Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Fresenius Medical Care

18 pending office actions • 8 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
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.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)

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%)
15
Medium (83%)
1
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only13 (72%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only1 (6%)
No statute on record1 (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
ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA 2 67.8% +31.9%
SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 1 80.2% +28.5%
DINH, ANH-KHOA N 1 86.9% +14.5%
GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE 1 0.0% +0.0%
LAM, ELIZA ANNE 1 37.7% +30.5%
WIEST, PHILIP R 1 81.4% +16.5%
MENON, KRISHNAN S 1 59.8% +11.8%
DAKKAK, JIHAD 1 49.3% +45.2%
LE, QUYNH DAO 1 36.6% +14.0%
DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 1 60.7% +44.3%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18546790 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISCONNECTION WIEST, PHILIP R 44d overdue
18704067 APPARATUS FOR MEASURING VITAL PARAMETERS DINH, ANH-KHOA N 9d overdue
18909696 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA-TRANSFER MANAGEMENT SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 7d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18291338 Systems and Methods for Optimization of Disease Therapy GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE 204d overdue
17843972 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND PROVIDING RENAL THERAPY MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 23d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18446008 PARABIOTIC DIALYSIS SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA 131d overdue
18266965 Bypass Line, Medical Treatment Apparatus, and Method DAKKAK, JIHAD 45d overdue
18546790 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISCONNECTION WIEST, PHILIP R 44d overdue
18704067 APPARATUS FOR MEASURING VITAL PARAMETERS DINH, ANH-KHOA N 9d overdue
18255950 MEMBRANE GAS EXCHANGER LE, QUYNH DAO 4d overdue
18268249 METHOD FOR CLEANING A FILTER MODULE, AND FILTER MODULE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD MENON, KRISHNAN S 3d overdue
18909696 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA-TRANSFER MANAGEMENT SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 7d
18602722 METHOD OF REMOVING BLOOD FROM AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT, TREATMENT APPARATUS, AND TUBE SYSTEM ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA 12d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3781 9
3681 3
2493 1
3796 1
1777 1
3685 1
3783 1
3684 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18909696 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA-TRANSFER MANAGEMENT SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 2493 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 08, 2024
18704067 APPARATUS FOR MEASURING VITAL PARAMETERS DINH, ANH-KHOA N 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2024
18602722 METHOD OF REMOVING BLOOD FROM AN EXTRACORPOREAL BLOOD CIRCUIT, TREATMENT APPARATUS, AND TUBE SYSTEM ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA 3781 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 12, 2024
18291338 Systems and Methods for Optimization of Disease Therapy GEDRA, OLIVIA ROSE 3681 §103 Final Rejection 204d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2024
18242350 HIGH INTELLIGENCE VERTICAL EFFICIENCIES (HIVE) SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT CLINICS LAM, ELIZA ANNE 3681 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18546790 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISCONNECTION WIEST, PHILIP R 3781 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18446008 PARABIOTIC DIALYSIS SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18268249 METHOD FOR CLEANING A FILTER MODULE, AND FILTER MODULE FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD MENON, KRISHNAN S 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2023
18266965 Bypass Line, Medical Treatment Apparatus, and Method DAKKAK, JIHAD 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2023
18255950 MEMBRANE GAS EXCHANGER LE, QUYNH DAO 3781 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18201396 TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING ACID-BASE HOMEOSTASIS DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 3781 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending May 24, 2023
18032189 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING A QUANTIFIABLE SCORE MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 3685 §102 Final Rejection 155d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2023
18030645 Port, Rinsing Cap, Medical Treatment Apparatus, and System OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18182083 CONTACTLESS PROXIMITY CONTROLS FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH 3781 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
17923440 Medical Treatment System for the Identification and Authorization of Healthcare Professionals SANGHERA, STEVEN G.S. 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Nov 04, 2022
17908243 CONCENTRATE CONTAINER ADAPTER AND CONNECTOR HOUSING FOR CONNECTION TO A BLOOD TREATMENT APPARATUS BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E 3781 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 31, 2022
17843972 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND PROVIDING RENAL THERAPY MORICE DE VARGAS, SARA JESSICA 3681 §101 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2022
17616865 CALCULATION DEVICE AND DIALYSIS APPARATUS SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Dec 06, 2021

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