Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
20 pending office actions • 6 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 11 (55%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (30%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 2 | 45.5% | +30.9% |
| SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 2 | 52.1% | +48.2% |
| ALLEN, ROBERT F | 1 | 73.5% | +61.7% |
| KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 1 | 63.8% | +19.2% |
| LUK, EMMANUEL S | 1 | 71.3% | +26.4% |
| TOWNSEND, GUY K | 1 | 74.2% | +25.5% |
| TRAN, NHU | 1 | 68.8% | +24.2% |
| DEAK, LESLIE R | 1 | 75.4% | +17.5% |
| BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E | 1 | 54.2% | +31.2% |
| MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | 1 | 59.2% | +38.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698535 | ASYMMETRIC ADHESIVE PACKAGING ENCLOSURE FOR EASE OF MATERIAL REMOVAL | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 3d overdue |
| 18834455 | CATHETER DEVICE WITH SENSOR | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | — |
| 18744089 | ADJUSTABLE CONVEXITY OSTOMY BARRIER | TRAN, NHU | — |
| 18712379 | Medical Device Assembly | DEAK, LESLIE R | — |
| 18560018 | PREBIOTIC, PROBIOTIC, AND/OR POSTBIOTIC TREATMENTS, OSTOMY BARRIERS AND ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING PERISTOMAL SKIN HEALTH | MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | — |
| 18554779 | URINARY CATHETER WITH PATTERNED DRAINAGE HOLES TO PROVIDE TIP FLEXIBILITY | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17761970 | REUSABLE URINARY CATHETER PRODUCTS | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 8d overdue |
| 18698535 | ASYMMETRIC ADHESIVE PACKAGING ENCLOSURE FOR EASE OF MATERIAL REMOVAL | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 3d overdue |
| 17617814 | URINARY CATHETER DRAINAGE MEMBERS THAT RESTRICT FLUID DRAINAGE | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 22d |
| 18681850 | HYGIENIC DISPOSAL CATHETER PRODUCT | BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E | 29d |
| 19119559 | OSTOMY BARRIER RELEASE LINER SYSTEM | ALLEN, ROBERT F | — |
| 19116595 | OSTOMY FILTER PROTECTION | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | — |
| 18874621 | Devices and Methods for Forming Eyelets in Urinary Catheters | LUK, EMMANUEL S | — |
| 18884325 | LEAKAGE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR OSTOMY APPLIANCE | TOWNSEND, GUY K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 11 |
| 1615 | 2 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 1656 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19119559 | OSTOMY BARRIER RELEASE LINER SYSTEM | ALLEN, ROBERT F | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19116595 | OSTOMY FILTER PROTECTION | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 18874621 | Devices and Methods for Forming Eyelets in Urinary Catheters | LUK, EMMANUEL S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18884325 | LEAKAGE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR OSTOMY APPLIANCE | TOWNSEND, GUY K | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18834455 | CATHETER DEVICE WITH SENSOR | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18744089 | ADJUSTABLE CONVEXITY OSTOMY BARRIER | TRAN, NHU | 3781 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18712379 | Medical Device Assembly | DEAK, LESLIE R | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18698535 | ASYMMETRIC ADHESIVE PACKAGING ENCLOSURE FOR EASE OF MATERIAL REMOVAL | STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH | 3781 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18681850 | HYGIENIC DISPOSAL CATHETER PRODUCT | BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18560018 | PREBIOTIC, PROBIOTIC, AND/OR POSTBIOTIC TREATMENTS, OSTOMY BARRIERS AND ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING PERISTOMAL SKIN HEALTH | MCKNIGHT, CIARA A | 1656 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18381401 | BUFFERED ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR SKIN-ADHERING MEDICAL PRODUCTS | CRAIGO, WILLIAM A | 1615 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18378720 | BUFFERED ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS FOR SKIN-ADHERING MEDICAL PRODUCTS | CHANG, KYUNG SOOK | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18554779 | URINARY CATHETER WITH PATTERNED DRAINAGE HOLES TO PROVIDE TIP FLEXIBILITY | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 3781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18005231 | HYDROPHILIC MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND HYDRATION MEDIUMS FOR HYDRATING THE SAME | MENSH, ANDREW J | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 18005240 | MEDICAL DEVICES HAVING ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME | WORSHAM, JESSICA N | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 17778976 | EASY EMPTY URINE COLLECTION BAGS | DAKKAK, JIHAD | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2022 |
| 17771701 | URINARY CATHETERS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING BACTERIAL INFECTIONS | YANG, CHENG FONG | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
| 17771126 | URINARY CATHETERS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING BACTERIAL INFECTIONS | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 3781 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 17761970 | REUSABLE URINARY CATHETER PRODUCTS | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Mar 18, 2022 |
| 17617814 | URINARY CATHETER DRAINAGE MEMBERS THAT RESTRICT FLUID DRAINAGE | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Dec 09, 2021 |
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