEPS HAVING ACTUATOR SPLAY CONTROL | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18550293 | GUIDING AND POSITIONING DEVICE FOR ASSISTING IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY-GUIDED NEEDLE BIOPSY (CT-GNB) | September 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18462741 | ARTICULABLE WRIST WITH FLEXIBLE MEMBER AND PIVOT GUIDES | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458038 | ANCHOR MAGAZINE | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18452545 | PRE-CONSTRICTED PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES | August 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18452141 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DEPLOYING AND RELEASING A TEMPORARY IMPLANT WITHIN THE BODY | August 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18234626 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING SOFT TISSUES USING NANOFIBER MATERIAL | August 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18218481 | ROBOTIC UTERINE MANIPULATORS WITH ROLLABLE SLEEVES | July 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18210568 | STABILITY DEVICE FOR USE WITH PERCUTANEOUS DELIVERY SYSTEMS | June 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18332710 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR UMBILICAL CORD PROCESSING | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18304399 | HEMOSTATIC DEVICE | April 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18136724 | ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION AND ARRHYTHMIA TREATMENT | April 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18299189 | Device and Method for Skin Treatment | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18123499 | DEVICE FOR SUTURE ATTACHMENT FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE HEART VALVE REPAIR | March 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18245394 | ADAPTER OF CLIP APPLICATOR AND CLIP APPLICATOR | March 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18180941 | Instrument for Manual Insertion of a Button | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18177017 | JAW MECHANISM FOR END EFFECTORS | March 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18116005 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATING AN OCULAR DISORDER | March 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18043233 | VASCULAR BLEEDING CONTROL DEVICE AND METHODS OF USE | February 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18042504 | UTERUS MANIPULATOR IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18108690 | MICROGRAFT FOR THE TREATMENT OF INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS AND METHOD FOR USE | February 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18108170 | Adaptable Partial Circumferential Tourniquet | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18103108 | PERSONALIZED PROSTHESIS AND METHODS OF DEPLOYMENT | January 2023 | December 2024 | Abandon | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18097401 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A CINCH TO A SUTURE | January 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18084528 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FASTENING AND CLAMPING TISSUES WITH TISSUE PROTECTOR | December 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18000592 | FLOW RESTRICTOR FOR AN EMBOLIZATION DEVICE | December 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18072875 | CLOT RETRIEVAL DEVICES | December 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18059725 | Dilators | November 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17984293 | SPECIMEN RETRIEVAL DEVICE | November 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17923755 | A Cutting Assembly And A Drive Assembly For A Surgical Instrument | November 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18052841 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PASSING SUTURE | November 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17963173 | SLAVE-END APPARATUS FOR INTERVENTIONAL ROBOT | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17893788 | ENDOSCOPIC SNARE WITH ASYMMETRIC CORNERS | August 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17861705 | PULSED CLOSURE CONTROL METHODS FOR SURGICAL TOOLS | July 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17725785 | ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION AND ARRHYTHMIA TREATMENT | April 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17720627 | ACTUATED CLOT RETRIEVAL CATHETER | April 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17700391 | ROBOTIC SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VASCULAR ACCESS | March 2022 | August 2023 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17760695 | MULTI-ARTICULATED CATHETERS WITH SAFETY METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE-GUIDED COLLABORATIVE INTRAVASCULAR DEPLOYMENT | March 2022 | November 2022 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17691727 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD FILTERS AND METHODS OF USE | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17688868 | TRAJECTORY GUIDE WITH DUAL GIMBAL DRIVE ARRANGEMENT | March 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17686617 | PROTECTIVE DRAPE FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | March 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17683875 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING A REPLACEMENT VALVE AND TRANSSEPTAL COMMUNICATION | March 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17671784 | ROBOTIC SURGICAL ASSEMBLIES | February 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17631548 | SNARE DEVICE WITH ANTI-SKEWING | January 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17629952 | VALVULOPLASTY MEDICAL DEVICE THAT ALLOWS BLOOD FLOW DURING USE | January 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17565425 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING SOFT TISSUES USING NANOFIBER MATERIAL | December 2021 | May 2023 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17563667 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESH AUGMENTATION AND PREVENTION OF INCISIONAL HERNIA | December 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17547723 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING A VESSEL IN A SUBJECT | December 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 33 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17546818 | REAL-TIME SAMPLING SYSTEM | December 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17543320 | TEMPORARY DIAMETER REDUCTION CONSTRAINT ARRANGEMENT FOR A STENT GRAFT IN COMBINATION WITH A STENT GRAFT | December 