Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Kim & Stewart Llp- Terumo

8 pending office actions • 1 client • 8 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=4408 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

79.9%
Allowance Rate
n=4408
+0.19σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4408
2.0
OAs to Allowance
n=2835
-0.80σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2835
780 days
Time to Allowance
n=2835
+10.7pp
Interview Lift
n=4408
12.2%
RCE Rate
n=4408
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=4408

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

30.9%
§101 Overcome
n=521
65.0%
§102 Overcome
n=1354
58.3%
§103 Overcome
n=2196
62.4%
§112 Overcome
n=822

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, G11C
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4408
0
Practitioners
n=4408
Apps / Practitioner
n=4408 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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 (25%)
6
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only6 (75%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH 1 30.0% +33.7%
JAMES, DOMINIQUE NICOLE 1 73.5% +20.7%
FARAG, AMAL ALY 1 67.8% +38.0%
HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM 1 49.5% +53.6%
CWERN, JONATHAN 1 50.7% +34.4%
HENSON, DEVIN B 1 65.0% +43.6%
TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 1 61.8% +35.0%
PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C 1 56.4% +48.4%

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
19224922 MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH
18898605 MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FARAG, AMAL ALY

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
18352277 MEDICAL DEVICE HENSON, DEVIN B 30d overdue
18471251 MEDICAL SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CWERN, JONATHAN 56d
19224922 MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH
18898595 IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM JAMES, DOMINIQUE NICOLE
18898605 MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FARAG, AMAL ALY
18587831 MEDICAL DEVICE HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM
18161829 MEDICAL DEVICE TON, MARTIN TRUYEN
15791346 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Terumo 8

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37712
37981
37971
37911
37941

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19224922 MEDICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2025
18898595 IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha JAMES, DOMINIQUE NICOLE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18898605 MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha FARAG, AMAL ALY 3798 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18587831 MEDICAL DEVICE Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha HOLLM, JONATHAN ADAM 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2024
18471251 MEDICAL SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha CWERN, JONATHAN 3797 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Sep 20, 2023
18352277 MEDICAL DEVICE Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha HENSON, DEVIN B 3791 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2023
18161829 MEDICAL DEVICE Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2023
15791346 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C 3794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 23, 2017

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