Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Arentfox Schiff LLP And Cardinal Health

15 pending office actions • 3 clients • 14 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

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%)
8
Medium (53%)
2
Easy (13%)
5
Unknown (33%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (53%)
§112 only2 (13%)
No statute on record5 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
13% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
47% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LAU, JONATHAN S 2 63.8% -18.5%
KIM, AHSHIK 1 88.1% +10.3%
ST CYR, DANIEL 1 81.3% +13.3%
MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 1 79.6% +35.3%
BROWN, KYLE MARTZ 1 9.7% +6.0%
WILDER, ANDREW H 1 62.9% +59.2%
DOUBRAVA, JOHN A 1 76.3% +27.0%
CRAIGO, WILLIAM A 1 49.3% +38.7%
PONTON, JAMES D 1 79.9% +33.6%
PRATT, LEROME DEWAYNE 1

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
18641038 ELECTRODE CONNECTOR WITH MOTION ARTIFACT DAMPENER BROWN, KYLE MARTZ 41d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18634290 FILTERING CROSS READS AMONG RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) ENABLED READERS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE THEREOF WILDER, ANDREW H 409d overdue
18400548 PREPARATION OF OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS CRAIGO, WILLIAM A 99d overdue
19229159 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING INVENTORY THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND LIFECYCLE OF A PRODUCT KIM, AHSHIK 8d overdue
18543401 DETECTION SYSTEM FOR FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS PONTON, JAMES D 4d overdue
18887512 PATIENT POSITIONING SYSTEM MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 9d
19030155 MEDICAL CABINET COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS ST CYR, DANIEL 22d
18417250 ADAPTER ASSEMBLY FOR ENTERAL FEEDING DOUBRAVA, JOHN A 39d

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
KPR U.S. 6
Cardinal Health 6
WAVEMARK, INC. 3

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16183
28762
37832
16932
36731
37941
36271
16151
37851
37911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19229159 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING INVENTORY THROUGH THE SUPPLY CHAIN AND LIFECYCLE OF A PRODUCT Wavemark, Inc. KIM, AHSHIK 2876 Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2025
19030155 MEDICAL CABINET COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS Wavemark, Inc. ST CYR, DANIEL 2876 Other Final Rejection 22d Pending Jan 17, 2025
18887512 PATIENT POSITIONING SYSTEM Kpr U.S., LLC MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 17, 2024
18641038 ELECTRODE CONNECTOR WITH MOTION ARTIFACT DAMPENER Kpr U.S., LLC BROWN, KYLE MARTZ 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Apr 19, 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 Non-Final OA 409d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18417250 ADAPTER ASSEMBLY FOR ENTERAL FEEDING Kpr U.S., LLC DOUBRAVA, JOHN A 3783 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18400548 PREPARATION OF OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS Kpr U.S., LLC CRAIGO, WILLIAM A 1615 Other Non-Final OA 99d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18543401 DETECTION SYSTEM FOR FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS Kpr U.S., LLC PONTON, JAMES D 3783 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18514510 SYSTEM, METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND EXPRESSING COMPLIANCE OF A MEDICAL TREATMENT Kpr U.S., LLC PRATT, LEROME DEWAYNE 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18351905 MANNOSYLATED AMINE DEXTRAN DRUG DELIVERY VEHICLES WITH DEGRADABLE DISULFIDE/CARBONATE LINKERS TARGETING PAYLOADS TO CD206 EXPRESSING CELLS Cardinal Health 414, LLC LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jul 13, 2023
18189658 Competitive Self-Blocking with Unlabeled Manocept Imaging Agents Cardinal Health 414, LLC VU, JAKE MINH 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 24, 2023
18148023 METHODS FOR THE CONJUGATION OF ANTHRACYCLINES TO CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERIC CARRIERS Cardinal Health 414, LLC LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 Other Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2022
17576745 METHODS OF USING AN ENHANCED THERAPEUTIC STIMULUS FOR NON-NUTRITIVE SUCK ENTRAINMENT SYSTEM Cardinal Health 200, LLC NGUYEN, HUONG Q 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 14, 2022
17118224 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND TREATING MACROPHAGE-RELATED DISORDERS USING CARBOHYDRATE-BASED MACROMOLECULAR CARRIER Cardinal Health 414, LLC WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §112 Non-Final OA 100d overdue Pending Dec 10, 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 Other Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2020

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