Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

ConvaTec Limited

16 pending office actions • 4 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

9
Hard (56%)
5
Medium (31%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (25%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
62% of docket
5
Business / Other
31% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARCETICH, ADAM M 2 72.6% +18.8%
DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 2 61.0% +45.4%
SMITH, PETER DANIEL 2 52.1% +48.2%
PAL, PRINCE 1 70.3% +16.2%
WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 1 59.3% +59.9%
SU, SUSAN SHAN 1 71.9% +23.6%
DAKKAK, JIHAD 1 48.5% +46.0%
ANDERSON, CATHARINE L 1 65.3% +20.9%
ARBLE, JESSICA R 1 66.0% +25.9%
MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 1 52.1% +67.2%

Hard Cases (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18744284 WOUND DRESSING ARBLE, JESSICA R 44d overdue
18744318 WOUND DRESSING MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 35d overdue
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
18891501 CATHETER ASSEMBLY WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES
18891444 CATHETER ASSEMBLY DAKKAK, JIHAD

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18744284 WOUND DRESSING ARBLE, JESSICA R 44d overdue
18744318 WOUND DRESSING MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 35d overdue
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
18890941 CATHETER ASSEMBLY MARCETICH, ADAM M
18891501 CATHETER ASSEMBLY WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3781 8
3735 1
3786 1
1613 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19330464 MEDICAL PACKAGING PAL, PRINCE 3735 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2025
18890941 CATHETER ASSEMBLY MARCETICH, ADAM M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891501 CATHETER ASSEMBLY WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891659 CATHETER ASSEMBLY SU, SUSAN SHAN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891444 CATHETER ASSEMBLY DAKKAK, JIHAD §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891011 CATHETER ASSEMBLY ANDERSON, CATHARINE L §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18827220 INTERMITTENT CATHETERS MARCETICH, ADAM M 3781 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2024
18744284 WOUND DRESSING ARBLE, JESSICA R 3781 §103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 14, 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 Final Rejection 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
17871373 PACKAGED INTERMITTENT CATHETERS FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 DPOther Final Rejection Pending Jul 22, 2022
17539516 PACKAGED CATHETER ASSEMBLY DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 3781 §103§112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2021
17539533 PACKAGED CATHETER ASSEMBLY DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 3781 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2021
17178528 OUTLET VALVE FOR AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Feb 18, 2021
17178501 OUTLET VALVE FOR AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 18, 2021

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