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Ariel J. Yu

Examiner (ID: 14717, Phone: (571)270-3312 , Office: P/3627 )

Most Active Art Unit
3627
Art Unit(s)
3683, 3627, 3687
Total Applications
472
Issued Applications
189
Pending Applications
59
Abandoned Applications
234

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/540670
Surgical system including a control system having an RFID tag reader Aug 13, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 17466476 [patent_doc_number] => 11272932 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-03-15 [patent_title] => Structure for attaching buttress material to anvil and cartridge of surgical stapling instrument [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/530210 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-08-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 12 [patent_no_of_words] => 5113 [patent_no_of_claims] => 19 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 85 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16530210 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/530210
Structure for attaching buttress material to anvil and cartridge of surgical stapling instrument Aug 1, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 18118185 [patent_doc_number] => 11549571 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-01-10 [patent_title] => Belt tensioning apparatus for material removal machines [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/517183 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-07-19 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 10 [patent_figures_cnt] => 10 [patent_no_of_words] => 3993 [patent_no_of_claims] => 20 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 70 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16517183 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/517183
Belt tensioning apparatus for material removal machines Jul 18, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 15360103 [patent_doc_number] => 20200015816 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-01-16 [patent_title] => SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH FASTENER PRELOAD LOCK-OUT [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/508183 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-07-10 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 14290 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -19 [patent_words_short_claim] => 147 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16508183 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/508183
Surgical instrument with fastener preload lock-out Jul 9, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 15341817 [patent_doc_number] => 20200008800 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2020-01-09 [patent_title] => SURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH MULTIPLE PROGRAM RESPONSES DURING A FIRING MOTION [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/506399 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-07-09 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 85333 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -17 [patent_words_short_claim] => 2 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16506399 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/506399
Surgical instrument with multiple program responses during a firing motion Jul 8, 2019 Issued
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16/503691
Surgical stapling instruments and surgical loading units thereof Jul 4, 2019 Issued
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16/502191
Powered surgical instrument Jul 2, 2019 Issued
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16/460819
Surgical mat and surgical marking pen to prevent wrong-site surgery Jul 1, 2019 Issued
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16/458760
Modular surgical instrument with configurable operating mode Jun 30, 2019 Issued
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16/456765
Staple cartridge including a honeycomb extension Jun 27, 2019 Issued
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16/456546
Multi-fire stapling systems and methods for delivering arrays of staples Jun 27, 2019 Issued
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16/456746
Battery pack including a circuit interrupter Jun 27, 2019 Issued
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16/454124
Hot stapler Jun 26, 2019 Issued
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16/454707
Robotic surgical system with safety and cooperative sensing control Jun 26, 2019 Issued
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16/453391
Staple cartridges with cam surfaces configured to engage primary and secondary portions of a lockout of a surgical stapling device Jun 25, 2019 Issued
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16/453273
Method for providing an authentication lockout in a surgical stapler with a replaceable cartridge Jun 25, 2019 Issued
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16/447063
Surgical stapling instruments including a cartridge having multiple staples sizes Jun 19, 2019 Issued
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16/446856
Surgical stapling device with releasable knife carrier Jun 19, 2019 Issued
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16/441564
End effector including different tissue gaps Jun 13, 2019 Issued
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16/437123
Surgical adapter assemblies and wireless detection of surgical loading units Jun 10, 2019 Issued
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