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Scott A. Smith

Examiner (ID: 5262, Phone: (571)272-4469 , Office: P/3721 )

Most Active Art Unit
3721
Art Unit(s)
3731, 3204, 3727, 3721, 3616, 3205
Total Applications
3908
Issued Applications
3490
Pending Applications
118
Abandoned Applications
330

Applications

Application numberTitle of the applicationFiling DateStatus
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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
Array ( [id] => 17434584 [patent_doc_number] => 11259890 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2022-03-01 [patent_title] => Surgical stapling instruments and surgical loading units thereof [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/503691 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-07-05 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 4 [patent_figures_cnt] => 4 [patent_no_of_words] => 3306 [patent_no_of_claims] => 8 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 122 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16503691 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
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
Array ( [id] => 18683717 [patent_doc_number] => 11779425 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2023-10-10 [patent_title] => Surgical mat and surgical marking pen to prevent wrong-site surgery [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/460819 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-07-02 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 8 [patent_figures_cnt] => 8 [patent_no_of_words] => 3913 [patent_no_of_claims] => 5 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 2 [patent_words_short_claim] => 135 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16460819 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
16/460819
Surgical mat and surgical marking pen to prevent wrong-site surgery Jul 1, 2019 Issued
Array ( [id] => 16939598 [patent_doc_number] => 11051810 [patent_country] => US [patent_kind] => B2 [patent_issue_date] => 2021-07-06 [patent_title] => Modular surgical instrument with configurable operating mode [patent_app_type] => utility [patent_app_number] => 16/458760 [patent_app_country] => US [patent_app_date] => 2019-07-01 [patent_effective_date] => 0000-00-00 [patent_drawing_sheets_cnt] => 78 [patent_figures_cnt] => 124 [patent_no_of_words] => 69208 [patent_no_of_claims] => 18 [patent_no_of_ind_claims] => 3 [patent_words_short_claim] => 141 [patent_maintenance] => 1 [patent_no_of_assignments] => 0 [patent_current_assignee] =>[type] => patent [pdf_file] =>[firstpage_image] =>[orig_patent_app_number] => 16458760 [rel_patent_id] =>[rel_patent_doc_number] =>)
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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16/456746
Battery pack including a circuit interrupter 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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16/454124
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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16/437532
Surgical stapling device with dissecting tip Jun 10, 2019 Issued
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