Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Fresenius Vial SAS

12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

1
Hard (8%)
11
Medium (92%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§103 only11 (92%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
92% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
QAYYUM, ZESHAN 1 40.3% +30.9%
BARTLEY, KENNETH 1 36.3% +28.8%
WILSON, LEE D 1 79.9% +18.8%
MEDWAY, SCOTT J 1 67.1% +23.2%
WEINHOLD, INGRID M 1 47.0% +42.6%
SMITH, CHENECA 1 69.9% +46.8%
FLICK, JASON E 1 80.3% +13.5%
WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 1 50.0% +55.6%
FAROOQ, MAHMOOD 1 0.0% +0.0%
MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 1 69.2% +49.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17758119 MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A HOUSING WITH A DOOR THAT TRANSMITS OPTICAL SIGNALS FLICK, JASON E 56d

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
19079514 METHOD FOR REGISTERING A USER IN A MEDICAL SOFTWARE APPLICATION QAYYUM, ZESHAN 70d overdue
17737956 INFUSION DEVICE AND METHOD WITH USER INTERFACE FAROOQ, MAHMOOD 9d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
19079514 METHOD FOR REGISTERING A USER IN A MEDICAL SOFTWARE APPLICATION QAYYUM, ZESHAN 70d overdue
17789442 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING A MEDICAL FLUID TO A PATIENT WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 44d overdue
18255204 System to Provide Multiple Infusions to a Patient MEDWAY, SCOTT J 32d overdue
17603437 INFUSION DEVICE HAVING A BRAKE DEVICE MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 24d overdue
17997095 PORTABLE RACK FOR INFUSION DEVICES WEINHOLD, INGRID M 2d overdue
18258894 Screw Assembly for a Clamping Device WILSON, LEE D 6d
17758516 SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING A MEDICAL FLUID TO A PATIENT SMITH, CHENECA 21d
18863741 MEDICAL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALARM MANAGEMENT BARTLEY, KENNETH 54d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 6
3697 1
3684 1
3723 1
3632 1
2192 1
3686 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19079514 METHOD FOR REGISTERING A USER IN A MEDICAL SOFTWARE APPLICATION QAYYUM, ZESHAN 3697 §101 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2025
18863741 MEDICAL DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALARM MANAGEMENT BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Nov 07, 2024
18258894 Screw Assembly for a Clamping Device WILSON, LEE D 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18255204 System to Provide Multiple Infusions to a Patient MEDWAY, SCOTT J 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
17997095 PORTABLE RACK FOR INFUSION DEVICES WEINHOLD, INGRID M 3632 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022
17758516 SYSTEM FOR ADMINISTERING A MEDICAL FLUID TO A PATIENT SMITH, CHENECA 2192 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jul 08, 2022
17758119 MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A HOUSING WITH A DOOR THAT TRANSMITS OPTICAL SIGNALS FLICK, JASON E 3783 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jun 28, 2022
17789442 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING A MEDICAL FLUID TO A PATIENT WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2022
17737956 INFUSION DEVICE AND METHOD WITH USER INTERFACE FAROOQ, MAHMOOD 3783 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending May 05, 2022
17603437 INFUSION DEVICE HAVING A BRAKE DEVICE MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2021
17055447 THERAPY-BASED DATABASE MODEL FOR GENERATING DRUG LIBRARIES DARB, HAMZA A. 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 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

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