Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19088834 | ADJUSTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE STABILIZER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | March 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18819497 | Medicament Delivery Device | August 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18806424 | IMAGE SPACE CONTROLLED MANUAL CATHETER | August 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18778991 | UNITARY ENHANCED JET SPRAY DERMAL TREATMENT HANDPIECE | July 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18736149 | RESPIRATORY-CARDIAC ARREST DETECTION AND DRUG OVERDOSE TREATMENT SYSTEM | June 2024 | August 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18677012 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for Stabilizing Medical Tubing Protruding from a Patient | May 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18640292 | MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICE | April 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 13 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18292474 | MULTI-PORT, HIGH-FLOW PNEUMOPERITONEUM AND SMOKE EVACUATION DISTRIBUTION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | January 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18414450 | DRUG COATED BALLOON AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18406622 | MULTI-LUMEN CATHETER | January 2024 | November 2025 | Abandon | 22 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18397264 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR COMMUNICATION OF MEDICAL LIQUIDS | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18396021 | ENDOSCOPIC APPLICATOR WITH REAGENT BALL CUTTER | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18223109 | BLOOD PUMP WITH REINFORCED CATHETER | July 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18337828 | INSERTION DEVICE WITH LINKAGE ASSEMBLY | June 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18136815 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR STABILIZING MEDICAL TUBING PROTRUDING FROM A PATIENT | April 2023 | April 2025 | Abandon | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18127585 | Exit Path Connector for Catheter Assembly | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18108902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATION AND DISPLAY OF DATA OF INSULIN PUMPS AND CONTINUOUS GLUCOSE MONITORING | February 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18145277 | CATHETER HANDLE WITH TORQUE MECHANISM AND VALVE RELIEF COMPONENT | December 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18067324 | ENDOSCOPIC APPLICATOR WITH REAGENT BALL CUTTER | December 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050452 | CATHETER WITH DEFLECTABLE SHAFT | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17972884 | PULLER WIRE T-BAR FOR MEDICAL CATHETER | October 2022 | March 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17967058 | MECHANISM FOR MANIPULATING A PULLER WIRE | October 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17897663 | CATHETER HANDLE WITH TORQUE MECHANISM AND VALVE RELIEF COMPONENT | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17877301 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR STABILIZING MEDICAL TUBING PROTRUDING FROM A PATIENT | July 2022 | September 2024 | Abandon | 25 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17782122 | Medical Apparatus System | June 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17749455 | CATHETER COIL WITH TAPERED DISTAL JOINT PART | May 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17737745 | CATHETER SYSTEM FACILITATING REDUCED DRAG FORCE | May 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17730287 | MAGNETIC CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHODS | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17763747 | DEVICES FOR USE IN INTERVENTIONAL AND SURGICAL PROCEDURES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF | March 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17702717 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERITONEAL OXYGENATION | March 2022 | August 2022 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17652561 | STEERABLE CATHETERS | February 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17622927 | DRUG-COATED BALLOON CATHETER | December 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17620084 | MINIATURE CLOSED-LOOP ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS SYSTEM | December 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 49 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17619303 | REINFORCED CATHETER WITH TAPERED PROXIMAL LUMEN | December 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17454750 | TRANSDERMAL DELIVERY DEVICE, METHODS OF USING AND MAKING THE SAME | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17517780 | CATHETER BRAID WIRE WITH VARIABLE CROSS-SECTION SHAPE | November 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17491811 | Catheter With Embedded Core Wires And Shaping Ribbons | October 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17449135 | LIQUID MEDICINE ADMINISTRATION DEVICE | September 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17406674 | PRESSURE ACTUATED UNI-DIRECTIONAL FLOW CONTROL DEVICE FOR GRAVITY IV SETS | August 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17391193 | AUTOINJECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING | August 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 52 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17356762 | BRAID AND PULL WIRE CONTAINMENT RING FOR DEFLECTABLE GUIDING CATHETER | June 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 52 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17342075 | SHAPED PULL WIRE FOR DEFLECTABLE VASCULAR CATHETER SHEATH | June 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17333426 | STEERABLE CATHETER DEVICE | May 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 52 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17325017 | MEDICAL DELIVERY SYSTEMS OF BIO-ABSORBABLE MATERIAL | May 2021 | May 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17319435 | CONSTRUCTIONS FOR A DEFLECTABLE SHAFT CATHETER | May 2021 | November 2025 | Abandon | 54 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17240591 | Rapidly Insertable Central Catheters Including Catheter Assemblies and Methods Thereof | April 2021 | March 2026 | Allow | 59 | 4 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17233822 | CATHETER WITH ELECTRICALLY-ACTUATED ARTICULATION | April 2021 | July 2024 | Abandon | 39 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17208904 | EXTENSION SET AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | March 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17197568 | SLOTTED MEDICAL DEVICES WITH FILLERS | March 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 42 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 17195184 | EXTENSION SET WITH A PATENCY INSTRUMENT | March 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17193228 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | March 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17192785 | VASCULAR ACCESS DEVICE ASSEMBLY FACILITATING SINGLE-HANDED PROBE ADVANCEMENT WITH A SUPPORT MEMBER | March 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 50 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 17188321 | BALLOON CATHETER | March 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17150368 | INSERTION DEVICE WITH LINKAGE ASSEMBLY | January 2021 | March 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17146400 | PLUNGER-BASED DELIVERY DEVICE TO FACILITATE VASCULAR ACCESS | January 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17143095 | TUBULAR INSTRUMENT AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS | January 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 57 