Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
20 pending office actions • 5 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
ConvaTec Limited has 20 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The docket spans 15 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, so several matters share art-unit settings while examiner assignments remain more dispersed. That structure supports art-unit issue tracking alongside examiner-specific response planning.
DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. Counsel can review those matters for consistent treatment, but the broader docket requires attention to the other examiner assignments as well. Art-unit coordination may be especially useful where multiple applications present related claim issues.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 | 5 (25%) |
| §112 only | 3 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 3 | 62.0% | +44.1% |
| YANG, CHENG FONG | 2 | 61.9% | +24.5% |
| MARCETICH, ADAM M | 2 | 72.8% | +18.8% |
| SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 2 | 51.3% | +48.8% |
| PAL, PRINCE | 1 | 70.9% | +14.9% |
| YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | 1 | 55.2% | +30.0% |
| DAKKAK, JIHAD | 1 | 49.3% | +46.0% |
| WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 1 | 59.3% | +60.1% |
| SU, SUSAN SHAN | 1 | 72.0% | +23.7% |
| MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 1 | 66.6% | +23.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18744318 | WOUND DRESSING | MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI | 35d overdue |
| 17539516 | PACKAGED CATHETER ASSEMBLY | DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 31d overdue |
| 17178528 | OUTLET VALVE FOR AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 14d |
| 19330464 | MEDICAL PACKAGING | PAL, PRINCE | — |
| 19091230 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | YANG, CHENG FONG | — |
| 19064586 | WOUND DRESSINGS | YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | — |
| 18891444 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | DAKKAK, JIHAD | — |
| 18891501 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17539516 | PACKAGED CATHETER ASSEMBLY | DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 31d overdue |
| 18827220 | INTERMITTENT CATHETERS | MARCETICH, ADAM M | 4d overdue |
| 17178528 | OUTLET VALVE FOR AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 14d |
| 19330464 | MEDICAL PACKAGING | PAL, PRINCE | — |
| 19091230 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | YANG, CHENG FONG | — |
| 19064586 | WOUND DRESSINGS | YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | — |
| 18891444 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | DAKKAK, JIHAD | — |
| 18891501 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 15 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 1618 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19330464 | MEDICAL PACKAGING | PAL, PRINCE | 3735 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19091230 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | YANG, CHENG FONG | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19064586 | WOUND DRESSINGS | YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | 1618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18891444 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | DAKKAK, JIHAD | 3781 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18891501 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 3781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18891659 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | SU, SUSAN SHAN | 3781 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18891175 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18890941 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | MARCETICH, ADAM M | 3781 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18891011 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 3781 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18891582 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY | HAN, SETH | 3781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18827220 | INTERMITTENT CATHETERS | MARCETICH, ADAM M | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18744318 | WOUND DRESSING | MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18518077 | Ostomy Pouch | YANG, CHENG FONG | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18221674 | LOW PROFILE FILTER DEVICES SUITABLE FOR USE IN NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEMS | RASSAVONG, ERIC | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18326808 | OSTOMY APPLIANCE | DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 3781 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 17539533 | PACKAGED CATHETER ASSEMBLY | DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 3781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2021 |
| 17539516 | PACKAGED CATHETER ASSEMBLY | DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 3781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Dec 01, 2021 |
| 17335505 | Ostomy Pouch | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Jun 01, 2021 |
| 17178501 | OUTLET VALVE FOR AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2021 |
| 17178528 | OUTLET VALVE FOR AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Feb 18, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialConvaTec Limited has 20 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 15 examiners.
Alessandro R Del Priore has the most, with 3 of ConvaTec Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
