Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

3M Company

77 pending office actions • 34 art units • 64 examiners • 0 of 77 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 134 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

77
Total Pending OAs
38
Non-Final OAs
27
Final Rejections
12
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
9
Due in next 60 days
4
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (9)Due later (4)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

1
Hard (1%)
57
Medium (74%)
15
Easy (19%)
4
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§103 only54 (70%)
§102 only3 (4%)
§112 only7 (9%)
Double-patenting only8 (10%)
No statute on record4 (5%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

34
Life Sciences
44% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
34
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
7
Business / Other
9% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

770 h
Manual time on pending OAs
154 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
270 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PARK, HAEJIN S 4 55.2% +38.4%
STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 2 63.0% +49.2%
CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 2 45.2% +40.1%
LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM 2 61.8% +47.9%
ALI, WAQAAS A 2 80.8% +17.4%
MENON, KRISHNAN S 2 59.9% +11.8%
ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 2 51.4% +40.6%
BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 2 27.9% +48.2%
GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 2 31.3% +47.7%
STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH 2 46.5% +29.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18255692 LAMINATED SHEET, CYLINDRICAL FILTER ELEMENT, AND FILTRATION KIT USED TO PERFORM WATER FILTRATION ALI, WAQAAS A 59d overdue
18554373 FILTER HEAD, FILTER AND FILTER ASSEMBLY ALI, WAQAAS A 49d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17789262 OCTENIDINE SALT ANTIMICROBIAL MEDICAL ARTICLES BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 26d overdue
17755111 Incremental Query Effect Management BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL 15d
18012614 COLLAGEN-BIOGLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE

