Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Poly-Med Inc.

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
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.

1
Hard (17%)
3
Medium (50%)
2
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only2 (33%)
Double-patenting + other2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NELSON, KERI JESSICA 1 58.4% +41.8%
BYRD, BRIGID K 1 71.2% +48.3%
MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1 46.1% +37.0%
CAI, WENWEN 1 59.6% +19.9%
WORRELL, KEVIN 1 12.7% -3.6%
ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1 52.2% +36.5%

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
18604036 POLYMERIC MESH PRODUCTS, METHOD OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF WORRELL, KEVIN 70d
17458880 Curable Polymeric Compositions ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19556493 CONTRACEPTIVE MEDICAL DEVICES NELSON, KERI JESSICA
19197122 TIME DEPENDENT PHYSIOLOGIC TISSUE SCAFFOLD BYRD, BRIGID K
18953842 THERMALLY AND DIMENSIONALLY STABILIZED ELECTROSPUN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME MATZEK, MATTHEW D
18937342 POLYMERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CAI, WENWEN
17458880 Curable Polymeric Compositions ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3786 1
1743 1
1789 1
1767 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19556493 CONTRACEPTIVE MEDICAL DEVICES NELSON, KERI JESSICA 3786 DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2026
19197122 TIME DEPENDENT PHYSIOLOGIC TISSUE SCAFFOLD BYRD, BRIGID K §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2025
18953842 THERMALLY AND DIMENSIONALLY STABILIZED ELECTROSPUN COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME MATZEK, MATTHEW D DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18937342 POLYMERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CAI, WENWEN 1743 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 05, 2024
18604036 POLYMERIC MESH PRODUCTS, METHOD OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 §112DPOther Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 13, 2024
17458880 Curable Polymeric Compositions ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1767 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 27, 2021

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