Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Maschoff Brennan (Oc)

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

78 pending office actions • 2 clients • 59 examiners • 19 art units • 0 of 78 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Maschoff Brennan (OC)(BD) works in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, with 1,785 career applications and 74 pending office actions. The profile reports a 96.33% resolved allowance rate, showing that allowance was the recorded outcome for nearly all resolved applications.

The average of 4.0 office actions per allowance indicates that those outcomes were commonly reached after repeated examination activity. The combination of a large pending docket, a substantial application history, and a strong resolved allowance result gives practitioners separate measures for current workload and historical prosecution performance.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=18749 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.0%
Allowance Rate
n=18749
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=18749
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=12623
-0.17σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=12623
945 days
Time to Allowance
n=12623
+8.0pp
Interview Lift
n=18749
25.5%
RCE Rate
n=18749
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=18749

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.4%
§101 Overcome
n=1514
81.3%
§102 Overcome
n=5473
80.4%
§103 Overcome
n=8480
78.7%
§112 Overcome
n=5129

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H01L, G02B
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=18749
24
Practitioners
n=18749
781.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=18749

Portfolio Summary

78
Total Pending OAs
44
Non-Final OAs
24
Final Rejections
10
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due later (1)

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.

46
Hard (59%)
29
Medium (37%)
3
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other4 (5%)
§103 only20 (26%)
§102 only7 (9%)
Double-patenting only3 (4%)
Double-patenting + other2 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)41 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
5% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
68
Mechanical / Eng
87% of docket
3
Business / Other
4% 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.

780 h
Manual time on pending OAs
156 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
273 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3 75.4% +29.6%
GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3 42.9% +51.8%
WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3 35.0% +18.8%
WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY 2 100.0% +0.0%
OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES 2 78.5% +10.9%
SMALE, AVERY E 2 72.6% +18.4%
ALLEN, ROBERT F 2 72.9% +62.6%
KASHYAP, ESHA PRAKASH 2 100.0% +0.0%
BOSWORTH, KAMI A 2 69.1% +28.6%
TAYLOR, MARISSA ENVENESIA 2 77.4% +31.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18681847 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND CONTROL OF A SYRINGE PUMP EMPTY CONDITION WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY —
18187632 DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR ACCURATE DELIVERY OF FLUSH INFUSION KASHYAP, ESHA PRAKASH —

Hard Cases (46)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18489691 PUMPS FOR IMPROVING FLUID DELIVERY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 1d overdue
18307767 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REMOVING GAS FROM AN INFUSION LINE HE, QIANPING 9d
18129296 MULTILAYER MEDICAL TUBING WITH LOW SORBABILITY MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 26d
17952746 INTRAVENOUS SET WITH PUMP INTERFACE FOR RAPID INFUSION VIA REUSABLE DRIVER TAYLOR, MARISSA ENVENESIA 70d
19382142 LOCKING CONNECTOR COUPLING ASSEMBLY DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T —
19302872 FLUID CONNECTOR SYSTEM COLON MORALES, DAVID —
19217577 SMART BARCODE ID FOR INTEROPERABLE PUMPS ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M —
19119665 INTELLIGENT INFUSION BASED ON ANTICIPATING PROCEDURAL EVENTS JAHAN, ISRAT —

Interview Candidates (19)

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
18489691 PUMPS FOR IMPROVING FLUID DELIVERY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 1d overdue
18463770 UNIVERSAL FLUID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH A REGULATING VALVE COMPONENT BOSWORTH, KAMI A 28d
17952746 INTRAVENOUS SET WITH PUMP INTERFACE FOR RAPID INFUSION VIA REUSABLE DRIVER TAYLOR, MARISSA ENVENESIA 70d
18616686 CONNECTOR COUPLING ASSEMBLY WITH REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE INTEGRATED LUER CONNECTOR OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES —
18602650 TELESCOPIC TUBING EXTENSION SET FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B —
18598733 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDED RELAY DELIVERY OF MEDICATION SMALE, AVERY E —
18683992 PUMP FLOW OPTIMIZATION ALLEN, ROBERT F —
18530918 NEEDLE-FREE CONNECTORS GONZALEZ, LEI NMN —