Interview Candidates (22)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17995869 Biological Indicator with Test Microorganisms Enveloped by Wax Composition GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 103d overdue
18266484 Polymeric Membrane MENON, KRISHNAN S 88d overdue
18255692 LAMINATED SHEET, CYLINDRICAL FILTER ELEMENT, AND FILTRATION KIT USED TO PERFORM WATER FILTRATION ALI, WAQAAS A 59d overdue
19016454 MEDICAL DRESSINGS WITH STIFFENING SYSTEMS CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 43d overdue
17789262 OCTENIDINE SALT ANTIMICROBIAL MEDICAL ARTICLES BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 26d overdue
19353396 PARTICLE-FORM HYBRID-SCALE FIBER MATRIX PARK, HAEJIN S 4d overdue
18031228 ABSORBENT ARTICLE, ABSORBENT SYSTEM AND DISPENSING SYSTEM LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM 3d overdue
17917306 MEDICAL ADHESIVE ARTICLES HAVING A LOW EFFECTIVE MODULUS OF ELASTICITY CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3781 12
1777 6
1614 4
3786 4
3772 4
3791 4
1613 4
1789 2
1783 2
3783 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19353455 TISSUE SUBSTITUTE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE REPAIR STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 1789 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2025
19353364 TISSUE SUBSTITUTE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE REPAIR GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Oct 08, 2025
19353408 PARTICLE-FORM HYBRID-SCALE FIBER MATRIX PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2025
19353328 PARTICLE-FORM HYBRID-SCALE FIBER MATRIX PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2025
19353396 PARTICLE-FORM HYBRID-SCALE FIBER MATRIX PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 DP Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 08, 2025
19093009 PARTICLE-FORM HYBRID-SCALE FIBER MATRIX PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2025
19089582 System And Method For Determining Structured Data BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Mar 25, 2025
19016454 MEDICAL DRESSINGS WITH STIFFENING SYSTEMS CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2025
18876221 Incentivized Crowd Funding System with Blockchain Security for Internal Innovation by an Organization BROWN, LUIS A 3626 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 18, 2024
18983751 Process for Producing a Sintered Lithium Disilicate Glass Ceramic Dental Restoration and Kit of Parts DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S 1741 DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18874833 Fixture Model Validation for Aligners in Digital Orthodontics CHEN, YU §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18874887 Mesh Segmentation and Mesh Segmentation Validation In Digital Dentistry GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE 3681 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2024
18976681 STERILIZATION INDICATOR READING APPARATUS WITH A COLOR SENSOR LEPAGE, JONATHAN EVERETT 1796 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2024
18872332 LIQUID DISPENSER WITH CONTROLLED DISPENSING WALCZAK, DAVID J §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18870157 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING A PREDICTED FUTURE IMAGE OF A WOUND ERICKSON, BENNETT S 3683 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2024
18852590 GEL HAND SANITIZER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR ALAOUIE, ALI MUSTAFA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18841223 APPARATUSES, KITS, AND METHODS FOR TISSUE INTERFACE PLACEMENT MARCETICH, ADAM M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2024
18723617 Prefabricated Crown with Snap-On Features MORAN, EDWARD JOHN 3772 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18721085 Applicator and Method of Making Same LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18718158 Compositions for Virulence Suppression HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18675667 DRESSING AND METHOD FOR APPLYING REDUCED PRESSURE TO AND COLLECTING AND STORING FLUID FROM A TISSUE SITE SU, SUSAN SHAN DP Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18688804 Compression Bandage Systems with Areas of Increased Local Pressure LEWIS, KIM M 3786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18683021 NON-ADHESIVE MEDICAL ATTACHMENT ARTICLES USING MICRONEEDLES STIGELL, THEODORE J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18682228 Methods of Creating Improved Interproximal Contacts in Dental Restoration Molds EIDE, HEIDI MARIE 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18293452 ARTICLES INCLUDING A MICROSTRUCTURED CURVED SURFACE AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M 1785 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18571371 FORMATION OF CUSHIONING ARTICLES BY TENSION ACTIVATION WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 18, 2023
18537786 MEDICAL DRESSING FULL INDICATOR KIDWELL, MICHELE M 3781 DP Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18566689 AZIDO-CONTAINING MONOMERS, POLYMERS, AND ARTICLES RHOADES, DEREK JAMES §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18557842 SURFACE-MODIFIED POLYMERIC MEMBRANES AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF SPIES, BRADLEY R 1777 Other Final Rejection 55d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18287820 Wound Therapy System FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 20, 2023
18554373 FILTER HEAD, FILTER AND FILTER ASSEMBLY ALI, WAQAAS A 1777 §102 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18280146 FILTRATION MEMBRANE FROM A BLEND COMPRISING POLYSULFONE AND POLYOXAZOLINE AND METHOD MAKING THEREOF MENON, KRISHNAN S 1777 §103 Final Rejection 79d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18280040 HOLLOW-FIBER MEMBRANE AND METHOD MAKING THEREOF KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18548238 WARMER FOR DENTAL MATERIALS KANG, EDWIN G 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18259636 BONDABLE ORTHODONTIC ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR BONDING HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18267630 VENOUS STRUCTURE IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND DRESSING BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 15, 2023
