Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Fresenius Vial SAS

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

4
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only4 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
88% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FAROOQ, MAHMOOD 2 66.7% +0.0%
BARTLEY, KENNETH 1 36.0% +28.8%
MEDWAY, SCOTT J 1 67.0% +23.2%
WEINHOLD, INGRID M 1 46.8% +42.7%
DARB, HAMZA A. 1 74.4% +31.3%
COVINGTON, AMANDA R 1 21.2% +29.8%
RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 1 28.8% +27.4%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18255204 System to Provide Multiple Infusions to a Patient MEDWAY, SCOTT J 32d overdue
17997095 PORTABLE RACK FOR INFUSION DEVICES WEINHOLD, INGRID M 2d overdue
18863741 MEDICAL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALARM MANAGEMENT BARTLEY, KENNETH 54d
16645753 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HOMECARE TO A PATIENT COVINGTON, AMANDA R 75d
18689688 INFUSION DEVICE WITH FIXATION OF THE FLUID LINE FAROOQ, MAHMOOD
16481065 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION BETWEEN A MULTIPLICITY OF MEDICAL PUMP DEVICES AND AT LEAST ONE COMMUNICATION DEVICE RAPILLO, KRISTINE K

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17055447 THERAPY-BASED DATABASE MODEL FOR GENERATING DRUG LIBRARIES DARB, HAMZA A. 99d overdue
18255204 System to Provide Multiple Infusions to a Patient MEDWAY, SCOTT J 32d overdue
17997095 PORTABLE RACK FOR INFUSION DEVICES WEINHOLD, INGRID M 2d overdue
18863741 MEDICAL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALARM MANAGEMENT BARTLEY, KENNETH 54d
16645753 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HOMECARE TO A PATIENT COVINGTON, AMANDA R 75d
16481065 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION BETWEEN A MULTIPLICITY OF MEDICAL PUMP DEVICES AND AT LEAST ONE COMMUNICATION DEVICE RAPILLO, KRISTINE K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 3
3684 1
3632 1
3686 1
3682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18863741 MEDICAL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALARM MANAGEMENT BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §101§103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Nov 07, 2024
18689688 INFUSION DEVICE WITH FIXATION OF THE FLUID LINE FAROOQ, MAHMOOD §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2024
18255204 System to Provide Multiple Infusions to a Patient MEDWAY, SCOTT J 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
17997095 PORTABLE RACK FOR INFUSION DEVICES WEINHOLD, INGRID M 3632 §103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022
17737956 INFUSION DEVICE AND METHOD WITH USER INTERFACE FAROOQ, MAHMOOD 3783 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending May 05, 2022
17055447 THERAPY-BASED DATABASE MODEL FOR GENERATING DRUG LIBRARIES DARB, HAMZA A. 3783 §103 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2020
16645753 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HOMECARE TO A PATIENT COVINGTON, AMANDA R 3686 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Mar 09, 2020
16481065 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING INFORMATION BETWEEN A MULTIPLICITY OF MEDICAL PUMP DEVICES AND AT LEAST ONE COMMUNICATION DEVICE RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 3682 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2019

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