Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Avent Inc.

9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (56%)
4
Medium (44%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only3 (33%)
§102 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAVIS, AMELIE R 1 64.6% +34.2%
MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC 1 51.4% +78.4%
FERNANDES, PATRICK M 1 59.8% +31.7%
DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA 1 66.7% +38.9%
DOUBRAVA, JOHN A 1 76.7% +26.9%
MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE 1 100.0% +0.0%
SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 1 58.5% +36.7%
THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE 1
TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA 1 64.2% +31.0%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18998314 DEVICE AND METHOD TO TREAT CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN VIA SINUVERTEBRAL NERVE ABLATION MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC
18773360 AIRWAY DETECTION USING ACOUSTIC SIGNALS FERNANDES, PATRICK M
18645685 Enteral Feeding Bottle DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA
18166256 INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM WITH CONTACTLESS CONTROL MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE
18075706 Telescopic Plunger for Minimizing Human Breast Milk Fat Loss in a Combination Collection Container and Syringe SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19288400 Medical Device Position Notification System DAVIS, AMELIE R
18998314 DEVICE AND METHOD TO TREAT CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN VIA SINUVERTEBRAL NERVE ABLATION MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC
18773360 AIRWAY DETECTION USING ACOUSTIC SIGNALS FERNANDES, PATRICK M
18645685 Enteral Feeding Bottle DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA
18638802 Vented Connector for Medical Fluid Vessels DOUBRAVA, JOHN A
18075706 Telescopic Plunger for Minimizing Human Breast Milk Fat Loss in a Combination Collection Container and Syringe SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE
16527641 Medical Device with Structured Echogenic Coating Application and Method for Preparing Same TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 3
3798 1
3781 1
2431 1
3797 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19288400 Medical Device Position Notification System DAVIS, AMELIE R 3798 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2025
18998314 DEVICE AND METHOD TO TREAT CHRONIC LOWER BACK PAIN VIA SINUVERTEBRAL NERVE ABLATION MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2025
18773360 AIRWAY DETECTION USING ACOUSTIC SIGNALS FERNANDES, PATRICK M §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18645685 Enteral Feeding Bottle DIOP, FATIMATA SAHRA 3781 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18638802 Vented Connector for Medical Fluid Vessels DOUBRAVA, JOHN A 3783 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18166256 INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM WITH CONTACTLESS CONTROL MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE 2431 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 08, 2023
18075706 Telescopic Plunger for Minimizing Human Breast Milk Fat Loss in a Combination Collection Container and Syringe SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2022
17386713 Bridle Delivery System Having Retrieval Probe with Flexible Distal Tip THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE 3783 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2021
16527641 Medical Device with Structured Echogenic Coating Application and Method for Preparing Same TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA 3797 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 31, 2019

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