Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kpr U.s. LLC is managing 7 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Each of these 7 actions is handled by a different examiner, as there are 7 distinct examiners involved. These cases are distributed across 4 distinct art units, showing that multiple examiners are working within the same technical groups. Dominick L Plakkoottam is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action.
This structure suggests that prosecution strategies must be tailored to different individual styles across the 4 art units. The distribution of 7 actions among 7 examiners ensures that no single individual has an outsized impact on the company's pending portfolio. Practitioners should maintain a consistent approach to the medical device technology while addressing the specific feedback from each of the examiners. The involvement of 4 art units indicates that the company's innovations are being reviewed by several specialized technical divisions, requiring a broad understanding of different departmental norms and examination practices.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | 1 | 74.5% | +14.8% |
| RUSHING, MARK S | 1 | 76.8% | +23.5% |
| SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | 1 | 74.9% | +17.8% |
| DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 1 | 76.8% | +26.6% |
| BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 1 | 69.1% | +28.6% |
| SHAH, NILAY J | 1 | 76.3% | +46.9% |
| MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 1 | 66.6% | +23.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18962578 | ECG ELECTRODE WITH RETENTION FEATURE | SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | — |
| 18460190 | ENTERAL FEEDING SYRINGE INSTALLATION AND DETECTION | SHAH, NILAY J | — |
| 18447698 | OCCLUSION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18417250 | ADAPTER ASSEMBLY FOR ENTERAL FEEDING | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 39d |
| 19544675 | FLUID DELIVERY | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | — |
| 19233942 | REMOTE MONITORING OF ABSORBENT ARTICLE | RUSHING, MARK S | — |
| 18962578 | ECG ELECTRODE WITH RETENTION FEATURE | SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | — |
| 18492452 | CASSETTE FOR A FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS | BOSWORTH, KAMI A | — |
| 18460190 | ENTERAL FEEDING SYRINGE INSTALLATION AND DETECTION | SHAH, NILAY J | — |
| 18447698 | OCCLUSION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 4 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 2689 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19544675 | FLUID DELIVERY | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | 3746 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2026 |
| 19233942 | REMOTE MONITORING OF ABSORBENT ARTICLE | RUSHING, MARK S | 2689 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 18962578 | ECG ELECTRODE WITH RETENTION FEATURE | SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18417250 | ADAPTER ASSEMBLY FOR ENTERAL FEEDING | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18492452 | CASSETTE FOR A FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS | BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18460190 | ENTERAL FEEDING SYRINGE INSTALLATION AND DETECTION | SHAH, NILAY J | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18447698 | OCCLUSION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKpr U.s. LLC has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 7 examiners.
Dominick L Plakkoottam has the most, with 1 of Kpr U.s. LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
