Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mozarc Medical US LLC is currently addressing 5 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions involve 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. The one-to-one ratio of pending office actions to distinct examiners indicates that no examiner is currently managing more than one file for the company. The spread across multiple art units suggests that the Chemistry & Materials applications cover a broad range of technical subjects.
DERUSSO, JOHN J is listed as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This figure matches the workload of every other examiner involved in the portfolio. For patent practitioners, the presence of 5 distinct examiners for 5 pending actions means that there is no opportunity to leverage examiner-specific patterns across multiple cases. Each of the actions will likely require a unique strategy based on the specific art unit and examiner assigned.
The 4 distinct art units involved indicate a diverse prosecution landscape. This variety in units implies that the filings cover diverse sub-specialties within the Chemistry & Materials field. Practitioners must coordinate across these different units to manage the pending actions. The lack of examiner overlap prevents the use of consolidated arguments, as each case represents a unique interaction with a different individual at the patent office.
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.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1 | 80.5% | +14.0% |
| KIM, SUN U | 1 | 78.2% | +11.6% |
| SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 1 | 51.3% | +48.8% |
| VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 1 | 56.3% | +27.5% |
| MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | 1 | 60.4% | +15.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18952810 | CATHETER HAVING AN EXPANDABLE LUMEN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | DERUSSO, JOHN 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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17067699 | MODULAR HEMODIALYSIS SYSTEM | MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | 15d overdue |
| 17495513 | ANTI-THROMBOGENIC COATING | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 53d |
| 18952810 | CATHETER HAVING AN EXPANDABLE LUMEN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| 18244967 | AUTOMATIC RECHARGER BRINE PREPARATION FROM A CANISTER | KIM, SUN U | — |
| 17354744 | CATHETER CUFF | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1777 | 2 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 3781 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18952810 | CATHETER HAVING AN EXPANDABLE LUMEN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1744 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18244967 | AUTOMATIC RECHARGER BRINE PREPARATION FROM A CANISTER | KIM, SUN U | 1777 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 17495513 | ANTI-THROMBOGENIC COATING | SMITH, PETER DANIEL | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 53d | Pending | Oct 06, 2021 |
| 17354744 | CATHETER CUFF | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2021 |
| 17067699 | MODULAR HEMODIALYSIS SYSTEM | MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | 1777 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialMozarc Medical US LLC has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.
John J Derusso has the most, with 1 of Mozarc Medical US LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
