Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17108664 | MULTI-COMPONENT STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTATION IN A BLOOD VESSEL WITH MULTIPLE BRANCHES | December 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 43 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17103537 | LOCKING GASTRIC OBSTRUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF USE | November 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 40 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16952694 | VENTRICULAR GEOMETRIC AND HEMODYNAMIC CONTROL BY HEART RATE MODULATION IN LVAD THERAPY | November 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17057049 | COMPONENT FOR CONDUCTING A FLUID HAVING A SENSOR | November 2020 | January 2024 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17077331 | LATTICE | October 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 45 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17033983 | HEART HELP DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD | September 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 42 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17030186 | SURGICAL ACCESS DEVICE WITH CHECK VALVE AND PLURAL DISCS | September 2020 | July 2024 | Abandon | 46 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17021893 | IMPLANTATION OF REPAIR DEVICES IN THE HEART | September 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 43 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17013613 | Device and Method for Improving the Function of a Heart Valve | September 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16992332 | PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE HAVING AN INNER FRAME AND AN OUTER FRAME | August 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16968620 | IMPLANT DEVICE FOR IN-BODY BLOOD FLOW CONTROL | August 2020 | June 2024 | Abandon | 46 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16987535 | Connectors and Cables for Use With Ventricle Assist Systems | August 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 45 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16941488 | ARTIFICIAL HEART SYSTEM | July 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16938899 | BIOPROSTHETIC HEART VALVES HAVING ADAPTIVE SEALS TO MINIMIZE PERIVALVULAR LEAKAGE | July 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16935722 | SEALING MEMBER FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE | July 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16928080 | COATED ENDOVASCULAR PROSTHESES FOR ANEURISM TREATMENT | July 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 41 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16885363 | SHIELD OPTIMIZATION FOR MAXIMIZING HEAT DISSIPATION AT THE DEVICE TISSUE INTERFACE AND IMPROVING FIXATION | May 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16881579 | HEART VALVE SIZING RING FOR VALVE-SPARING AORTIC ROOT REMODELING PROCEDURES | May 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16880043 | COIL WINDING PATTERN FOR ENHANCED MOTOR EFFICIENCY | May 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16878228 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IN-VIVO PRESSURE | May 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15931289 | METHODS OF MOLDING INTRAOCULAR LENSES | May 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16860471 | SURFACE ALLOYED MEDICAL IMPLANT | April 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16854100 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HEART FAILURE | April 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16756772 | CATHETER PUMP SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A CATHETER PUMP DRIVE | April 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16846087 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE VAD INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | April 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16650872 | VENTRICULAR ASSIST BLOOD PUMP | March 2020 | July 2023 | Abandon | 40 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16831585 | DEVICE FOR RENAL DECONGESTION | March 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16819757 | METHOD FOR REDUCING PARAVALVULAR LEAKS WITH DECELLULARIZED TISSUE | March 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16802991 | HYBRID STENT | February 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16802051 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING EDEMA | February 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16793574 | CARDIAC VALVE PROSTHESIS | February 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16789235 | BLOOD PUMP FOR THE INVASIVE APPLICATION WITHIN A BODY OF A PATIENT | February 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16786042 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR PROTECTING AGAINST NEUROMAS | February 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16782457 | Methods of Transferring Power to an Implanted Medical Device Employing a Prosthetic Rib Segment | February 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16743326 | LOW PROFILE NON-SYMMETRICAL STENT | January 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16738901 | VASCULAR STENT WITH A MIXED CONFIGURATION OF CONNECTORS | January 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16625294 | TISSUE REPAIR LAMINATES | December 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16712832 | HEART VALVE SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THE SAME | December 2019 | May 2023 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16708920 | MEDICAL DEVICE FOR TREATING A HEART VALVE INSUFFICIENCY | December 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16705355 | Prosthetic Tricuspid Valve Replacement Design | December 2019 | August 2022 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16696491 | MEDICAL DEVICE FIXATION ANCHOR HAVING IMPROVED COMPACTION AND DELIVERY | November 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16681434 | Alloplastic Implant to Bridge Facial Skeleton Osteotomy Border Gaps and Irregularities | November 2019 | July 2022 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16675343 | Prosthetic Heart Valve with Paravalvular Leak Mitigation Features | November 2019 | April 2022 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16672420 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IN-VIVO PRESSURE | November 2019 | January 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16672381 | LOW GRADIENT PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES | November 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16659569 | CARDIAC SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHRONIC USE | October 2019 | March 2021 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16655628 | PULSATILE BLOOD PUMP WITH ACTIVE ELEMENT AND THROMBUS RINSE | October 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16654701 | FLOW OPTIMIZED POLYMERIC HEART VALVE | October 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16600362 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING AN ANNULOPLASTY RING IN VIVO | October 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16594186 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ANTERIOR VALVE LEAFLET MANAGEMENT | October 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16602435 | SYNTHETIC CHORD FOR CARDIAC VALVE REPAIR APPLICATIONS | October 2019 | July 2022 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16498099 | INVERTIBLE VALVE SUPPORT FRAME FOR USE WITH PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE APPARATUS | September 2019 | February 2022 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16571456 | ANTI-PARAVALVULAR LEAKAGE COMPONENT FOR A TRANSCATHETER VALVE PROSTHESIS | September 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16565564 | Truncated Cone Heart Valve Stent | September 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16559050 | Epicardial Clip | September 2019 | December 2021 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16516169 | IMPLANTATION OF REPAIR DEVICES IN THE HEART | July 2019 | October 2021 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16503179 | PERCUTANEOUS VALVE PROSTHESIS AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLANTING THE SAME | July 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16455740 | Collapsible