Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Dority & Manning, P.A. And O&M Halyard, Inc.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Dority & Manning, P.A. and O&M Halyard, Inc. has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Its profile includes 28,426 career applications, placing the current activity within a broad historical prosecution record.

The resolved allowance rate is 88.25%, and the average is 3.38 office actions per allowance. The allowance figure shows the result for resolved applications, while the office-action average indicates that allowance commonly followed more than one examination exchange. Practitioners can use this record to assess current workload alongside the historical resolution pattern for chemistry and materials matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=28426 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.2%
Allowance Rate
n=28426
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=28426
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=17513
-0.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=17513
1010 days
Time to Allowance
n=17513
+3.4pp
Interview Lift
n=28426
28.1%
RCE Rate
n=28426
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=28426

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.8%
§101 Overcome
n=1492
77.5%
§102 Overcome
n=8516
77.4%
§103 Overcome
n=14036
78.3%
§112 Overcome
n=8032

Specialization & Scale

G06F, F05D, F01D
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=28426
60
Practitioners
n=28426
473.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=28426

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (40%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
Double-patenting only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1 33.5% +24.9%
JOYNER, KEVIN 1 68.3% +23.6%
MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 1 53.3% +65.4%
MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE 1 55.1% +49.9%
EOM, ROBERT J 1 57.4% +34.9%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18537907 Collapsible Lateral Table Drape for Surgical Equipment MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 11d overdue
18825130 Digital Autoreader using Electronic Based Sensors for Monitoring of Sterilization Processes JOYNER, KEVIN —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18537907 Collapsible Lateral Table Drape for Surgical Equipment MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 11d overdue
19073158 Method of Using a Sterilization Wrap System IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE —
18825130 Digital Autoreader using Electronic Based Sensors for Monitoring of Sterilization Processes JOYNER, KEVIN —
17542595 Damp Hand Donning and Moisturizing Glove MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE —
16802043 Defect-Indicating Gasket for Sterilization Container EOM, ROBERT J —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
O&M Halyard Inc. 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37341
37861
17871
17971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19073158 Method of Using a Sterilization Wrap System O&M Halyard, Inc. IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 3734 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2025
18825130 Digital Autoreader using Electronic Based Sensors for Monitoring of Sterilization Processes O&M Halyard, Inc. JOYNER, KEVIN §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18537907 Collapsible Lateral Table Drape for Surgical Equipment O&M Halyard, Inc. MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 3786 §102§103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
17542595 Damp Hand Donning and Moisturizing Glove O&M Halyard, Inc. MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE 1787 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2021
16802043 Defect-Indicating Gasket for Sterilization Container O&M Halyard, Inc. EOM, ROBERT J 1797 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 26, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dority & Manning, P.A. And O&M Halyard, Inc.'s patent allowance rate?

88.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dority & Manning, P.A. And O&M Halyard, Inc. were allowed, across 28,426 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Dority & Manning, P.A. And O&M Halyard, Inc. average before allowance?

3.38 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Dority & Manning, P.A. And O&M Halyard, Inc. have?

5 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 5 examiners in 4 art units.

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