Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 4 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kci Manufacturing Unlimited Company has 16 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters span 15 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, showing broad examiner dispersion but substantial concentration within the art-unit structure. The difference between pending matters and examiners indicates that at least one examiner handles more than one matter.
ARBLE, JESSICA R is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That is the clearest examiner concentration identified in the profile, making this examiner’s treatment of related claims particularly useful for coordinated response planning.
The limited art-unit spread supports cross-matter review for technical and procedural themes. However, the large examiner footprint calls for disciplined matter-level analysis, centralized deadline control, and careful documentation of amendments, arguments, and claim interpretations across the medical-device portfolio.
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.
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.
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 | 6 (38%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARBLE, JESSICA R | 2 | 66.6% | +25.0% |
| BERHANU, ETSUB D | 1 | 65.1% | +24.7% |
| WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 1 | 59.3% | +60.1% |
| WENG, KAI H | 1 | 70.0% | +17.5% |
| DAKKAK, JIHAD | 1 | 49.3% | +46.0% |
| MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI | 1 | 53.3% | +65.4% |
| KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 1 | 62.9% | +27.3% |
| CALLISON, KEIRA EILEEN | 1 | 21.7% | +85.7% |
| RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | 1 | 50.4% | +50.4% |
| DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 1 | 62.0% | +44.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17774792 | WOUND SEALING FILM | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 4d overdue |
| 18020381 | OFFLOADING ACCESSORY FOR USE WITH NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DRESSINGS AND SYSTEMS | RASSAVONG, ERIC | 5d |
| 18274104 | MOBILITY UNIT FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE TREATMENT | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 27d |
| 18039918 | EXTENDABLE DEPTH DRESSINGS WITH TRANSPARENT CAPABILITY | RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | 27d |
| 18717322 | BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTIVE CUFF WITH INTEGRATED BLOOD FLOW SENSOR | BERHANU, ETSUB D | — |
| 18706470 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DRESSING WITH ISOLATED SUPER ABSORBENT | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 18705394 | MODULAR THERAPY DEVICES AND POWERED CONSUMABLES WITH DISPOSAL FEATURES FOR REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT | WENG, KAI H | — |
| 18694361 | WEARABLE COMPRESSED FOAM GENERATED NEGATIVE PRESSURE THERAPY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | ARBLE, JESSICA R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691395 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEM | DAKKAK, JIHAD | 27d |
| 18274104 | MOBILITY UNIT FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE TREATMENT | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 27d |
| 18039918 | EXTENDABLE DEPTH DRESSINGS WITH TRANSPARENT CAPABILITY | RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | 27d |
| 18035637 | EXTERNALLY SUPPORTED DRESSING FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY | DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 28d |
| 18717322 | BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTIVE CUFF WITH INTEGRATED BLOOD FLOW SENSOR | BERHANU, ETSUB D | — |
| 18706470 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DRESSING WITH ISOLATED SUPER ABSORBENT | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| 18705394 | MODULAR THERAPY DEVICES AND POWERED CONSUMABLES WITH DISPOSAL FEATURES FOR REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT | WENG, KAI H | — |
| 18694361 | WEARABLE COMPRESSED FOAM GENERATED NEGATIVE PRESSURE THERAPY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | ARBLE, JESSICA R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 11 |
| 3786 | 3 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18717322 | BLOOD FLOW RESTRICTIVE CUFF WITH INTEGRATED BLOOD FLOW SENSOR | BERHANU, ETSUB D | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18706470 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DRESSING WITH ISOLATED SUPER ABSORBENT | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 3781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18705394 | MODULAR THERAPY DEVICES AND POWERED CONSUMABLES WITH DISPOSAL FEATURES FOR REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT | WENG, KAI H | 3781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18694361 | WEARABLE COMPRESSED FOAM GENERATED NEGATIVE PRESSURE THERAPY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 3781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18691395 | NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEM | DAKKAK, JIHAD | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18032934 | LYMPHEDEMA AND SURGICAL WOUND DRESSING | MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI | 3786 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18277494 | NEGATIVE-PRESSURE DRESSING WITH SKINNED CHANNELS | ARBLE, JESSICA R | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18274104 | MOBILITY UNIT FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE TREATMENT | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 3781 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18267720 | REUSABLE SEALING MATERIAL FOR DECOMPRESSION THERAPY TREATMENT SYSTEM | CALLISON, KEIRA EILEEN | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18039918 | EXTENDABLE DEPTH DRESSINGS WITH TRANSPARENT CAPABILITY | RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | 3781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18035637 | EXTERNALLY SUPPORTED DRESSING FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY | DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 18022217 | WOUND INTERFACE SYSTEMS WITH INTEGRAL CONTACT SURFACES | MILLER, DANIEL A | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2023 |
| 18020381 | OFFLOADING ACCESSORY FOR USE WITH NEGATIVE-PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DRESSINGS AND SYSTEMS | RASSAVONG, ERIC | 3781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 18019281 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING LEAKAGE OF A REDUCE PRESSURE THERAPY SYSTEM | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 3781 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
| 17774792 | WOUND SEALING FILM | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 3786 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | May 05, 2022 |
| 17772479 | DRESSING WITH AREA MANAGEMENT FOR EXTREMITIES | TRAN, NHU | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialKci Manufacturing Unlimited Company has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 15 examiners.
Jessica R Arble has the most, with 2 of Kci Manufacturing Unlimited Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
