Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Fresenius Medical Care

9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
1
Semiconductors
11% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HIGGS, STELLA EUN 1 39.1% +34.9%
FERDOUS, ZANNATUL 1 84.7% +16.3%
HOLCOMB, MARK 1 34.2% +40.7%
YUN, EUGENE 1 85.4% +4.1%
GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 1 71.9% +38.9%
PEO, JONATHAN M 1 48.5% +48.3%
LE, QUYNH DAO 1 36.6% +14.0%
SKOWRONEK, KARLHEINZ R 1 21.8% +34.8%
ABDULLAH, AAISHA 1 26.7% +43.8%

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
18536613 REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF TREATMENT PARAMETERS ON A MEDICAL DEVICE YUN, EUGENE 77d overdue
18768228 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF MEDICAL FLUIDS FERDOUS, ZANNATUL 5d overdue

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
16431203 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING COMORBIDITIES ABDULLAH, AAISHA 84d overdue
17829697 TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING RENAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGIES SKOWRONEK, KARLHEINZ R 37d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18349522 Dialysis Treatment and Machine LE, QUYNH DAO 128d overdue
18798134 DIETARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS HIGGS, STELLA EUN 127d overdue
16431203 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING COMORBIDITIES ABDULLAH, AAISHA 84d overdue
18447780 Pressure Output Device for Extracorporeal Hemodialysis Machine PEO, JONATHAN M 49d overdue
17829697 TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING RENAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGIES SKOWRONEK, KARLHEINZ R 37d overdue
18768228 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF MEDICAL FLUIDS FERDOUS, ZANNATUL 5d overdue
18739444 REAL-TIME INTRADIALYTIC HYPOTENSION PREDICTION HOLCOMB, MARK 3d overdue
18498844 DETECTING AND MONITORING OXYGEN-RELATED EVENTS IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 82d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3681 2
2858 1
3685 1
2648 1
1773 1
1779 1
3781 1
1687 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18798134 DIETARY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS HIGGS, STELLA EUN 3681 §103 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18768228 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF MEDICAL FLUIDS FERDOUS, ZANNATUL 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18739444 REAL-TIME INTRADIALYTIC HYPOTENSION PREDICTION HOLCOMB, MARK 3685 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2024
18536613 REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF TREATMENT PARAMETERS ON A MEDICAL DEVICE YUN, EUGENE 2648 §103 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023
18498844 DETECTING AND MONITORING OXYGEN-RELATED EVENTS IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18447780 Pressure Output Device for Extracorporeal Hemodialysis Machine PEO, JONATHAN M 1779 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18349522 Dialysis Treatment and Machine LE, QUYNH DAO 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
17829697 TECHNIQUES FOR DETERMINING RENAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGIES SKOWRONEK, KARLHEINZ R 1687 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2022
16431203 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING COMORBIDITIES ABDULLAH, AAISHA 3681 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2019

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