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Cardinal Health 75
Carefusion 303, Inc. 3

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
378347
37916
37533
36873
37412
17822
36791
37461
36751
37921

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19382142 LOCKING CONNECTOR COUPLING ASSEMBLY Carefusion 303, Inc. DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T 3679 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2025
19302872 FLUID CONNECTOR SYSTEM Carefusion 303, Inc. COLON MORALES, DAVID 3753 §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 18, 2025
19289663 MINI PERISTALTIC PUMP Carefusion 303, Inc. HERRMANN, JOSEPH S 3746 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 04, 2025
19268846 LOCKING CAP ASSEMBLY Carefusion 303, Inc. CUMAR, NATHAN 3675 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2025
19217577 SMART BARCODE ID FOR INTEROPERABLE PUMPS Carefusion 303, Inc. ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M 3687 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 23, 2025
19119665 INTELLIGENT INFUSION BASED ON ANTICIPATING PROCEDURAL EVENTS Carefusion 303, Inc. JAHAN, ISRAT 3792 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
18945282 PRESSURE ACTUATED UNI-DIRECTIONAL FLOW CONTROL DEVICE FOR GRAVITY IV SETS Carefusion 303, Inc. MEDWAY, SCOTT J 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18941428 NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR WITH VALVE PIVOT SUPPORT Carefusion 303, Inc. WADDY, JONATHAN J 3753 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2024
18920685 CONNECTION RETENTION ASSEMBLY Carefusion 303, Inc. HARRIS, WESLEY G 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18912132 FILTER FOR IV SET Carefusion 303, Inc. SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18821873 MEDICATION WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT Carefusion 303, Inc. WILLIAMS, TERESA S 3687 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18816730 MEANS OF GRAVITY IV FLOW SENSING VIA MASS CHANGE SENSOR AND DROP COUNTING DEVICE Carefusion 303, Inc. LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D 3772 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 27, 2024
18807888 INTELLIGENT LOCK BOX FOR INFUSION DEVICE Carefusion 303, Inc. AFRIFA-KYEI, ANTHONY D 2686 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18787987 PASSIVE ALARM STATE ADJUSTMENT Carefusion 303, Inc. MA, KAM WAN 2688 DP Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 29, 2024
18723307 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENTLY CONTROLLING MEDICAL DEVICES Carefusion 303, Inc. SHEN, SAMUEL 2179 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18721178 ADJUSTMENT OF AN INFUSION PUMP BASED ON PRESSURE CHANGES IN AN INFUSION LINE Carefusion 303, Inc. AHMED, TASNIM M §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18737211 NEEDLELESS ACCESS CONNECTOR WITH ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT VALVE Carefusion 303, Inc. FARRAR, LAUREN PENG 3783 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18632755 ROLLER CLAMP CONTROL MECHANISM Carefusion 303, Inc. WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18616678 SURFACE TREATMENT FOR CONNECTORS Carefusion 303, Inc. PATEL, SHEFALI DILIP 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18616686 CONNECTOR COUPLING ASSEMBLY WITH REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE INTEGRATED LUER CONNECTOR Carefusion 303, Inc. OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES 3783 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18608084 MULTI-STAGE CONNECTOR DISLODGEMENT PREVENTION DEVICE Carefusion 303, Inc. VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG 3783 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2024
18691862 AUTOMATIC TRANSFER OF MEDICAL DEVICE SETTINGS Carefusion 303, Inc. NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18602650 TELESCOPIC TUBING EXTENSION SET Carefusion 303, Inc. FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3783 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18598733 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDED RELAY DELIVERY OF MEDICATION Carefusion 303, Inc. SMALE, AVERY E 3783 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2024
18595990 STRAIGHT CANULA GROOVE HEMOSHIELD CONNECTOR Carefusion 303, Inc. CARPENTER, WILLIAM R 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2024
