Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
The company patent portfolio for White Swell Medical Ltd. includes 7 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 7 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL, is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action, which is the same volume as every other examiner in the portfolio.
For a practitioner, the presence of 7 pending office actions distributed among 7 distinct examiners indicates a broad prosecution front at the individual level. However, the concentration into 4 distinct art units suggests that multiple examiners are working within the same specialized groups. This may lead to some consistency in technical standards across the 7 pending office actions, even though the individual examiner relationships remain diverse.
Because WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL and the other examiners each have only 1 busiest examiner pending action, the workload is not consolidated under any single person. Practitioners must manage 7 distinct examiner relationships while navigating the nuances of 4 distinct art units. This structure requires a case by case approach to prosecution, though the shared art units may provide some common ground for strategy within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
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 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §102 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL | 1 | 78.9% | +19.5% |
| ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 1 | 76.6% | +15.7% |
| D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 1 | 67.7% | +21.7% |
| WIEST, PHILIP R | 1 | 81.5% | +16.1% |
| DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 1 | 76.8% | +26.6% |
| NGO, MEAGAN N | 1 | 58.3% | +33.7% |
| TRAN, THIEN JASON | 1 | 74.7% | +18.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19061441 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING EDEMA | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
| 18830947 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PULMONARY EDEMA | WIEST, PHILIP R | — |
| 18436332 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING EDEMA | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | — |
| 17509535 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING PRESSURE AT AN OUTFLOW OF A DUCT | NGO, MEAGAN N | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19199991 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING EDEMA | WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL | — |
| 19061441 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING EDEMA | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | — |
| 18918921 | INTRAVASCULAR CATHETERS | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | — |
| 18830947 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PULMONARY EDEMA | WIEST, PHILIP R | — |
| 18436332 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING EDEMA | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | — |
| 17509535 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING PRESSURE AT AN OUTFLOW OF A DUCT | NGO, MEAGAN N | — |
| 17341834 | NON-THROMBOGENIC DEVICES FOR TREATING EDEMA | TRAN, THIEN JASON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3796 | 2 |
| 3781 | 2 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19199991 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING EDEMA | WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL | 3792 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19061441 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING EDEMA | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 3796 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18918921 | INTRAVASCULAR CATHETERS | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 3796 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18830947 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING PULMONARY EDEMA | WIEST, PHILIP R | 3781 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18436332 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING EDEMA | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 3783 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 17509535 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING PRESSURE AT AN OUTFLOW OF A DUCT | NGO, MEAGAN N | 3781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2021 |
| 17341834 | NON-THROMBOGENIC DEVICES FOR TREATING EDEMA | TRAN, THIEN JASON | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialWhite Swell Medical Ltd. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 7 examiners.
Lindsey Gail Wehrheim has the most, with 1 of White Swell Medical Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