Inner Flow Control Component for Side-Delivered Transcatheter Heart Valve Prosthesis | June 2019 | February 2021 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16455022 | CANNULA RING AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | June 2019 | September 2022 | Abandon | 38 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16451070 | FLEXIBLE INTRA-VASCULAR ANEURYSM TREATMENT STENT | June 2019 | April 2021 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16430334 | VALVE REPAIR DEVICES AND PROCEDURES | June 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16427220 | ACTIVELY-ENGAGEABLE MOVEMENT-RESTRICTION MECHANISM FOR USE WITH AN ANNULOPLASTY STRUCTURE | May 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16419749 | TRANSCATHETER VALVE HAVING REDUCED SEAM EXPOSURE | May 2019 | November 2021 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16414457 | INTRA-ANNULAR MOUNTING FRAME FOR AORTIC VALVE REPAIR | May 2019 | January 2022 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16402967 | MULTI-FRAME PROSTHETIC VALVE APPARATUS AND METHODS | May 2019 | June 2024 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16401872 | PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DEVICES, PROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | May 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16399017 | BIFURCATED STENT GRAFT WITH HEMODYNAMIC BLOOD FLOW DIVIDING WALL | April 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16395209 | INTERATRIAL SHUNTS HAVING BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME | April 2019 | May 2021 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16375301 | PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE DEVICES, PROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVES AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | April 2019 | August 2021 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16362616 | WEAR-RESISTANT JOINT ARTHROPLASTY IMPLANT DEVICES | March 2019 | June 2021 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16359003 | EDENTULOUS SPECIFIC SUPPORT AND AESTHETIC RESTORATIVE APPLIANCE | March 2019 | September 2022 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16359471 | KNEE SPACER SYSTEM WITH IRRIGATION DEVICE | March 2019 | August 2020 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16358543 | IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | March 2019 | September 2020 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16356509 | PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE FOR TRANSCATHETER HEART VALVE IMPLANTATION | March 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16297926 | HEART VALVE SIZING RING AND METHOD | March 2019 | January 2021 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16332253 | A biomimetic functional and regenerative cartilage implant | March 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16293474 | FORCE TRANSDUCTING IMPLANT SYSTEM FOR THE MITIGATION OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR PRESSURE GRADIENT LOSS AND THE RESTORATION OF HEALTHY VENTRICULAR GEOMETRY | March 2019 | September 2021 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16288744 | HYBRID STENT | February 2019 | February 2022 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16268601 | Prosthetic Valve For Replacing Mitral Valve | February 2019 | November 2020 | Abandon | 21 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16258860 | AORTIC GRAFT DEVICE | January 2019 | May 2020 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16255407 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR APPROXIMATING THE CROSS-SECTIONAL PROFILE OF VASCULATURE HAVING BRANCHES | January 2019 | December 2020 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16251965 | HEART VALVE SIZING RING FOR VALVE-SPARING AORTIC ROOT REMODELING PROCEDURES | January 2019 | March 2020 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16248564 | VALVE PROSTHESIS AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY | January 2019 | November 2020 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16246374 | Device And Method For Improving The Function Of A Heart Valve | January 2019 | April 2020 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16237004 | STENT FEATURES AND METHODS TO AID WITH APPOSITION AND ALIGNMENT TO NATIVE ANATOMY, MITIGATION OF PARAVALVULAR LEAK AND FUNCTIONAL EFFICIENCY OF PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE | December 2018 | November 2023 | Abandon | 59 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16313771 | PROSTHETIC MITRAL VALVE COMPRISING AN ANNULAR-VENTRICULAR COUPLING MECHANISM | December 2018 | August 2021 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16230999 | FIRST METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT | December 2018 | May 2021 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16228986 | MULTI-COMPONENT STENT-GRAFT SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTATION IN A BLOOD VESSEL WITH MULTIPLE BRANCHES | December 2018 | October 2020 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16226986 | HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS AND METHOD | December 2018 | September 2020 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16226573 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR REPAIRING SOFT TISSUE AND ATTACHING SOFT TISSUE TO BONE | December 2018 | February 2023 | Allow | 50 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16226185 | HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS AND METHOD | December 2018 | September 2020 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16309054 | SELF-PROPELLED VENOUS BLOOD PUMP | December 2018 | December 2021 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16301183 | CONSTRAINED PROSTHESIS FOR THE KNEE | November 2018 | June 2020 | Abandon | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16183480 | PERCUTANEOUS PAPILLARY MUSCLES DISPLACEMENT SYSTEM | November 2018 | July 2021 | Abandon | 32 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16175175 | TRANSLUMENALLY IMPLANTABLE HEART VALVE WITH FORMED IN PLACE SUPPORT | October 2018 | May 2020 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16093410 | ARTIFICIAL HEART AND ITS DRIVE UNIT | October 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 16155176 | ENDOVASCULAR GRAFTS AND METHODS FOR EXTENDED AORTIC REPAIR | October 2018 | March 2021 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16088474 | HEARING PROTECTION DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME | September 2018 | January 2024 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 16138382 | TREATING CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | September 2018 | August 2020 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16127707 | COATED STENT | September 2018 | January 2023 | Allow | 52 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE.
With a 85.7% 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, 69.6% 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 SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE works in Art Unit 3774 and has examined 281 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.
Examiner SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE's allowance rate of 88.6% places them in the 70% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE receive 1.74 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 35% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 58% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SCHALL, MATTHEW WAYNE. This interview benefit is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 28.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 56% 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 26.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 38% 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, 46.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 42% 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 58.8% of appeals filed. This is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% 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, 92.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 89% 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 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 51% 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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