Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Maschoff Brennan (Oc)(Bd)

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

77 pending office actions • 3 clients • 60 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 77 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=18549 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.2%
Allowance Rate
n=18549
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=18549
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=12557
-0.18σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=12557
945 days
Time to Allowance
n=12557
+7.8pp
Interview Lift
n=18549
25.5%
RCE Rate
n=18549
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=18549

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.7%
§101 Overcome
n=1504
81.5%
§102 Overcome
n=5429
80.7%
§103 Overcome
n=8404
79.0%
§112 Overcome
n=5085

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H01L, G02B
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=18549
23
Practitioners
n=18549
806.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=18549

Portfolio Summary

77
Total Pending OAs
47
Non-Final OAs
22
Final Rejections
8
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
1
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (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 (60%)
28
Medium (36%)
3
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other4 (5%)
§103 only18 (23%)
§102 only7 (9%)
Double-patenting only3 (4%)
Double-patenting + other3 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)41 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
1% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
1
Semiconductors
1% of docket
55
Mechanical / Eng
71% of docket
17
Business / Other
22% 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.

770 h
Manual time on pending OAs
154 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
270 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3 75.6% +29.5%
GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3 42.9% +51.8%
BOSWORTH, KAMI A 3 69.1% +28.7%
WILLIAMS, TERESA S 2 25.1% +17.4%
OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES 2 78.5% +11.3%
VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG 2 68.5% +27.4%
SMALE, AVERY E 2 74.2% +21.2%
KASHYAP, ESHA PRAKASH 2 100.0% +0.0%
NG, HENRY 2 64.1% +52.2%
LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH 2 71.1% +33.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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
18488392 ANTIMICROBIAL INTRAVENOUS SET LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH 11d overdue
19100001 CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR CLINICAL GUIDANCE GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 10d overdue
18489691 PUMPS FOR IMPROVING FLUID DELIVERY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 1d overdue
18480642 SPINNING COMPONENT SUNG, GERALD LUTHER 22d
17939452 NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR BOSWORTH, KAMI A 22d
18129296 MULTILAYER MEDICAL TUBING WITH LOW SORBABILITY MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 26d
19217577 SMART BARCODE ID FOR INTEROPERABLE PUMPS ELSHAER, ALAAELDIN M —
19032955 TUBING JUNCTION ASSEMBLY CHOI, WILLIAM SOON —

Interview Candidates (21)

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
18488392 ANTIMICROBIAL INTRAVENOUS SET LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH 11d overdue
18489691 PUMPS FOR IMPROVING FLUID DELIVERY AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 1d overdue
17939452 NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR BOSWORTH, KAMI A 22d
18463770 UNIVERSAL FLUID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH A REGULATING VALVE COMPONENT BOSWORTH, KAMI A 28d
18183476 INTRAVENOUS SET WITH PUMP INTERFACE FOR RAPID INFUSION VIA REUSABLE DRIVER NG, HENRY 34d
18966010 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AGGREGATED PATIENT DATA WILLIAMS, TERESA S —
18821873 MEDICATION WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT WILLIAMS, TERESA S —
18616686 CONNECTOR COUPLING ASSEMBLY WITH REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE INTEGRATED LUER CONNECTOR OSINSKI, BRADLEY JAMES —

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Cardinal Health 73
Carefusion 303, Inc. 3
Becton Dickinson 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
378337
37414
37914
36873
37532
37461
36831
36791
26861
26881

