Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Icu Medical Inc.

21 pending office actions • 9 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
6
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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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 (3)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due later (2)

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.

7
Hard (33%)
12
Medium (57%)
2
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only12 (57%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
18
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 1 81.7% +10.2%
RASNIC, HUNTER J 1 11.4% +22.4%
DEAK, LESLIE R 1 75.4% +17.5%
DOUBRAVA, JOHN A 1 76.7% +26.9%
NAJARIAN, LENA 1 38.7% +38.8%
TUNG, DAVID 1 62.3% +16.4%
MENDEZ, MANUEL A 1 86.0% +8.5%
BARTLEY, KENNETH 1 36.0% +28.8%
SAVENKOV, VADIM 1 61.1% +20.8%
PORTER, RACHEL L 1 21.2% +23.3%

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
19238091 MEDICAL FLUID COMPOUNDING SYSTEMS WITH COORDINATED FLOW CONTROL MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17832277 METHOD OF COATING A TRANSDERMAL CATHETER WITH AN ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT COOK, KYLE A 1d overdue
17929654 DRUG LIBRARY DYNAMIC VERSION MANAGEMENT SEREBOFF, NEAL 14d
18105129 MULTI-COMMUNICATION PATH SELECTION AND SECURITY SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE PORTER, RACHEL L 27d
19220887 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A GRAPHICAL INTERFACE INCLUDING A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF MEDICAL DATA RASNIC, HUNTER J
18608049 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CAPS, SYSTEMS & METHODS DOUBRAVA, JOHN A
18472978 HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR INFUSION PUMPS MENDEZ, MANUEL A
17910675 PRESSURE MODULATED MOTOR TORQUE FOR INFUSION PUMP MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH
17478788 INFUSION PUMP WITH PATIENT WEIGHT CHECK DANIEL, ANTARIUS S

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
18187503 MEDICAL DEVICE COMMUNICATION CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT SAVENKOV, VADIM 81d overdue
18105129 MULTI-COMMUNICATION PATH SELECTION AND SECURITY SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE PORTER, RACHEL L 27d
18605614 INFUSION PUMP ERROR DISPLAY NAJARIAN, LENA 30d
18629644 PRESSURE-REGULATING VIAL ACCESS DEVICES DEAK, LESLIE R 83d
19238091 MEDICAL FLUID COMPOUNDING SYSTEMS WITH COORDINATED FLOW CONTROL MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS
19220887 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A GRAPHICAL INTERFACE INCLUDING A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF MEDICAL DATA RASNIC, HUNTER J
18608049 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CAPS, SYSTEMS & METHODS DOUBRAVA, JOHN A
18474003 INFUSION PUMP TOUCHSCREEN WITH FALSE TOUCH REJECTION TUNG, DAVID

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 10
3684 3
3753 1
3799 1
3687 1
2622 1
2432 1
3683 1
3726 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19238091 MEDICAL FLUID COMPOUNDING SYSTEMS WITH COORDINATED FLOW CONTROL MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 3753 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2025
19220887 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A GRAPHICAL INTERFACE INCLUDING A GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF MEDICAL DATA RASNIC, HUNTER J 3684 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2025
18629644 PRESSURE-REGULATING VIAL ACCESS DEVICES DEAK, LESLIE R 3799 DP Non-Final OA 83d Pending Apr 08, 2024
18608049 PERITONEAL DIALYSIS CAPS, SYSTEMS & METHODS DOUBRAVA, JOHN A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18605614 INFUSION PUMP ERROR DISPLAY NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18474003 INFUSION PUMP TOUCHSCREEN WITH FALSE TOUCH REJECTION TUNG, DAVID 2622 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 25, 2023
18472978 HOUSING ARRANGEMENTS FOR INFUSION PUMPS MENDEZ, MANUEL A 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18187485 MEDICAL DEVICE REGISTRATION MANAGEMENT BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2023
18187503 MEDICAL DEVICE COMMUNICATION CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT SAVENKOV, VADIM 2432 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18105129 MULTI-COMMUNICATION PATH SELECTION AND SECURITY SYSTEM FOR A MEDICAL DEVICE PORTER, RACHEL L 3684 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 02, 2023
18151289 IV CATHETER WITH A TIP PROTECTOR FREHE, WILLIAM R 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2023
17910675 PRESSURE MODULATED MOTOR TORQUE FOR INFUSION PUMP MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2022
17929654 DRUG LIBRARY DYNAMIC VERSION MANAGEMENT SEREBOFF, NEAL 3683 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 02, 2022
17832277 METHOD OF COATING A TRANSDERMAL CATHETER WITH AN ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT COOK, KYLE A 3726 §103§112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2022
17804542 INFUSION SYSTEM WITH CONCURRENT TPN/INSULIN INFUSION DARB, HAMZA A. 3783 §103 Final Rejection 77d Pending May 27, 2022
17638459 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POST-OCCLUSION BOLUS REDUCTION RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM 3783 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 25, 2022
17457324 PUMP CASSETTE WITH RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 02, 2021
17612593 CATHETER HUB ADAPTED TO BE USED WITH MULTIUSE BLOOD CONTROL VALVE ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS 3783 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 19, 2021
17478788 INFUSION PUMP WITH PATIENT WEIGHT CHECK DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 17, 2021
17383974 MEDICAL CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF USE WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2021
16091725 CONTROL OF A DRUG INFUSION DEVICE MEDWAY, SCOTT J 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2018

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