Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Kci Manufacturing Unlimited Company

24 pending office actions • 4 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)

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.

12
Hard (50%)
12
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
24
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, NHU 4 68.8% +24.2%
ARBLE, JESSICA R 3 66.0% +25.9%
DAKKAK, JIHAD 2 48.5% +46.0%
PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 2 56.5% +53.6%
YANG, CHENG FONG 1 64.2% +23.6%
CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P 1 63.0% +21.2%
WENG, KAI H 1 70.2% +17.3%
YIP, JACK 1 32.9% +38.1%
SU, SUSAN SHAN 1 71.9% +23.6%
NGO, MEAGAN N 1 57.9% +32.6%

Hard Cases (12)

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
18274584 PASSIVE NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING ARBLE, JESSICA R 22d overdue
18688718 NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING WITH DIFFERENTIAL COLLAPSING FORCE FOR WOUND CLOSURE DAKKAK, JIHAD 9d overdue
17774792 WOUND SEALING FILM FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS 4d overdue
18708724 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR FLUID LEVEL DETECTION IN FLUID STORAGE CANISTERS TRAN, NHU
18706436 LIQUID-COLLECTION CANISTER WITH MULTI-ORIENTATION FILTER CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P
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
18693734 TISSUE DISTENSION MODEL YIP, JACK

Interview Candidates (17)

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
18274584 PASSIVE NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING ARBLE, JESSICA R 22d overdue
18688718 NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING WITH DIFFERENTIAL COLLAPSING FORCE FOR WOUND CLOSURE DAKKAK, JIHAD 9d overdue
18289412 CONFORMABLE NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY DEVICE NGO, MEAGAN N 4d overdue
18718392 NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DRESSING WITH A SLITTED FOAM LAYER YANG, CHENG FONG
18708724 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR FLUID LEVEL DETECTION IN FLUID STORAGE CANISTERS TRAN, NHU
18706436 LIQUID-COLLECTION CANISTER WITH MULTI-ORIENTATION FILTER CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3781 19
3786 3
3715 1
3785 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18718392 NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DRESSING WITH A SLITTED FOAM LAYER YANG, CHENG FONG 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18708724 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR FLUID LEVEL DETECTION IN FLUID STORAGE CANISTERS TRAN, NHU 3781 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18706436 LIQUID-COLLECTION CANISTER WITH MULTI-ORIENTATION FILTER CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P 3781 §102§103 Final Rejection 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
18693734 TISSUE DISTENSION MODEL YIP, JACK 3715 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 20, 2024
18688718 NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING WITH DIFFERENTIAL COLLAPSING FORCE FOR WOUND CLOSURE DAKKAK, JIHAD 3781 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18294709 NEGATIVE PRESSURE SUPER ABSORBENT SYSTEM WITH A PEEL OFF AND REPLACE FEATURE SU, SUSAN SHAN 3781 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 02, 2024
18289412 CONFORMABLE NEGATIVE-PRESSURE THERAPY DEVICE NGO, MEAGAN N 3781 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18286441 DRESSING WITH SELECTIVE VIEWING ACCESS AND RECLOSURE SYSTEM DAKKAK, JIHAD 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 11, 2023
18032934 LYMPHEDEMA AND SURGICAL WOUND DRESSING MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 3786 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18277463 DRESSING INTERFACE HAVING BUBBLE SUPPORTS WITH OPTIONAL BREAK-LINES TRAN, NHU 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 16, 2023
18277494 NEGATIVE-PRESSURE DRESSING WITH SKINNED CHANNELS ARBLE, JESSICA R 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 16, 2023
18274584 PASSIVE NEGATIVE PRESSURE DRESSING ARBLE, JESSICA R 3781 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18267720 REUSABLE SEALING MATERIAL FOR DECOMPRESSION THERAPY TREATMENT SYSTEM CALLISON, KEIRA EILEEN 3785 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 15, 2023
18265552 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WOUND DRESSING CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED PRESSURE SENSING FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2023
18037601 DRESSING FOR ENHANCED RADIAL COLLAPSE SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 18, 2023
18022217 WOUND INTERFACE SYSTEMS WITH INTEGRAL CONTACT SURFACES MILLER, DANIEL A 3786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2023
18020706 DECOMPRESSION WRAP TRAN, NHU 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 10, 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
17916219 TISSUE INTERFACE FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE AND INSTILLATION THERAPY PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2022
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
17770123 FLUID BRIDGE CONFIGURED FOR USE VERTICALLY AND/OR UNDER COMPRESSION STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2022

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