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19289663 MINI PERISTALTIC PUMP Carefusion 303, Inc. HERRMANN, JOSEPH S 3746 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 04, 2025
19288626 STEPPED CHECK VALVES Carefusion 303, Inc. NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2025
19268846 LOCKING CAP ASSEMBLY Carefusion 303, Inc. CUMAR, NATHAN 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
19089954 ELECTRONIC TAGS FOR ASSOCIATING AND IDENTIFYING INTRAVENOUS ADMINISTRATION LINES Carefusion 303, Inc. YIMER, GETENTE A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2025
19100001 CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR CLINICAL GUIDANCE Carefusion 303, Inc. GILLIGAN, CHRISTOPHER L 3683 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2025
19032955 TUBING JUNCTION ASSEMBLY Carefusion 303, Inc. CHOI, WILLIAM SOON 3679 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2025
18966010 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AGGREGATED PATIENT DATA Carefusion 303, Inc. WILLIAMS, TERESA S §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18945282 PRESSURE ACTUATED UNI-DIRECTIONAL FLOW CONTROL DEVICE FOR GRAVITY IV SETS Carefusion 303, Inc. MEDWAY, SCOTT J §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
18912132 FILTER FOR IV SET Carefusion 303, Inc. SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS §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 §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
18737211 NEEDLELESS ACCESS CONNECTOR WITH ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANT VALVE Carefusion 303, Inc. FARRAR, LAUREN PENG §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 §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 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18608084 MULTI-STAGE CONNECTOR DISLODGEMENT PREVENTION DEVICE Carefusion 303, Inc. VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2024
18692781 INFUSION DEVICE AUTOMATED PROGRAMMING MITIGATION Carefusion 303, Inc. CHNG, JOY POH AI §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 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 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18690706 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A LEAKING OCCLUDER VALVE IN A PERISTALTIC PUMP Carefusion 303, Inc. ZHONG, XIN Y 2855 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 08, 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
18597192 DUAL MODE GEOFENCING FOR MEDICAL DEVICES Carefusion 303, Inc. VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2024
18595990 STRAIGHT CANULA GROOVE HEMOSHIELD CONNECTOR Carefusion 303, Inc. CARPENTER, WILLIAM R §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2024
18593175 DOUBLE LAYER TUBING FOR IV INFUSION SETS Carefusion 303, Inc. LEE, RIP A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18585651 EXTENDABLE TUBING EXTENSION SETS Carefusion 303, Inc. SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 23, 2024
18429779 FLUID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY Carefusion 303, Inc. KASHYAP, ESHA PRAKASH 4100 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18419909 SAFETY DRIP CHAMBER SPIKE WITH BREAKABLE FEATURE Carefusion 303, Inc. CHATRATHI, ARJUNA P 3781 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 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
18391561 MEDICAL DEVICE ADAPTIVE CONTROL FOR HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT Carefusion 303, Inc. MENDEZ, MANUEL A 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2023
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
18530925 SWITCH CHANNEL STAY-ON HEMOSHIELD CONNECTOR Carefusion 303, Inc. DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 06, 2023
18530918 NEEDLE-FREE CONNECTORS Carefusion 303, Inc. GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §102§112 Non-Final OA — 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
18499615 SLIP LUER RETAINER Carefusion 303, Inc. GOLLAMUDI, NEERAJA 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 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 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18488392 ANTIMICROBIAL INTRAVENOUS SET Carefusion 303, Inc. LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Oct 17, 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
18480642 SPINNING COMPONENT Carefusion 303, Inc. SUNG, GERALD LUTHER 3741 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 04, 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
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
18326435 TUBING RETENTION DEVICE Carefusion 303, Inc. GOLOVAN, MARK 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2023
18301719 ONE-TIME PRIMING IV INFUSION EXTENSION SET Carefusion 303, Inc. PRICE, NATHAN R 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2023
18129296 MULTILAYER MEDICAL TUBING WITH LOW SORBABILITY Carefusion 303, Inc. MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 1782 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18124520 INFUSION DEVICE HUB FOR INTELLIGENT OPERATION OF INFUSION ACCESSORIES Carefusion 303, Inc. STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2023
18187632 DEVICE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR ACCURATE DELIVERY OF FLUSH INFUSION Carefusion 303, Inc. KASHYAP, ESHA PRAKASH 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 21, 2023
18185876 HEMOLYSIS-REDUCTION CONNECTOR FOR DIRECT BLOOD DRAW Carefusion 303, Inc. CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2023
18184467 HEMOLYSIS-REDUCTION CONNECTOR FOR DIRECT BLOOD DRAW Carefusion 303, Inc. PATEL, NIDHI NIRAJ 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2023
18183476 INTRAVENOUS SET WITH PUMP INTERFACE FOR RAPID INFUSION VIA REUSABLE DRIVER Carefusion 303, Inc. NG, HENRY 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 14, 2023
18179656 MALE LUER CONNECTOR Carefusion 303, Inc. THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE 3783 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2023
18109481 FLUID SHIELD DEVICES AND FLOW RESTRICTION DEVICES WITH FLUID SHIELD DEVICES Carefusion 303. Inc. LOPEZ, SEVERO ANTON P 3791 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 14, 2023
18015269 INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM BD Switzerland Sàrl GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2023
18087753 PRESSURE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Carefusion 303, Inc. STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2022
18081258 ANCHORABLE MEDICAL FLUID EXTENSION SET SYSTEM Carefusion 303, Inc. ALLEN, ROBERT F 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 14, 2022
18078705 INTRAVENOUS PRESSURE ASSEMBLY Carefusion 303, Inc. BOUCHELLE, LAURA A 3783 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 09, 2022
17984089 INTRAVENOUS BLOOD SET FOOT PUMP Carefusion 303, Inc. NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO 3783 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 09, 2022
17980090 SYRINGE WITH BIASING MEMBER Carefusion 303, Inc. WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 03, 2022
17944109 DUAL CHANNEL INFUSION PUMP FOR CONTINUOUS INFUSION Carefusion 303, Inc. TURKOWSKI, KAYLA MARIE 3783 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 13, 2022
17939452 NEEDLELESS CONNECTOR Carefusion 303, Inc. BOSWORTH, KAMI A 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 07, 2022
17899031 INTRAVENOUS TUBING UPPER FITMENT Carefusion 303, Inc. RADOMSKI, MARTIN ADAM 3783 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2022
17888197 DUAL CHAMBER BLOOD HAND PUMP Carefusion 303, Inc. TAYLOR, MARISSA ENVENESIA 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 15, 2022
17856855 MEDICAL DEVICE WITH ADAPTIVE CORRECTION FOR UNCONTROLLABLE DELIVERY CONDITIONS Carefusion 303, Inc. THOMAN, EVELYN ANNE 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2022
17853811 FLUID CONNECTOR SYSTEM Carefusion 303, Inc. BOSWORTH, KAMI A 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 29, 2022
17852027 PRESSURE-REGULATING CONNECTOR FOR INFUSION Carefusion 303, Inc. PAZ ESTEVEZ, GUILLERMO G 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2022
17764504 AIR ELIMINATION ASSEMBLIES Carefusion 303, Inc. NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2022
17573582 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCED INFUSION ADMINISTRATION LINE ERROR Carefusion 303, Inc. WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA 3783 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 11, 2022
17519191 ANTI-SNAGGING INFUSION SETS Carefusion 303, Inc. LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2021
17035058 MODULAR IN-LINE FILTER DEVICE Carefusion 303, Inc. FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 28, 2020

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