Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mölnlycke Health Care AB is managing 14 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 11 distinct examiners, indicating that some examiners are handling multiple cases. SARAH C WRIGHT is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions currently under her review. The portfolio spans 8 distinct art units, showing a technical footprint within the medical and mechanical sectors.
With 14 pending office actions across 11 distinct examiners, the company must coordinate responses across a variety of examiner styles. The concentration of 2 pending office actions with SARAH C WRIGHT provides a point of efficiency in an otherwise diverse prosecution landscape. The 8 distinct art units involved suggest that the active matters cover a range of specialized technologies. Practitioners must manage the 11 distinct examiners carefully to ensure that arguments remain consistent across the 8 distinct art units being utilized in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
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 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (14%) |
| §103 only | 4 (29%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WRIGHT, SARAH C | 2 | 41.6% | +46.0% |
| CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 2 | 46.0% | +38.4% |
| PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 2 | 59.0% | +50.4% |
| PATEL, TARLA R | 1 | 73.8% | +30.7% |
| TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR | 1 | 50.0% | +50.9% |
| SHELDEN, BION A | 1 | 22.5% | +18.7% |
| AHMED, TASNIM M | 1 | 81.1% | +5.2% |
| NGUYEN, VI X | 1 | 85.8% | +13.4% |
| TRAN, NHU | 1 | 68.4% | +17.5% |
| EDOUARD, PATRICIA KELLY | 1 | 10.6% | +18.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. 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 |
| 19478525 | A PRESSURE OFFLOADING PAD FOR USE IN A GARMENT | PATEL, TARLA R | — |
| 19478488 | A MOLDABLE PAD FOR SUPPORTING A BODY PART | TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR | — |
| 19016185 | A METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL PRODUCT USAGE IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT | SHELDEN, BION A | — |
| 18712295 | A TROCAR FIXATION ASSEMBLY | AHMED, TASNIM M | — |
| 18711917 | A TROCAR FIXATION ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, VI X | — |
| 18692054 | A MEDICAL DRESSING | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | — |
| 17781196 | A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A RISK SCORE FOR A PATIENT | EDOUARD, PATRICIA KELLY | — |
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 |
| 19478525 | A PRESSURE OFFLOADING PAD FOR USE IN A GARMENT | PATEL, TARLA R | — |
| 19478488 | A MOLDABLE PAD FOR SUPPORTING A BODY PART | TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR | — |
| 19021324 | ABSORBENT ANTIMICROBIAL WOUND DRESSINGS | WRIGHT, SARAH C | — |
| 19016185 | A METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL PRODUCT USAGE IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT | SHELDEN, BION A | — |
| 18711917 | A TROCAR FIXATION ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, VI X | — |
| 18711672 | A MEDICAL DRESSING | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | — |
| 18692054 | A MEDICAL DRESSING | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 3 |
| 3781 | 3 |
| 3673 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3681 | 1 |
| 1619 | 1 |
| 3684 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19478525 | A PRESSURE OFFLOADING PAD FOR USE IN A GARMENT | PATEL, TARLA R | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19478488 | A MOLDABLE PAD FOR SUPPORTING A BODY PART | TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR | 3673 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19021324 | ABSORBENT ANTIMICROBIAL WOUND DRESSINGS | WRIGHT, SARAH C | — | §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 | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18711917 | A TROCAR FIXATION ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, VI X | 3771 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18711672 | A MEDICAL DRESSING | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 3786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18692054 | A MEDICAL DRESSING | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 3786 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 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§112 | 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 | EDOUARD, PATRICIA KELLY | 3681 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2022 |
| 17377693 | ABSORBENT ANTIMICROBIAL WOUND DRESSINGS | WRIGHT, SARAH C | 1619 | §102§103§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2021 |
| 17291832 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A WOUND PRODUCT FOR A PATIENT | KHATTAR, RAJESH | 3684 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2021 |
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