Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 2 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 has 7 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are concentrated within 2 distinct art units, suggesting that while the company has several active matters, they fall into a relatively narrow range of technical classifications. The prosecution involves 7 distinct examiners, so each of the 7 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different person.
PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. With 7 examiners involved in only 2 art units, practitioners may encounter different interpretations of similar technology within the same unit. This requires a strategy that maintains consistency in claim language and arguments while addressing the individual concerns of 7 different examiners.
The concentration of 7 pending office actions within only 2 art units indicates that the company's medical device innovations are being reviewed by a small number of specialized groups at the patent office. However, the use of 7 distinct examiners means that the company cannot rely on a single point of contact for its prosecution needs. For a practitioner, managing these 7 actions requires careful monitoring of how different examiners in the same art unit respond to the company's technical disclosures.
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 | 74.4% | +14.9% |
| RUSHING, MARK S | 1 | 76.7% | +23.6% |
| SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | 1 | 74.6% | +17.6% |
| DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 1 | 76.9% | +26.4% |
| BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 1 | 69.1% | +28.7% |
| SHAH, NILAY J | 1 | 76.3% | +46.9% |
| MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 1 | 66.7% | +23.4% |
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 |
| 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 | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 18962578 | ECG ELECTRODE WITH RETENTION FEATURE | SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | — | §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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