Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 3 clients • 12 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP and CARDINAL HEALTH has 13 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 33400 career applications. The broad application history provides context for current medical-device and mechanical prosecution activity.
The resolved allowance rate is 87.96%, and the average is 3.27 office actions per allowance. The profile combines successful resolution with repeated examination exchanges. Practitioners should preserve technically meaningful claim scope while preparing for iterative responses addressing both structure and device function.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 8 (62%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (23%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO | 2 | 67.9% | +55.7% |
| PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | 1 | 74.5% | +14.8% |
| RUSHING, MARK S | 1 | 76.8% | +23.5% |
| SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | 1 | 74.9% | +17.8% |
| BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | 1 | 33.9% | +11.8% |
| WILDER, ANDREW H | 1 | 62.7% | +57.8% |
| DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 1 | 76.8% | +26.6% |
| BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 1 | 69.1% | +28.6% |
| SHAH, NILAY J | 1 | 76.3% | +46.9% |
| MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 1 | 66.6% | +23.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18962578 | ECG ELECTRODE WITH RETENTION FEATURE | SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | — |
| 18460190 | ENTERAL FEEDING SYRINGE INSTALLATION AND DETECTION | SHAH, NILAY J | — |
| 18447698 | OCCLUSION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18634290 | FILTERING CROSS READS AMONG RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) ENABLED READERS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF | WILDER, ANDREW H | 409d overdue |
| 17039409 | COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR BLOCKING OFF-TARGET LOCALIZATION OF MANNOSYLATED DEXTRANS AND OTHER CD206 LIGANDS | SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO | 80d overdue |
| 18417250 | ADAPTER ASSEMBLY FOR ENTERAL FEEDING | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 39d |
| 19544675 | FLUID DELIVERY | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | — |
| 19233942 | REMOTE MONITORING OF ABSORBENT ARTICLE | RUSHING, MARK S | — |
| 18962578 | ECG ELECTRODE WITH RETENTION FEATURE | SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | — |
| 18949692 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PRODUCT EXPIRATION | BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | — |
| 18492452 | CASSETTE FOR A FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS | BOSWORTH, KAMI A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| KPR U.S. | 7 |
| Cardinal Health | 4 |
| WAVEMARK, INC. | 2 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 4 |
| 1618 | 3 |
| 3627 | 2 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 2689 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19544675 | FLUID DELIVERY | Kpr U.S., LLC | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | 3746 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2026 |
| 19233942 | REMOTE MONITORING OF ABSORBENT ARTICLE | Kpr U.S., LLC | RUSHING, MARK S | 2689 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 18962578 | ECG ELECTRODE WITH RETENTION FEATURE | Kpr U.S., LLC | SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18949692 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING PRODUCT EXPIRATION | Wavemark, Inc. | BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | 3627 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18634290 | FILTERING CROSS READS AMONG RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) ENABLED READERS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF | Wavemark, Inc. | WILDER, ANDREW H | 3627 | §103 | Final Rejection | 409d overdue | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18417250 | ADAPTER ASSEMBLY FOR ENTERAL FEEDING | Kpr U.S., LLC | DOUBRAVA, JOHN A | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18492452 | CASSETTE FOR A FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS | Kpr U.S., LLC | BOSWORTH, KAMI A | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18460190 | ENTERAL FEEDING SYRINGE INSTALLATION AND DETECTION | Kpr U.S., LLC | SHAH, NILAY J | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18447698 | OCCLUSION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS | Kpr U.S., LLC | MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18189658 | Competitive Self-Blocking with Unlabeled Manocept Imaging Agents | Cardinal Health 414, LLC | VU, JAKE MINH | 1618 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 17576745 | METHODS OF USING AN ENHANCED THERAPEUTIC STIMULUS FOR NON-NUTRITIVE SUCK ENTRAINMENT SYSTEM | Cardinal Health 200, LLC | NGUYEN, HUONG Q | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jan 14, 2022 |
| 17131087 | COMPOUNDS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TARGETING MACROPHAGES AND OTHER MANNOSE-BINDING C-TYPE LECTIN RECEPTOR HIGH EXPRESSING CELLS AND METHODS OF TREATING AND DIAGNOSIS USING SAME | Cardinal Health 414, LLC | SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO | 1618 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2020 |
| 17039409 | COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR BLOCKING OFF-TARGET LOCALIZATION OF MANNOSYLATED DEXTRANS AND OTHER CD206 LIGANDS | Cardinal Health 414, LLC | SAMALA, JAGADISHWAR RAO | 1618 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 80d overdue | Pending | Sep 30, 2020 |
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Start Free Trial88.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Arentfox Schiff LLP And Cardinal Health were allowed, across 33,400 applications in USPTO records.
3.27 office actions per allowed application on average.
13 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 12 examiners in 7 art units.