18266484 Polymeric Membrane MENON, KRISHNAN S 1777 §102 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18265478 PERFORATED TAPES FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS SALAMON, PETER A 1759 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2023
18255692 LAMINATED SHEET, CYLINDRICAL FILTER ELEMENT, AND FILTRATION KIT USED TO PERFORM WATER FILTRATION ALI, WAQAAS A 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18039834 ORTHODONTIC TREATMENT INCLUDING WIRE-DRIVEN AND ALIGNER PHASES FARAJ, LINA AHMAD 3772 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 01, 2023
18037642 PH-SENSITIVE MICROCAPSULE FOR DENTAL USE BROOKS, KREGG T 1764 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending May 18, 2023
18036201 DENTAL RETRACTION COMPOSITION ROBERTS, LEZAH 1612 Other Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18142496 System And Method Utilizing Vacuum For Promoting The Healing Of Sprains PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M 3785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2023
18031228 ABSORBENT ARTICLE, ABSORBENT SYSTEM AND DISPENSING SYSTEM LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2023
18110242 PEEL AND PLACE DRESSING FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY NGO, MEAGAN N 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2023
18018260 COLLAGEN WOUND DRESSINGS AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2023
18004940 PHOSPHONATE-CONTAINING POLYMERS FOR VIRULENCE SUPPRESSION SHOSHO, CALLIE E 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jan 10, 2023
18091149 WOUND DEBRIDEMENT BY IRRIGATION WITH ULTRASONICALLY ACTIVATED MICROBUBBLES STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18012614 COLLAGEN-BIOGLASS ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2022
18002122 N-1 BRANCHED IMIDAZOQUINOLINES, CONJUGATES THEREOF, AND METHODS KIFLE, BRUCK 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2022
18009056 IMPEDANCE BASED WOUND HEALING MONITOR BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 3791 §112 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2022
17995869 Biological Indicator with Test Microorganisms Enveloped by Wax Composition GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 1651 §112 Final Rejection 103d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2022
17917306 MEDICAL ADHESIVE ARTICLES HAVING A LOW EFFECTIVE MODULUS OF ELASTICITY CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2022
17906197 Methods and Systems for Tracking User Attention in Conversational Agent Systems SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD 2658 §103 Final Rejection 132d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2022
17759406 ARTICLE AND METHOD TO TREAT INTERPROXIMAL DENTAL CARIES ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 DP Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2022
17758585 Self-Contained Biological Indicator with Salt Compound GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 1651 DP Final Rejection Pending Jul 11, 2022
17789262 OCTENIDINE SALT ANTIMICROBIAL MEDICAL ARTICLES BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 DP Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2022
17785332 BUOYANT HOLLOW PARTICLES COMPOSTION AND METHOD CHU, YONG LIANG 1731 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jun 14, 2022
17783522 TRANSFER TAPE ARTICLES FOR PREPARING DRY ELECTRODES STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 3794 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 08, 2022
17778886 Multilayer Adhesive Fluid Collection Articles Including Capillary Channels ROZANSKI, GRACE NMN 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2022
17755111 Incremental Query Effect Management BALAJ, ANTHONY MICHAEL 3682 §101 Final Rejection 15d Pending Apr 21, 2022
17764581 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FORCE VECTOR ON A VIRTUAL DENTITION WHITE, JAY MICHAEL 2188 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2022
17695598 SYSTEM FOR PURGING NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEM STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH 3781 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 15, 2022
17642134 FILM BACKING FOR RELEASABLE SECUREMENT MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1788 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2022
17636913 TUBE SECUREMENT SYSTEM DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2022
17635605 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND TRACKING RANGE OF MOTION OF A JOINTED LIMB CRUICKSHANK, DESTINY JOI 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2022
17627792 Negative-Pressure Dressing For Foot Treatment RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2022
17576636 HIGHLY PORTABLE NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND CLOSURE SYSTEM DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 14, 2022
17622105 Customizable Dressings For Negative-Pressure Treatment Of Large Areas WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 3781 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2021
17621142 DEVICE FOR DELIVERING A FLOWABLE TISSUE DRESSING MATERIAL AND METHODS OF USE GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2021
17603293 Dressing Allowing Enhanced Articulation With Strategic Shapes ARBLE, JESSICA R 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 12, 2021
17298057 TOPICAL ANTIMICROBIAL MICROEMULSIONS WITH FLUORESCENT MATERIALS ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §102 Final Rejection Pending May 28, 2021
17297316 FLUID STATUS INDICATOR FOR A WOUND DRESSING HAN, ROBIN 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 26, 2021
17046023 BRIDGE DRESSING WITH FLUID MANAGEMENT STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH 3781 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Oct 08, 2020
16957844 ADHESIVE SHEET UTT, ETHAN A 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2020
16465346 BASIC CORE MATERIAL ENCAPSULATED IN AN INORGANIC SHELL SUITABLE FOR USE IN BIOLOGICAL CARRIER MATERIALS SAEED, ALI S 1616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2019
15997833 Peel And Place Dressing For Thick Exudate And Instillation DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 05, 2018

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