Topic

Prosthetic heart valves Steady

324 applications whose title mentions it. Its share of new filings over the last two years is 9% above the four years before.

Allowance rate

87%

+11 pts vs the USPTO 263 decided

Months to first action

19.4 mo

+0.8 vs the USPTO

Applications

324.0

in the record

Allowed

228.0

35 abandoned

Filings by year

How often the topic was filed

The most recent years are still filling in.

Where it is examined

Domains and art units

CPC subclasses

A61F315 apps

G06F5 apps

A61B3 apps

Art units

3774147 apps

373857 apps

377141 apps

OPAP31 apps

377313 apps

373110 apps

Examiners

Who examines it, and how it fares with each

Suzette Jaime J Gherbi47 apps

100%

Docket Central33 apps

n/a

Seema Mathew28 apps

85%

Suba Ganesan18 apps

87%

Rebecca Straszheim Preston12 apps

92%

Jason-Dennis Neilken Stewart11 apps

100%

Leslie Ann Lopez9 apps

88%

Matthew Wayne Schall9 apps

89%

Bars show the share of decided applications that were allowed.

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Who files it

Companies and institutions

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation76 apps

95%

Medtronic, Inc.60 apps

87%

St. Jude Medical, LLC58 apps

98%

Laplace Interventional Inc.21 apps

100%

St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.19 apps

100%

CARDIACMD, INC.17 apps

18%

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Who represents them

Law firms and agents

EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES CORPORATION80 apps

96%

Lerner David LLP53 apps

98%

Abbott c/o SLEMAN & LUND LLP38 apps

90%

Medtronic, Inc.30 apps

100%

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. (TC)25 apps

100%

Medtronic Vascular - APV Division20 apps

90%

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Applications

Recent applications on this topic

Application	Title	Filed	Status	Rejections	RCEs	To 1st action
19681564	PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES WITH H-SHAPED COMMISSURE WINDOWS AND METHODS FOR ASSEMBLY T…	2026-05-19	Pending	0	0	n/a
19672385	DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES	2026-05-08	Pending	0	0	n/a
19669373	TRUNCATED LEAFLET FOR PROSTHETIC HEART VALVES	2026-05-06	Pending	0	0	n/a
15365884	Method and apparatus for adaptive signal processing	2012-01-10	Allowed	1	0	12.0 mo
15760040	Composition and method for controlled release	2015-02-11	Abandoned	4	1	23.0 mo
15562874	Distributed ledger transaction verification	2018-03-12	Allowed	3	0	20.0 mo
15113914	Thermal management of battery assemblies	2021-04-13	Pending	2	1	17.0 mo
15976496	Machine learning model for anomaly detection	2012-05-14	Allowed	1	0	14.0 mo
15151076	Wireless power transfer coil arrangement	2015-06-15	Abandoned	4	1	25.0 mo
15561903	Catalyst for selective hydrogenation	2018-07-16	Allowed	3	0	22.0 mo

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