Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Medela AG

7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

2
Hard (29%)
4
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

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
6
Mechanical / Eng
86% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAYMAN, IMANI N 1 71.7% +25.3%
STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 1 62.9% +49.4%
WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 1 35.0% +18.8%
KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ 1 47.6% +45.8%
CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 1 54.4% +52.9%
MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 1 69.8% +40.5%
SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 1 65.4% +38.4%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18628035 METHOD FOR MANAGING BREAST MILK EXPRESSION HAYMAN, IMANI N
17279076 BREAST PUMP MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17559501 BREASTMILK COLLECTION KIT WITH OPTIMIZED COLOSTRUM COLLECTION CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 2d overdue
18270176 ENTERAL FEEDING TUBE WITH POLYGONAL CONFIGURATION WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 70d
18628035 METHOD FOR MANAGING BREAST MILK EXPRESSION HAYMAN, IMANI N
18564962 System for Detecting Breast Pump Properties STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL
18026749 PUMPING GARMENT KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ
17279076 BREAST PUMP MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH
16976071 BREASTSHIELD UNIT SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 5
3732 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18628035 METHOD FOR MANAGING BREAST MILK EXPRESSION HAYMAN, IMANI N §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18564962 System for Detecting Breast Pump Properties STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 3783 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 28, 2023
18270176 ENTERAL FEEDING TUBE WITH POLYGONAL CONFIGURATION WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18026749 PUMPING GARMENT KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ 3732 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 16, 2023
17559501 BREASTMILK COLLECTION KIT WITH OPTIMIZED COLOSTRUM COLLECTION CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2021
17279076 BREAST PUMP MARRISON, SAMUEL JOSEPH 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 23, 2021
16976071 BREASTSHIELD UNIT SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2020

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