Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

B. Braun Melsungen AG

18 pending office actions • 7 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
2
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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 (6%)
16
Medium (89%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only14 (78%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
89% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, CRAIG SANG 2 86.1% +10.0%
WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 1 0.0% +0.0%
YABUT, DIANE D 1 62.3% +27.9%
STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 1 75.5% +14.6%
ARBLE, JESSICA R 1 65.6% +26.3%
RIVERA, JOSHEL 1 73.4% +6.7%
VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 1 59.4% +53.9%
DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 1 52.4% +67.7%
TSANG, HENRY 1 79.3% +17.5%
SHAH, NILAY J 1 76.7% +47.1%

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
18553697 VENT DEVICE, PORT ASSEMBLY AND VASCULAR ACCESS ASSEMBLY KIM, CRAIG SANG 9d
18578914 INFUSION SET HAVING ROLLER CLAMP KIM, CRAIG SANG 71d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18736160 MEDICAL DEVICE WITH WORKSTATION FUNCTION IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 8d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18560160 CANNULA ASSEMBLY YABUT, DIANE D 73d overdue
18025281 DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING AN INFUSION OR TRANSFUSION, SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A DEVICE SHAH, NILAY J 46d overdue
18353838 SYRINGE PUMP DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 5d
18553697 VENT DEVICE, PORT ASSEMBLY AND VASCULAR ACCESS ASSEMBLY KIM, CRAIG SANG 9d
18557847 CLOSED SYSTEM TRANSFER DEVICE STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 21d
18360603 MEDICAL DEVICE, FUNCTIONAL PART FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING AND/OR PRODUCING STERILIZATION RESISTANCE OF A MEDICAL DEVICE OR FUNCTIONAL PART VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 40d
18578914 INFUSION SET HAVING ROLLER CLAMP KIM, CRAIG SANG 71d
18284954 FLUID TRANSFER DEVICE AND CLOSED MEDICINE TRANSFER SYSTEM ARBLE, JESSICA R 75d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 10
3741 2
3781 2
3682 1
3771 1
1746 1
2495 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18736160 MEDICAL DEVICE WITH WORKSTATION FUNCTION IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 3682 §101 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2024
18578914 INFUSION SET HAVING ROLLER CLAMP KIM, CRAIG SANG 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18560160 CANNULA ASSEMBLY YABUT, DIANE D 3771 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18557847 CLOSED SYSTEM TRANSFER DEVICE STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F 3781 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18553697 VENT DEVICE, PORT ASSEMBLY AND VASCULAR ACCESS ASSEMBLY KIM, CRAIG SANG 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18284954 FLUID TRANSFER DEVICE AND CLOSED MEDICINE TRANSFER SYSTEM ARBLE, JESSICA R 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18362233 METHOD, DEVICES AND MEDICAL DEVICE RIVERA, JOSHEL 1746 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18360603 MEDICAL DEVICE, FUNCTIONAL PART FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STERILIZING AND/OR PRODUCING STERILIZATION RESISTANCE OF A MEDICAL DEVICE OR FUNCTIONAL PART VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18353838 SYRINGE PUMP DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18323067 USER AUTHENTICATION FOR SETTING AT LEAST ONE INFUSION PUMP TSANG, HENRY 2495 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending May 24, 2023
18025281 DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING AN INFUSION OR TRANSFUSION, SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A DEVICE SHAH, NILAY J 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2023
18022956 MEDICAL DEVICE FOR VISUALLY DISPLAYING AN INJECTION PRESSURE OF A FLUID PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 3783 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Feb 23, 2023
18019777 CATHETER ARRANGEMENT INCLUDING A VALVE ELEMENT ELASTICALLY DEFORMABLE BY FLUID PRESSURE GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2023
18008173 MEDICAL PRESSURE GAUGE PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2022
17997334 NEEDLE ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 3783 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 27, 2022
17852480 METALLIC SUPPORT STRUCTURE IN THE DRIVE ARM/HEAD OF A MEDICAL FLUID PUMP WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2022
17625053 HYBRID SAFETY SPRING CLIP FOR SHARP MEDICAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS MEHTA, BHISMA 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2022
17299491 CATHETER DEVICES WITH BLOOD CONTROL SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS ALLEN, ROBERT F 3783 §112 Non-Final OA 257d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2021

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