Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dority & Manning, P.A. and O&M Halyard, Inc. handles Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has 28235 career applications and an 88.31 percent resolved allowance rate. There are 5 pending office actions. The firm averages 3.39 office actions per allowance.
The 5 pending office actions for O&M Halyard, Inc. are managed alongside the firm's 28235 career applications. The 88.31 percent allowance rate and 3.39 average office actions per allowance indicate the prosecution path for these medical device cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | 1 | 66.6% | -10.7% |
| MANGINE, HEATHER N | 1 | 47.4% | +65.1% |
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +25.0% |
| MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI | 1 | 53.3% | +65.4% |
| MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 1 | 55.5% | +50.9% |
| EOM, ROBERT J | 1 | 57.5% | +34.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18537907 | Collapsible Lateral Table Drape for Surgical Equipment | MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI | 11d overdue |
| 19250281 | Elastomeric Article with Imprinted Pattern on One Side | MANGINE, HEATHER N | 23d |
| 19407314 | Reinforced Fingertip Disposable Glove | MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18537907 | Collapsible Lateral Table Drape for Surgical Equipment | MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI | 11d overdue |
| 19250281 | Elastomeric Article with Imprinted Pattern on One Side | MANGINE, HEATHER N | 23d |
| 19073158 | Method of Using a Sterilization Wrap System | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| 17542595 | Damp Hand Donning and Moisturizing Glove | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | — |
| 16802043 | Defect-Indicating Gasket for Sterilization Container | EOM, ROBERT J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| O&M Halyard Inc. | 6 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19407314 | Reinforced Fingertip Disposable Glove | O&M Halyard, Inc. | MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2025 |
| 19250281 | Elastomeric Article with Imprinted Pattern on One Side | O&M Halyard, Inc. | MANGINE, HEATHER N | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19073158 | Method of Using a Sterilization Wrap System | O&M Halyard, Inc. | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 | |
| 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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