Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mölnlycke Health Care AB has 14 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The actions involve 12 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units, showing a portfolio distributed across several examination groups with some repeated examiner assignments.
WRIGHT, SARAH C is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration suggests that examiner-specific experience may assist with a small subset of applications, while the art-unit distribution requires separate analysis of the relevant medical-device technologies. Coordinated claim terminology can help maintain consistency across the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (17%) |
| §103 only | 4 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 2 | 59.8% | +49.7% |
| TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR | 1 | 51.2% | +49.0% |
| ORTIZ, ADAM C | 1 | 65.8% | +34.7% |
| MILLER, DANIEL A | 1 | 33.9% | +58.0% |
| ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 1 | 65.2% | +20.9% |
| WRIGHT, SARAH C | 1 | 42.1% | +45.6% |
| SHELDEN, BION A | 1 | 22.1% | +20.1% |
| AHMED, TASNIM M | 1 | 81.4% | +4.9% |
| TRAN, NHU | 1 | 68.7% | +17.2% |
| CHOI, PETER H | 1 | 26.3% | +18.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19478488 | A MOLDABLE PAD FOR SUPPORTING A BODY PART | TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR | — |
| 19478495 | A MOLDABLE PAD ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING A BODY PART | ORTIZ, ADAM C | — |
| 19115846 | A DRESSING COMPRISING A SKIN AND/OR WOUND BENEFICIAL COATING | MILLER, DANIEL A | — |
| 19016185 | A METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL PRODUCT USAGE IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT | SHELDEN, BION A | — |
| 18712295 | A TROCAR FIXATION ASSEMBLY | AHMED, TASNIM M | — |
| 17781196 | A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A RISK SCORE FOR A PATIENT | CHOI, PETER H | — |
| 17291832 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A WOUND PRODUCT FOR A PATIENT | KHATTAR, RAJESH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17999231 | A NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY (NPWT) SYSTEM | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 15d |
| 19478488 | A MOLDABLE PAD FOR SUPPORTING A BODY PART | TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR | — |
| 19478495 | A MOLDABLE PAD ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING A BODY PART | ORTIZ, ADAM C | — |
| 19115846 | A DRESSING COMPRISING A SKIN AND/OR WOUND BENEFICIAL COATING | MILLER, DANIEL A | — |
| 19105939 | A PORTABLE ENCLOSURE FOR A NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DEVICE | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | — |
| 19021324 | ABSORBENT ANTIMICROBIAL WOUND DRESSINGS | WRIGHT, SARAH C | — |
| 19016185 | A METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL PRODUCT USAGE IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT | SHELDEN, BION A | — |
| 18352319 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM FOR A NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEM | TRAN, NHU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 4 |
| 3673 | 2 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3681 | 1 |
| 3684 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19478488 | A MOLDABLE PAD FOR SUPPORTING A BODY PART | TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR | 3673 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19478495 | A MOLDABLE PAD ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING A BODY PART | ORTIZ, ADAM C | 3673 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19115846 | A DRESSING COMPRISING A SKIN AND/OR WOUND BENEFICIAL COATING | MILLER, DANIEL A | 3786 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19105939 | A PORTABLE ENCLOSURE FOR A NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DEVICE | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 3781 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19021324 | ABSORBENT ANTIMICROBIAL WOUND DRESSINGS | WRIGHT, SARAH C | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19016185 | A METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL PRODUCT USAGE IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT | SHELDEN, BION A | 3685 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18712295 | A TROCAR FIXATION ASSEMBLY | AHMED, TASNIM M | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18352319 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM FOR A NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEM | TRAN, NHU | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 17999231 | A NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY (NPWT) SYSTEM | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 3781 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 17999103 | A NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY (NPWT) DRESSING | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17781196 | A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A RISK SCORE FOR A PATIENT | CHOI, PETER H | 3681 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2022 |
| 17291832 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A WOUND PRODUCT FOR A PATIENT | KHATTAR, RAJESH | 3684 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialMölnlycke Health Care AB has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 11 examiners.
Katherine-Ph Minh Pham has the most, with 2 of Mölnlycke Health Care AB's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