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17516634 | CLIP APPLIER WITH STABILIZING MEMBER | November 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17506110 | MULTIFUNCTION MICRODERMABRASION WAND | October 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17503752 | CRANIAL ANCHORING AND POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD | October 2021 | August 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17490745 | SURGICAL BASE ASSEMBLIES FOR TRAJECTORY GUIDE SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED TRAJECTORY GUIDE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | September 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17488985 | SINGLE WIRE FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT TOOL, AND MEDICAL TREATMENT TOOL | September 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17482523 | Distal Tips of Surgical Tools and Related Methods | September 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17480467 | FISTULA TREATMENT DEVICE | September 2021 | April 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17439687 | SHEATH SPLITTING APPARATUS | September 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17468761 | UTERINE MANIPULATOR WITH ROBOTICALLY DRIVEN COLPOTOMY CUP | September 2021 | October 2025 | Abandon | 50 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17468762 | MODULAR COLPOTOMY CUP COMPONENT FOR ROBOTICALLY CONTROLLED UTERINE MANIPULATOR | September 2021 | December 2025 | Allow | 51 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17466358 | ROBOTIC SURGICAL ASSEMBLIES AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HOLDERS THEREOF | September 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17408329 | MULTIPLE LAYER FILAMENTARY DEVICES FOR TREATMENT OF VASCULAR DEFECTS | August 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17403166 | System and Method for Tracking a Subject | August 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17402799 | ANTI-EMBOLIC DEVICE AND METHOD | August 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17396761 | ENDOLUMINAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUTURING | August 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17378559 | ANCHOR MAGAZINE | July 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17366736 | WEARABLE DEVICE FOR REDUCING BLOOD OR FLUID LOSS | July 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17364321 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TREATING AN OCULAR DISORDER | June 2021 | May 2024 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17331024 | PUNCTURE NEEDLE GRIPPING DEVICE AND PUNCTURE ROBOT HAVING PUNCTURE NEEDLE GRIPPING DEVICE | May 2021 | February 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17245111 | SELECTABLE JAW CLOSURE OF A ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEM | April 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17240269 | MULTIPLE CONFIGURATION SURGICAL CUTTING DEVICE | April 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17228184 | DELIVERY APPARATUS FOR A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE | April 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17191200 | SURGICAL GRASPER WITH INTEGRATED SUTURE PULLEY | March 2021 | December 2023 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17175037 | PACKAGING FOR SURGICAL IMPLANT | February 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17170150 | ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE | February 2021 | March 2026 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17157821 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ALLEVIATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATED WITH SINUS CAVITIES | January 2021 | December 2022 | Allow | 23 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17149884 | SURGICAL TOOL SUPPORT SYSTEMS INCLUDING FRAME MOUNT ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODS | January 2021 | June 2024 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17142935 | KNOTLESS IMPLANTS, INSTRUMENTS, AND METHODS | January 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17257374 | SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEMS | December 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17138351 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MINIMALLY INVASIVE KIDNEY STONE REMOVAL BY COMBINED ASPIRATION AND IRRIGATION | December 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17130984 | BALLOON CATHETER FOR MULTIPLE ADJUSTABLE STENT DEPLOYMENT | December 2020 | October 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17059114 | A MOTORIZED SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR POSITIONING AND ALIGNMENT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | November 2020 | February 2025 | Allow | 51 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17102694 | STABILIZATION OF A TRANSSEPTAL DELIVERY DEVICE | November 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17101830 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT HAVING DUAL ROTATABLE MEMBERS TO EFFECT DIFFERENT TYPES OF END EFFECTOR MOVEMENT | November 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner TON, MARTIN TRUYEN.
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, 26.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner TON, MARTIN TRUYEN works in Art Unit 3771 and has examined 312 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 70.5%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.
Examiner TON, MARTIN TRUYEN's allowance rate of 70.5% places them in the 33% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by TON, MARTIN TRUYEN receive 2.46 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 71% 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 TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 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 +29.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TON, MARTIN TRUYEN. This interview benefit is in the 77% 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, 22.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 27% 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 24.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 32% 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, 57.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 49% 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 65.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 46.2% 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, 74.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 80% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
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.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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