Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 3 clients • 10 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP - Kohler has 11 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The client-specific docket presents a concentrated set of matters for review within that technology area.
The broader profile records 22737 career applications, an 84.68% resolved allowance rate, and an average of 3.21 office actions per allowance. Those measures provide context for evaluating prosecution expectations, while the Kohler-specific pending workload calls for matter-level attention to unresolved claim issues.
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 | 6 (55%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HO, ANNA THI | 2 | 39.3% | +34.6% |
| LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 1 | 55.4% | +28.9% |
| GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 1 | 66.8% | +33.8% |
| CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 1 | 78.6% | +22.7% |
| BABAA, NAEL N | 1 | 77.1% | +3.9% |
| CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 1 | 57.3% | +31.0% |
| MENEZES, MARCUS | 1 | 70.7% | +50.8% |
| BURKE, THOMAS P | 1 | 43.9% | +21.7% |
| SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI | 1 | 71.4% | +30.0% |
| DODSON, JUSTIN C | 1 | 46.7% | +36.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19174652 | SAUNA AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN AUTOMATIC INFUSION CEREMONY FOR A SAUNA | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 19075172 | ABLUTIONARY NOZZLE ASSEMBLY | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — |
| 19054991 | POINT OF USE HEATING SHOWERHEAD | HO, ANNA THI | — |
| 18888948 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY PRODUCTS | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | — |
| 17228305 | SPRAY HEAD | HO, ANNA THI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18657958 | BYPASS AND SLIDER SHOWER DOOR | MENEZES, MARCUS | 1d overdue |
| 18583176 | SHOWERHEAD | BURKE, THOMAS P | 33d |
| 19174652 | SAUNA AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN AUTOMATIC INFUSION CEREMONY FOR A SAUNA | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 19075172 | ABLUTIONARY NOZZLE ASSEMBLY | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — |
| 19059982 | WAIT WATER COLLECTION SYSTEM | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | — |
| 19054991 | POINT OF USE HEATING SHOWERHEAD | HO, ANNA THI | — |
| 18888948 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY PRODUCTS | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | — |
| 18235318 | URINE ANALYSIS | SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Kohler | 9 |
| Klafs | 1 |
| Outsense Diagnostics Ltd. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 3 |
| 3754 | 2 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19174652 | SAUNA AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN AUTOMATIC INFUSION CEREMONY FOR A SAUNA | Klafs GmbH | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19075172 | ABLUTIONARY NOZZLE ASSEMBLY | Kohler Mira Limited | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 3752 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19059982 | WAIT WATER COLLECTION SYSTEM | Kohler Co. | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19054991 | POINT OF USE HEATING SHOWERHEAD | Kohler Co. | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 18928724 | PILOT OPERATED SHUTTLE VALVE | Kohler Co. | BABAA, NAEL N | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18888948 | SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY PRODUCTS | Kohler Co. | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18657958 | BYPASS AND SLIDER SHOWER DOOR | Kohler Co. | MENEZES, MARCUS | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18583176 | SHOWERHEAD | Kohler Mira Limited | BURKE, THOMAS P | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18235318 | URINE ANALYSIS | Outsense Diagnostics Ltd. | SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI | 2857 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18350868 | HEATER TANK | Kohler Mira Limited | DODSON, JUSTIN C | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 17228305 | SPRAY HEAD | Kohler Mira Limited | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial84.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Husch Blackwell LLP - Kohler were allowed, across 22,737 applications in USPTO records.
3.21 office actions per allowed application on average.
11 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 10 examiners in 8 art units.
