Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

ICU Medical, Inc.

19 pending office actions • 9 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)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.

0
Hard (0%)
17
Medium (89%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only16 (84%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
17
Mechanical / Eng
89% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PRICE, NATHAN R 2 52.4% +39.6%
WADDY, JONATHAN J 1 71.5% +36.9%
KELLY, TIMOTHY PATRICK 1 77.7% +17.4%
DEAK, LESLIE R 1 75.3% +17.6%
NAJARIAN, LENA 1 38.5% +39.6%
VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 1 59.4% +53.9%
FLICK, JASON E 1 80.3% +13.5%
GOLOVAN, MARK 1 100.0% +0.0%
SAVENKOV, VADIM 1 61.7% +20.6%
CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B 1 77.7% +32.8%

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
18329375 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS INTRAVENOUS INFUSION OF THE SAME OR SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME MEDICAL FLUID WITH FLUID SOURCE REPLACEMENTS GOLOVAN, MARK 2d overdue
18492682 DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL ANTISEPTIC CAPS FLICK, JASON E 22d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
17806847 INTRAVENOUS INFUSION PUMPS WITH SYSTEM AND PHARMACODYNAMIC MODEL ADJUSTMENT FOR DISPLAY AND OPERATION PRICE, NATHAN R 125d overdue
18187503 MEDICAL DEVICE COMMUNICATION CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT SAVENKOV, VADIM 81d overdue
18962563 FLUID TRANSFER DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE KELLY, TIMOTHY PATRICK 42d overdue
18187387 MEDICAL DEVICE MESSAGE CODING MANAGEMENT CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B 32d overdue
18681018 DUAL MODE AND HYBRID PUMP AND CONTAINER SYSTEMS VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 2d overdue
19030711 MEDICAL CONNECTOR WITH LUER-INCOMPATIBLE CONNECTION PORTION WADDY, JONATHAN J 7d
18492682 DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL ANTISEPTIC CAPS FLICK, JASON E 22d
18256109 INFUSION PUMP WITH OCCLUSION DETECTION PRICE, NATHAN R 22d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 9
3753 2
3683 2
3799 1
3687 1
2432 1
2444 1
3684 1
3726 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19030711 MEDICAL CONNECTOR WITH LUER-INCOMPATIBLE CONNECTION PORTION WADDY, JONATHAN J 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jan 17, 2025
18962563 FLUID TRANSFER DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE KELLY, TIMOTHY PATRICK 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2024
18629644 PRESSURE-REGULATING VIAL ACCESS DEVICES DEAK, LESLIE R 3799 DP Non-Final OA 83d Pending Apr 08, 2024
18605614 INFUSION PUMP ERROR DISPLAY NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18681018 DUAL MODE AND HYBRID PUMP AND CONTAINER SYSTEMS VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2024
18492682 DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL ANTISEPTIC CAPS FLICK, JASON E 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 23, 2023
18256109 INFUSION PUMP WITH OCCLUSION DETECTION PRICE, NATHAN R 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18329375 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUS INTRAVENOUS INFUSION OF THE SAME OR SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME MEDICAL FLUID WITH FLUID SOURCE REPLACEMENTS GOLOVAN, MARK 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18187503 MEDICAL DEVICE COMMUNICATION CERTIFICATE MANAGEMENT SAVENKOV, VADIM 2432 §103 Final Rejection 81d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18187387 MEDICAL DEVICE MESSAGE CODING MANAGEMENT CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B 2444 §103 Final Rejection 32d 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 §102 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2023
17929654 DRUG LIBRARY DYNAMIC VERSION MANAGEMENT SEREBOFF, NEAL 3683 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 02, 2022
17806847 INTRAVENOUS INFUSION PUMPS WITH SYSTEM AND PHARMACODYNAMIC MODEL ADJUSTMENT FOR DISPLAY AND OPERATION PRICE, NATHAN R 3783 §103 Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2022
17832277 METHOD OF COATING A TRANSDERMAL CATHETER WITH AN ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT COOK, KYLE A 3726 §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
17457324 PUMP CASSETTE WITH RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Dec 02, 2021
17305036 SERVER-INITIATED TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES TO MEDICAL DEVICES ERICKSON, BENNETT S 3683 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2021
16717199 PRIMING CAP FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 3783 §103 Final Rejection 104d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2019

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