Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
346 pending office actions • 155 clients • 304 examiners • 158 art units • 0 of 346 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
BALLARD SPAHR LLP has 335 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 11,376 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 81.47%, and the average is 3.34 office actions per allowance. The profile therefore shows an active prosecution workload supported by a substantial historical application record.
The allowance rate provides an outcome measure for resolved matters, while the action average indicates that allowance commonly follows more than one examination response. For practitioners, those figures support budgeting for iterative prosecution rather than assuming a single-response path. The current pending docket should be monitored independently, because the career application figure describes the broader record rather than only matters now awaiting action.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 98 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. 98 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 11 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 39 (11%) |
| §103 only | 102 (29%) |
| §102 only | 13 (4%) |
| §112 only | 19 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 10 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 28 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 122 (35%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 5 | 59.3% | +60.1% |
| MORALES, JON ERIC C | 4 | 85.4% | +10.0% |
| KIM, ERIN ASA | 4 | 69.0% | +34.3% |
| PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 4 | 59.8% | +49.7% |
| RENWICK, REGINALD A | 3 | 70.1% | +9.3% |
| MENSH, ANDREW J | 3 | 64.5% | +19.2% |
| LEE, BRYAN MCALLISTER | 3 | 93.1% | +9.5% |
| D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 3 | 67.7% | +21.7% |
| RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 2 | 68.9% | +15.0% |
| ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 2 | 65.2% | +20.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18632557 | PUMP-OUTLET TUBE WITH SECTIONS | LEE, BRYAN MCALLISTER | 4d overdue |
| 18958181 | BLOOD PUMP | MORALES, JON ERIC C | — |
| 18933759 | LOCKING UNIT FOR VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE | LEE, BRYAN MCALLISTER | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18251612 | MONITORING HEALTH POLICY COMPLIANCE FOR PROTECTING CONSUMERS HEALTH AGAINST CONTAGIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASES WHEN USING PRODUCT VENDING MACHINES | WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R | 154d overdue |
| 17917030 | A METHOD FOR MULTIPLEXED DETECTION OF A PLURALITY OF TARGET BIOMOLECULES | KIM, YOUNG J | 85d overdue |
| 17625866 | CLOSTRIDIA CONSORTIA COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING OBESITY, METABOLIC SYNDROME AND IRRITABLE BOWEL DISEASE | ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA | 60d overdue |
| 17908532 | COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS | HA, JULIE | 58d overdue |
| 17600480 | OPERATION PROCESS FOR A CELL CULTIVATION SYSTEM | JOHNSON, ALLISON MARIE | 52d overdue |
| 18949342 | Alcohol-Sensitive Safety Locking Mechanism | HAYES, BRET C | 45d overdue |
| 18497498 | PLANT PACKAGING SYSTEM AND PARTS THEREOF | PATEL, BRIJESH V | 45d overdue |
| 18787494 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED REMOTE MONITORING | TUN, NAY L | 36d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18690392 | FLUID COLLECTION CONTAINER LINER ASSEMBLY, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 19d overdue |
| 17682073 | PULSATILITY DETECTION | D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH | 5d overdue |
| 18549387 | FLUID COLLECTION DEVICE | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 7d |
| 18376274 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING DISCHARGED URINE | MENSH, ANDREW J | 12d |
| 17999231 | A NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY (NPWT) SYSTEM | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | 15d |
| 18551492 | FLUID COLLECTION DEVICES HAVING A MULTI-PART ADHESIVE COVER, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KIM, ERIN ASA | 22d |
| 18115444 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING DISCHARGED URINE | MENSH, ANDREW J | 83d |
| 19107001 | INSERTION-TYPE TISSUE CLIPPING DEVICE AND ROCKER ARMS THEREOF | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 31 |
| 3796 | 20 |
| 3792 | 13 |
| 3715 | 12 |
| 3771 | 9 |
| 1736 | 7 |
| 1654 | 6 |
| 1675 | 6 |
| 3791 | 5 |
| 3783 | 5 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19546326 | Grooved Pipe Element and Coupling | VICTAULIC COMPANY | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2026 |
| 19443534 | Firing Pin Block | Smith & Wesson Inc. | CAUDLE, LOGAN WILLIAM | 3641 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2026 |
| 19478495 | A MOLDABLE PAD ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPORTING A BODY PART | Mölnlycke Health Care AB | ORTIZ, ADAM C | 3673 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19478488 | A MOLDABLE PAD FOR SUPPORTING A BODY PART | Mölnlycke Health Care AB | TEJADA, JOSEANE ECLAIR | 3673 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19357822 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A LIFETIME EXCHANGE TRADED FUND | Etfinancial, LLC | SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY | 3691 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19339475 | DYNAMIC KNOWLEDGE-BASED AUTHENTICATION FOR SHARING DIGITAL ITEMS | Kapsula Z.K. Ltd. | SONG, HEE K | 2497 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 19314588 | Medical Device Identifier And Systems And Methods Of Using The Same For Accessing Electronic Health Records | Cardiac Innovation, LLC | RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN | 3684 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19272185 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT CONVERSATIONAL ASSISTANT | Suvoda, LLC | SKHOUN, HICHAM | 2164 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19258968 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATHOGENIC CELLS | Endocure Ltd. | LANGHALS, RENEE C | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19258965 | ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATHOGENIC CELLS | Endocure Ltd. | MCDONALD, JAMES F | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19258548 | Continuous Sampling Drill Bit | VERACIO LTD. | RAILEY, JENNIFER A | 3676 | §102§112Other | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19226358 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND GENERATION OF INSIGHTS | Qliktech International AB | CHUNG, DANIEL WONSUK | 2659 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19225745 | FOUR-COMPARTMENT DIFFUSION MODEL OF INSULIN IN HUMANS | The United States Department of Veterans Affairs | NG, JONATHAN K | 3619 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19210193 | DETECTION OF DAMAGED GRAY MATTER AND WHITE MATTER | Quantalx Neuroscience Ltd. | PORTILLO, JAIRO H | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 | |
