Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
37 pending office actions • 10 art units • 32 examiners • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days
C.R. Bard Inc. has 39 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. These matters involve 34 distinct examiners across 11 distinct art units, showing a sizable docket distributed across a defined group of technical units.
PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. That examiner relationship warrants focused review, while the broader distribution calls for coordinated claim strategy and art-unit-specific handling across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 23 (62%) |
| §102 only | 2 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (19%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (3%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 4 | 26.9% | +37.5% |
| SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 2 | 51.3% | +48.8% |
| DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 2 | 50.0% | +64.4% |
| REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 1 | 65.9% | +23.3% |
| MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 1 | 33.3% | +65.0% |
| DUNWOODY, AARON M | 1 | 75.2% | +11.2% |
| STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 1 | 63.3% | +48.7% |
| DAKKAK, JIHAD | 1 | 49.3% | +46.0% |
| STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 1 | 49.6% | +31.5% |
| SU, SUSAN SHAN | 1 | 72.0% | +23.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274415 | Systems, Methods and Apparatus for Application of Targeted Temperature Management Therapy Utilizing Concentric In/Out Cable | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 4d overdue |
| 18907361 | Dynamic Pressure Response and Catheter Occlusion System | DAKKAK, JIHAD | — |
| 18566030 | Close-Packed Small Core Optical Fiber Bundles | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | — |
| 17963813 | Low-Profile Single and Dual Vascular Access Device | WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA | — |
| 17881270 | Universal Thermal Contact Pad With Twisting Paddles | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | — |
| 17728752 | In-Line Sampling Apparatus for Bodily Fluids | KREMER, MATTHEW | — |
| 17694416 | Targeted Temperature Management Pad Design | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | — |
| 17686301 | Methods, Systems and Apparatus for Direct Connection of Gel Pad Targeted Temperature Management Device | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18274415 | Systems, Methods and Apparatus for Application of Targeted Temperature Management Therapy Utilizing Concentric In/Out Cable | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 4d overdue |
| 18020385 | CATHETER FOR FORMING AN INTERVASCULAR BRIDGE TO RELIEVE VESSEL COMPRESSION | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 16d |
| 17431928 | SEALANT DELIVERY APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, FOR USE IN A LUNG PROCEDURE | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 27d |
| 19296615 | Catheterization Packages and Methods Thereof | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | — |
| 19075679 | Automated Weight Based Fluid Output Monitoring System | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | — |
| 19068969 | Negative Pressure Connector Seal | DUNWOODY, AARON M | — |
| 18866898 | Catheter Placement System and Method | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | — |
| 18907361 | Dynamic Pressure Response and Catheter Occlusion System | DAKKAK, JIHAD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3794 | 11 |
| 3781 | 9 |
| 3783 | 6 |
| 3791 | 4 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19296615 | Catheterization Packages and Methods Thereof | REYNOLDS, STEVEN ALAN | 3735 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19075679 | Automated Weight Based Fluid Output Monitoring System | MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS | 3791 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19068969 | Negative Pressure Connector Seal | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 18866898 | Catheter Placement System and Method | STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL | 3783 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18907361 | Dynamic Pressure Response and Catheter Occlusion System | DAKKAK, JIHAD | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18826105 | Automated Fluid Output Monitoring | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18840824 | Bulge Anchor for Urinary Catheter | SU, SUSAN SHAN | 3781 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18832782 | Reusable Thermal Contact Pad | FLANAGAN, BEVERLY MEINDL | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18728053 | Highly Comfortable Thermal Contact Pad | SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18715504 | Weighted Gel Blanket for Targeted Temperature Management Systems | BOCK, ABIGAIL MARIE | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18715064 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Automated Feedback for Targeted Temperature Management Systems | GUERRERO ROSARIO, ANA VERUSKA | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18641181 | Intermittent-Catheter Assemblies and Systems | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 3736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18622604 | Air Venting Meter Lid Adapter | CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18592323 | ARTICULATING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 3771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18682082 | Urinary Output Monitoring System | XU, JUSTIN | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18414408 | Retainer System for Catheter | MENSH, ANDREW J | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18538136 | Automated Urine-Output-Measurement Systems and Methods Thereof | FERNANDES, PATRICK M | 3791 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18569470 | Urinary Catheter Container | HAN, SETH | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18568208 | Intermittent Catheters and Methods | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18566030 | Close-Packed Small Core Optical Fiber Bundles | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18563852 | Urinary Catheter-Insertion Kits with Integrated Instructions for Use and Methods Thereof | YANG, CHENG FONG | 3781 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18274415 | Systems, Methods and Apparatus for Application of Targeted Temperature Management Therapy Utilizing Concentric In/Out Cable | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18272332 | Targeted Temperature Management Systems, Pads, and Methods Thereof | DEMIE, TIGIST S | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18020385 | CATHETER FOR FORMING AN INTERVASCULAR BRIDGE TO RELIEVE VESSEL COMPRESSION | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 18011560 | BALLOON CATHETER WITH PRECISION DRUG-ELUTING CAPABILITY | CARPENTER, WILLIAM R | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17963813 | Low-Profile Single and Dual Vascular Access Device | WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2022 |
| 17881270 | Universal Thermal Contact Pad With Twisting Paddles | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2022 |
| 17846860 | In-Line Urinalysis System and Method | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2022 |
| 17728752 | In-Line Sampling Apparatus for Bodily Fluids | KREMER, MATTHEW | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
| 17700216 | Reconfiguration Compatible Thermal Pad | CHA, CASEY GEORGE | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2022 |
| 17694416 | Targeted Temperature Management Pad Design | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2022 |
| 17686301 | Methods, Systems and Apparatus for Direct Connection of Gel Pad Targeted Temperature Management Device | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
| 17684747 | ENDOVASCULAR APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED RETRIEVABILITY AND RELATED METHODS | BARIA, DINAH N | 3774 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2022 |
| 17584101 | Targeted Temperature Management Systems, Pads, and Methods Thereof for Treating Burn Wounds | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2022 |
| 17552309 | Targeted Temperature Management Systems, Pads, and Methods Thereof | STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Dec 15, 2021 |
| 17431928 | SEALANT DELIVERY APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, FOR USE IN A LUNG PROCEDURE | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Aug 18, 2021 |
| 16973043 | Introducer Tool And Methods Thereof | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialC.R. Bard Inc. has 37 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 32 examiners.
Alyssa Morgan Pape has the most, with 4 of C.R. Bard Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