18593175 DOUBLE LAYER TUBING FOR IV INFUSION SETS Carefusion 303, Inc. LEE, RIP A 1762 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18585651 EXTENDABLE TUBING EXTENSION SETS Carefusion 303, Inc. SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 23, 2024
18683992 PUMP FLOW OPTIMIZATION Carefusion 303, Inc. ALLEN, ROBERT F §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18681847 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND CONTROL OF A SYRINGE PUMP EMPTY CONDITION Carefusion 303, Inc. WHITROCK, ZACHARIAH KIRBY 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18429779 FLUID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY Carefusion 303, Inc. KASHYAP, ESHA PRAKASH 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18407973 ADD-ON DEVICE FOR BLOOD SET HANDPUMP WITH MECHANICAL LEVERAGE Carefusion 303, Inc. NG, HENRY 3741 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2024
18403119 CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH DISLODGEMENT PREVENTION Carefusion 303, Inc. KIM, CRAIG SANG 3741 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 03, 2024
18390553 CONNECTOR COUPLING ASSEMBLY WITH RELIEF CUTS Carefusion 303, Inc. DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 20, 2023
18568533 MOBILE AUTOMATED DISPENSING MACHINE DEVICES AND METHODS Carefusion 303, Inc. RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C 3651 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18530918 NEEDLE-FREE CONNECTORS Carefusion 303, Inc. GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2023
18530925 SWITCH CHANNEL STAY-ON HEMOSHIELD CONNECTOR Carefusion 303, Inc. DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 06, 2023
18513454 MULTI-LUMEN INTRAVENOUS TUBING SYSTEMS Carefusion 303, Inc. GHANNOUM, ISSA JAMIL 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2023
18498512 SYRINGE PUMPS FOR AUTOMATIC DRUG COMPOUNDERS Carefusion 303, Inc. KELLY, TIMOTHY PATRICK 3753 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2023
18489691 PUMPS FOR IMPROVING FLUID DELIVERY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Carefusion 303, Inc. FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18488904 PARALLEL INFUSION DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Carefusion 303, Inc. OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES 3783 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 17, 2023
18486590 CHECK VALVES Carefusion 303, Inc. SMALE, AVERY E 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2023
18463770 UNIVERSAL FLUID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH A REGULATING VALVE COMPONENT Carefusion 303, Inc. BOSWORTH, KAMI A 3783 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18360717 FLUID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY Carefusion 303, Inc. TAYLOR, MARISSA ENVENESIA 3783 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 27, 2023
18356651 HEMOLYSIS-REDUCTION EXTENSION SET FOR DIRECT BLOOD DRAW Carefusion 303, Inc. ROBERTS, ANNA L 3791 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 21, 2023
18353606 FLOW RESTRICTION ADAPTER FOR RESTRICTING HEMOLYSIS Carefusion 303, Inc. GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2023
18271425 LIGHT PROTECTIVE INFUSION SET DEVICES Carefusion 303, Inc. LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jul 07, 2023
18341060 COUPLING DEVICE FOR MEDICAL TUBING Carefusion 303, Inc. ZAMORY, JUSTIN L 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2023
18338497 VENTED SYRINGE ADAPTER WITH BULB Carefusion 303, Inc. PONTON, JAMES D 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2023
18326435 TUBING RETENTION DEVICE Carefusion 303, Inc. GOLOVAN, MARK 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2023
18315155 HEMOLYSIS-REDUCTION CONNECTOR FOR DIRECT BLOOD DRAW Carefusion 303, Inc. ROBERTS, ANNA L 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 10, 2023

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What is Maschoff Brennan (Oc)'s patent allowance rate?

89.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Maschoff Brennan (Oc) were allowed, across 18,749 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Maschoff Brennan (Oc) average before allowance?

3.07 office actions per allowed application on average.

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78 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 2 clients, before 59 examiners in 19 art units.

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