Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

T J Smith And Nephew Limited

13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (92%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (85%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
15% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
77% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RASSAVONG, ERIC 2 71.0% +35.0%
WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 1 61.2% +59.9%
LEWIS, KIM M 1 73.6% +13.0%
PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 1 53.6% +56.7%
MENSH, ANDREW J 1 63.8% +19.5%
DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 1 60.7% +44.3%
FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE 1 58.3% +32.2%
GULLEDGE, BRIAN M 1 55.4% +26.4%
PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 1 27.3% +64.8%
LEE, WOO KYUNG 1 80.9% +15.3%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17767257 SAFETY CIRCUITS FOR IMAGING WITH SENSOR INTEGRATED DRESSINGS AND SYSTEMS LEE, WOO KYUNG 27d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17785819 MONITORING AND THERAPY DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING SAME PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 43d overdue

Interview Candidates (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17915769 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE 53d overdue
18269935 NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DEVICES DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 49d overdue
17766986 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY RASSAVONG, ERIC 44d overdue
17785819 MONITORING AND THERAPY DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING SAME PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 43d overdue
18285563 INTELLIGENT DISPOSABLE DEVICES FOR WOUND THERAPY AND TREATMENT MENSH, ANDREW J 7d
18696653 WOUND DRESSING APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR NITRIC OXIDE DELIVERY WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 12d
17915778 WOUND CARE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF GULLEDGE, BRIAN M 14d
17767257 SAFETY CIRCUITS FOR IMAGING WITH SENSOR INTEGRATED DRESSINGS AND SYSTEMS LEE, WOO KYUNG 27d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3781 7
3786 2
1699 1
3794 1
2815 1
1613 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18696653 WOUND DRESSING APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR NITRIC OXIDE DELIVERY WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18577528 REDUCED PRESSURE APPARATUSES AND METHODS LEWIS, KIM M 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jan 08, 2024
18571520 LIQUID INGRESS PROTECTION AND DESIGN OF ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEMS PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18285563 INTELLIGENT DISPOSABLE DEVICES FOR WOUND THERAPY AND TREATMENT MENSH, ANDREW J 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18269935 NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DEVICES DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2023
18027861 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FABRIC FOR A WOUND DRESSING RASSAVONG, ERIC 3781 §103 Final Rejection 86d Pending Mar 22, 2023
17915769 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY FLYNN, TIMOTHY LEE 3781 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2022
17915778 WOUND CARE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PREPARATION THEREOF GULLEDGE, BRIAN M 1699 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 29, 2022
17785819 MONITORING AND THERAPY DEVICES AND METHODS OF USING SAME PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 §112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2022
17767257 SAFETY CIRCUITS FOR IMAGING WITH SENSOR INTEGRATED DRESSINGS AND SYSTEMS LEE, WOO KYUNG 2815 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Apr 07, 2022
17766986 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY RASSAVONG, ERIC 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2022
17636799 WOUND DRESSING CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §102 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Feb 18, 2022
17294979 METHOD OF IMMOBILISING A PROTEIN ON A SUBSTRATE BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1613 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending May 18, 2021

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