Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

K&L Gates LLP - Gambro

9 pending office actions • 3 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=34052 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.7%
Allowance Rate
n=34052
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=34052
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=20482
+0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=20482
1083 days
Time to Allowance
n=20482
+8.9pp
Interview Lift
n=34052
32.7%
RCE Rate
n=34052
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=34052

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.3%
§101 Overcome
n=2410
77.8%
§102 Overcome
n=8886
78.3%
§103 Overcome
n=15071
78.6%
§112 Overcome
n=10307

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G06F, H01M
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=34052
88
Practitioners
n=34052
387.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=34052

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

4
Hard (44%)
4
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (22%)
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only3 (33%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WOOD, KIMBERLY T 1 54.4% +27.6%
MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 1 27.6% +27.4%
OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES 1 78.6% +11.4%
ROYCE, LIAM A 1 65.5% +21.8%
PEO, JONATHAN M 1 48.2% +48.1%
NEWTON, CHAD A 1 37.7% +24.5%
LE, QUYNH DAO 1 33.3% +6.5%
MAI, KEVIN S 1 29.6% +25.4%
SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE 1 30.2% +50.5%

Hard Cases (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18721129 MEDICAL DEVICE INTEROPERABILITY METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 26d overdue
17424406 ESTIMATING GENERATION RATE OF SUBSTANCE IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE 22d overdue
18858010 PLATFORM FOR MOUNTING DEVICES WOOD, KIMBERLY T 16d overdue
18030116 ESTIMATING RESIDUAL RENAL FUNCTION NEWTON, CHAD A 29d
17604803 MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY ACCESSING A MEDICAL DEVICE MAI, KEVIN S

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18721129 MEDICAL DEVICE INTEROPERABILITY METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 26d overdue
17424406 ESTIMATING GENERATION RATE OF SUBSTANCE IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE 22d overdue
18858010 PLATFORM FOR MOUNTING DEVICES WOOD, KIMBERLY T 16d overdue
18032400 MOBILE MEDICAL FLUID GENERATION SYSTEM PEO, JONATHAN M 20d
18030116 ESTIMATING RESIDUAL RENAL FUNCTION NEWTON, CHAD A 29d
18612526 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS HAVING POINT OF USE DIALYSIS FLUID PREPARATION INCLUDING MIXING AND HEATING THEREFORE OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES
18554440 DETERMINING A WATER PERMEABILITY STATUS OF A FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE USING TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE ROYCE, LIAM A
17604803 MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY ACCESSING A MEDICAL DEVICE MAI, KEVIN S

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Baxter 7
Baxter International 1
GAMBRO LUNDIA AB 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36311
36851
17771
17791
36811
37811
24991
17581

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18858010 PLATFORM FOR MOUNTING DEVICES Gambro Lundia AB WOOD, KIMBERLY T 3631 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2024
18721129 MEDICAL DEVICE INTEROPERABILITY METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Gambro Lundia AB MPAMUGO, CHINYERE 3685 §101 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2024
18612526 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERITONEAL DIALYSIS HAVING POINT OF USE DIALYSIS FLUID PREPARATION INCLUDING MIXING AND HEATING THEREFORE Gambro Lundia AB OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2024
18554440 DETERMINING A WATER PERMEABILITY STATUS OF A FORWARD OSMOSIS MEMBRANE USING TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURE Gambro Lundia AB ROYCE, LIAM A 1777 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18032400 MOBILE MEDICAL FLUID GENERATION SYSTEM BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. PEO, JONATHAN M 1779 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Apr 18, 2023
18030116 ESTIMATING RESIDUAL RENAL FUNCTION Gambro Lundia AB NEWTON, CHAD A 3681 §101 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 04, 2023
17634855 NON-REMOVABLE CONNECTION SYSTEM Gambro Lundia AB LE, QUYNH DAO 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 11, 2022
17604803 MEDICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY ACCESSING A MEDICAL DEVICE Gambro Lundia AB MAI, KEVIN S 2499 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2021
17424406 ESTIMATING GENERATION RATE OF SUBSTANCE IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS Gambro Lundia AB SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE 1758 §101§103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2021

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