| 19204871 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE | Surgiai Ltd. | WANG, YI | 2619 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19179654 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETECT AND PREVENT FRAUD | Acres Technology | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 3715 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19092262 | FLUID COLLECTION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | PureWick Corporation | TOWNSEND, GUY K | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| 19115846 | A DRESSING COMPRISING A SKIN AND/OR WOUND BENEFICIAL COATING | Mölnlycke Health Care AB | MILLER, DANIEL A | 3786 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19086418 | LASER DEBULKING DEVICES | BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC. | CIRULNICK, EMILY NICOLE | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19072659 | GAMING DEVICE HAVING ADVANCE GAME INFORMATION ANALYZER | Acres Technology | RENWICK, REGINALD A | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19109022 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING HEALTH RISKS | The United States Department of Veterans Affairs | PARK, EVELYN GRACE | 3791 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19069827 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE LIGHTING | J.B. Poindexter & Company | KAISER, SYED M | 2831 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19068468 | EVENT-BASED GAMING OPERATION FOR GAMING DEVICE | Acres Technology | LEICHLITER, CHASE E | 3715 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19107870 | MACHINING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Voortman Steel Machinery Holding B.V. | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19065608 | Nonwoven Surface Covering Elements Having Tongue And Groove | Shaw Industries Group, Inc. | NGUYEN, CHI Q | 3635 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19106981 | INSERTION-TYPE TISSUE CLIPPING DEVICE | Ningbo Xinwell Medical Technology Co., Ltd. | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19107001 | INSERTION-TYPE TISSUE CLIPPING DEVICE AND ROCKER ARMS THEREOF | Ningbo Xinwell Medical Technology Co., Ltd. | RABAGLIA, BRIDGET ELIZABETH | 3771 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19061654 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL ESTATE DATA MODELING | Indaago Data LLC | CAO, VINCENT M | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19105939 | A PORTABLE ENCLOSURE FOR A NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY DEVICE | Mölnlycke Health Care AB | ANDERSON, CATHARINE L | 3781 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19060270 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING CONTENT | Forward Pass, Inc. | MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE | 2431 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19058726 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING DISCHARGED URINE | PureWick Corporation | HAN, SETH | 3781 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19049501 | FLUID COLLECTION ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE OF A PROTRUSION OR AT LEAST ONE EXPANDABLE MATERIAL | PureWick Corporation | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 3781 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19048004 | FLUID COLLECTION ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE INFLATION DEVICE AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF USING THE SAME | PureWick Corporation | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 3781 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19039165 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING DISCHARGED URINE | PureWick Corporation | MENSH, ANDREW J | 3781 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19038774 | FLUID COLLECTION ASSEMBLIES INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE LENGTH ADJUSTING FEATURE | PureWick Corporation | WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES | 3781 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19029713 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DIGITAL TWINS | Dronebase, Inc. | WEI, XIAOMING | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029402 | Systems And Methods For Analyzing Core Using X-Ray Fluorescence | VERACIO LTD. | GUNBERG, EDWIN C | 2884 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18996465 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Comba Network Systems Company Limited | LE, THIEN MINH | 2876 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027952 | Stereotactic Multifocal Recording And Stimulation Device And Methods Of Use | The United States Department of Veterans Affairs | SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY | 3796 | §101DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19021324 | ABSORBENT ANTIMICROBIAL WOUND DRESSINGS | Mölnlycke Health Care AB | WRIGHT, SARAH C | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19022932 | Display Container For Botanical Specimens | All Plastic, Inc. | GEHMAN, BRYON P | 3736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19016185 | A METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL PRODUCT USAGE IN A HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT | Mölnlycke Health Care AB | SHELDEN, BION A | 3685 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 19014344 | SELF-EXPANDABLE IMPELLER | Magenta Medical Ltd. | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18992375 | IMAGE NOISE REDUCTION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | Guangzhou Anyka Microelectronics Co., Ltd. | YANG, QIAN | 2677 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19013727 | DRIVE CABLE AND AXIAL SHAFT | Magenta Medical Ltd. | DINH, ANH-KHOA N | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19011892 | IMPELLER | Magenta Medical Ltd. | LEVICKY, WILLIAM J | 3796 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18881600 | CELLULOSE-CONTAINING COMPOSITIONS, METHODS FOR THEIR PREPARATION, AND USES COMPRISING THEM | Renmatix | MINSKEY, JACOB T | 1748 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19010929 | RESERVE CREDITS FOR USE ON GAMING DEVICE | Acres Technology | KIM, KEVIN Y | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 | |
| 19007914 | PROCESS FOR ONE-STEP CONVERSION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL TO HYDROCARBON PRODUCTS AND CATALYST FOR USE IN SAID PROCESS | Rise Research Institutes Of Sweden AB | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 | |
| 18991111 | Methods for Organizing the Disinfection of one or More Items Contaminated with Biological Agents | The United States Department of Veterans Affairs | PHAM, TOAN NGOC | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial81.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Ballard Spahr LLP were allowed, across 11,376 applications in USPTO records.
3.34 office actions per allowed application on average.
346 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 155 clients, before 304 examiners in 158 art units.
