Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 3 clients • 12 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days
HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP - Kohler operates in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has handled 22676 career applications, demonstrating a robust history of handling complex engineering and medical patent matters. Its resolved allowance rate pct of 84.67 indicates a high level of success in obtaining patent protection for its clients. This metric underscores the firm's effectiveness in managing a large volume of technical disclosures.
Currently, the firm is managing 7 pending office actions, representing its active engagement with the patent office. The firm averages 3.22 avg office actions per allowance, which serves as a benchmark for the expected intensity of the prosecution cycle. This 3.22 avg office actions per allowance, paired with the 84.67 resolved allowance rate pct, illustrates the firm's effectiveness in navigating the examination process to achieve favorable outcomes for its 22676 career applications. For practitioners, these data points provide a clear view of the firm's historical performance and procedural expectations in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering.
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 | 8 (57%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
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 | 40.0% | +33.9% |
| CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 2 | 57.3% | +31.5% |
| FRANK, EMILY J | 1 | 69.4% | +19.0% |
| LE, HUYEN D | 1 | 72.9% | +8.4% |
| LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 1 | 55.3% | +29.0% |
| GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 1 | 66.6% | +34.5% |
| CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 1 | 78.5% | +22.8% |
| DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 1 | 65.9% | +35.4% |
| BABAA, NAEL N | 1 | 77.0% | +3.8% |
| BURKE, THOMAS P | 1 | 43.9% | +21.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 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 | — |
| 19049239 | LOW WATER CONSUMPTION SHOWERHEAD | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18349456 | RISER BAR ASSEMBLY | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 12d |
| 18583176 | SHOWERHEAD | BURKE, THOMAS P | 33d |
| 19382811 | HOLOGRAPHIC USER INTERFACE | FRANK, EMILY J | — |
| 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 | — |
| 19049239 | LOW WATER CONSUMPTION SHOWERHEAD | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Kohler | 11 |
| Klafs | 2 |
| Outsense Diagnostics Ltd. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 2 |
| 2629 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19382811 | HOLOGRAPHIC USER INTERFACE | Kohler Mira Limited | FRANK, EMILY J | 2629 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2025 |
| 19174564 | COLD CHAMBER | Klafs GmbH | LE, HUYEN D | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 | |
| 19174652 | SAUNA AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN AUTOMATIC INFUSION CEREMONY FOR A SAUNA | Klafs GmbH | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 | |
| 19075172 | ABLUTIONARY NOZZLE ASSEMBLY | Kohler Mira Limited | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | §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 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 | |
| 19049239 | LOW WATER CONSUMPTION SHOWERHEAD | Kohler Co. | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 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 |
| 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 |
| 18349456 | RISER BAR ASSEMBLY | Kohler Mira Limited | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 17228305 | SPRAY HEAD | Kohler Mira Limited | HO, ANNA THI | 3752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2021 |
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