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17130174 | Intravenous Cuff Assembly | December 2020 | July 2023 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16973815 | MEDICATION DELIVERY DEVICE AND MEDICATION DELIVERY ASSEMBLY | December 2020 | April 2025 | Abandon | 52 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17113716 | INHIBITING FLUID LEAKAGE AND SPLATTER IN CATHETER DEVICES AND SYSTEMS | December 2020 | July 2025 | Allow | 55 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16972972 | TISSUE INTEGRATED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM | December 2020 | May 2023 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17109537 | AGENT DELIVERY DEVICES | December 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15734291 | INJECTOR NEEDLE INSERTION RETRACTION ASSEMBLY | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 22 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17055721 | CATHETER WITH FLARING TIP | November 2020 | February 2024 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17052108 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVICE STEERING,TRACKING, AND NAVIGATION OF DEVICES FOR INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES | October 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17078188 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED RADIOTHERAPY EFFICACY | October 2020 | November 2025 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17077087 | EXPANDABLE VASCULAR INTRODUCER | October 2020 | April 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17033325 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY WITH SEGMENTED STABILIZATION SYSTEM | September 2020 | October 2023 | Abandon | 37 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17025640 | CATHETER, NEEDLE, AND GUIDEWIRE ASSEMBLY | September 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 47 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16981619 | DRIVE MECHANISM FOR AN INJECTION DEVICE | September 2020 | December 2025 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16981328 | DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE WITH DOSE COUNTING MECHANISM | September 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17016742 | INJECTION OR INFUSION DEVICE COMPRISING AN IMPROVED RELEASE LINER | September 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 44 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17016933 | INJECTION OR INFUSION DEVICE COMPRISING AN IMPROVED HOUSING AND RELEASE LINER FOR REMOVING STERILE BARRIER FILMS USING THE RELEASE LINER | September 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17012920 | COIL CATHETER, METHOD OF USE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | September 2020 | December 2022 | Abandon | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17012042 | MECHANISM FOR MANIPULATING A PULLER WIRE | September 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17009899 | Magnetic Coupling to Prevent Guidewire Loss During Catheterization | September 2020 | August 2023 | Abandon | 35 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17009447 | MEDICAL DEVICE HANDLE FOR ARTICULATION OF A CATHETER | September 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 47 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17008849 | EXIT PATH CONNECTOR FOR CATHETER ASSEMBLY | September 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17001777 | Movement Disorder Continuous Monitoring and Therapy System | August 2020 | December 2024 | Allow | 52 | 2 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 16975433 | Medical Delivery Devices Having Low Lubricant Hydrophobic Syringe Barrels | August 2020 | November 2024 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16975697 | INTRA-RUMINAL DEVICE | August 2020 | September 2025 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16969356 | INJECTION HEAD FOR INJECTING A FLUID SUBSTANCE AND PERMITTING MONITORING OF THE INJECTION SITE BEFORE INJECTION OF THE FLUID SUBSTANCE, AND SYRINGE COMPRISING SUCH A HEAD | August 2020 | October 2025 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16938935 | Catheter With Embedded Core Wires | July 2020 | January 2023 | Abandon | 30 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16937056 | CATHETER COIL WITH TAPERED DISTAL JOINT PART | July 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16926073 | GRASPABLE SURGICAL DEVICE | July 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16922054 | CATHETER CANAL | July 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16921494 | CATHETER SYSTEM FACILITATING REDUCED DRAG FORCE | July 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16338095 | CHEMICAL ABLATION APPARATUS FOR TREATING ARRHYTHMIA | July 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 60 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16918735 | MAGNETIC CATHETER SYSTEM AND METHODS | July 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16918192 | CATHETER WITH DISTAL AND PROXIMAL FIXATION MEMBERS | July 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16916692 | Intravenous Catheter and Guidewire Advancement Mechanism | June 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16915118 | CATHETER WITH ACTIVE RETURN CURVE | June 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16957770 | Incisional Tunneler | June 2020 | May 2023 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16957759 | Fenestration Over the Needle Catheter | June 2020 | April 2024 | Abandon | 46 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16957329 | A SENSOR DEVICE FOR ATTACHMENT TO AN INJECTION DEVICE | June 2020 | March 2024 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16909047 | MULTI-LUMEN CATHETER | June 2020 | March 2024 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16907466 | CATHETER HANDLE WITH TORQUE MECHANISM AND VALVE RELIEF COMPONENT | June 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16908357 | BALLOON CATHETER INCLUDING A GUIDEWIRE TUBE WITH A FRICTION-INCREASING OUTER COATING | June 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16894966 | CATHETER DEVICE | June 2020 | March 2023 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16893136 | FLUID INFUSION SYSTEMS | June 2020 | September 2023 | Abandon | 40 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16755665 | MULTI-DIRECTION STEERABLE HANDLES FOR STEERING CATHETERS | May 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 43 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CERMAK, ADAM JASON.
With a 66.7% 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, 60.0% 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 CERMAK, ADAM JASON works in Art Unit 3783 and has examined 103 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 69.9%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 42 months.
Examiner CERMAK, ADAM JASON's allowance rate of 69.9% places them in the 32% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by CERMAK, ADAM JASON receive 2.32 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 66% 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 CERMAK, ADAM JASON is 42 months. This places the examiner in the 20% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CERMAK, ADAM JASON. This interview benefit is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 22.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 28% 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 32.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% 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 23% 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 57.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. 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, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 93% 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 2.8% of allowed cases (in the 73% 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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