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Karlheinz R. Skowronek

Supervisory Patent Examiner (ID: 9417, Phone: (571)272-9047 , Office: P/1676 )

Most Active Art Unit
1631
Art Unit(s)
1676, 1687, 1654, 1658, 1631, 1671
Total Applications
458
Issued Applications
67
Pending Applications
124
Abandoned Applications
266

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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16/677776
Endoscopic puncture needle Nov 7, 2019 Issued
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16/663751
Medical systems, devices, and related methods Oct 24, 2019 Issued
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17/285513
STEERABLE INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A TUBE ELEMENT Oct 15, 2019 Pending
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17/283467
INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY THROMBECTOMY DEVICES AND METHODS Oct 8, 2019 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 18162854 [patent_doc_number] => 20230029447 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A9 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-01-26 [patent_title] => INVERTING THROMBECTOMY APPARATUSES AND METHODS OF USE [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/594259 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-10-07 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 20032 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -16 [patent_words_short_claim] => 212 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16594259 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/594259
Inverting thrombectomy apparatuses and methods of use Oct 6, 2019 Issued
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16/594259
Inverting thrombectomy apparatuses and methods of use Oct 6, 2019 Issued
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16/763398
BAND FOR SURGICAL WOUND SUTURE Sep 23, 2019 Abandoned
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16/561232
SUTURE NEEDLE DEVICES AND SUTURE ATTACHMENT METHODS Sep 4, 2019 Abandoned
Array ( [id] => 15205437 [patent_doc_number] => 20190365405 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => A1 [patent_issue_date] => 2019-12-05 [patent_title] => INSTRUMENTS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS FOR SOFT TISSUE DISSECTION [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/541317 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-08-15 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 0 [patent_figures_cnt] => 0 [patent_no_of_words] => 7657 [patent_no_of_claims] => 0 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => -16 [patent_words_short_claim] => 66 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => publication [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16541317 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/541317
INSTRUMENTS, DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS FOR SOFT TISSUE DISSECTION Aug 14, 2019 Abandoned
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16/534254
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CATHETER ADVANCEMENT Aug 6, 2019 Abandoned
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16/602054
Angioplasty balloon snare Jul 23, 2019 Issued
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16/516982
LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION DEVICE Jul 18, 2019 Abandoned
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16/511545
Medical devices having tissue grasping surfaces and features for manipulating surgical needles Jul 14, 2019 Issued
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17/265650
REVERSIBLE LACRIMAL CANALICULAR OCCLUSION DEVICE Jul 14, 2019 Pending
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17/260597
SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH REDUCED CAPACITANCE, RELATED DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS Jul 11, 2019 Pending
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16/509080
AURICULOTHERAPY DEVICE Jul 10, 2019 Abandoned
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16/503899
Sealed neurovascular extendable catheter Jul 4, 2019 Issued
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16/450640
Biostimulator retrieval system having cincher tube Jun 23, 2019 Issued
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17/254013
USE OF A URINARY BLADDER ECM HYDROGEL AS AN ESOPHAGEAL SUBMUCOSAL FLUID CUSHION Jun 19, 2019 Pending
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16/439651
Retrieval of material from corporeal lumens Jun 11, 2019 Issued
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