Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC & Poly-Med

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

6 pending office actions • 2 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC & Poly-Med has 80 career applications in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals and 7 pending office actions. The resolved allowance rate is 84.78%, indicating that most resolved applications reached allowance.

The average of 7.44 office actions per allowance is notably high within this profile, showing that allowed cases typically required extended examination activity. Practitioners may view this as evidence that prosecution in this matter set involved substantial persistence and claim development.

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

Quality Metrics (n=80 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.8%
Allowance Rate
n=80
+0.79σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=80
7.4
OAs to Allowance
n=39
+0.40σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=39
1337 days
Time to Allowance
n=39
+13.8pp
Interview Lift
n=80
45.6%
RCE Rate
n=80
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=80

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)
—
§102 Overcome
n=19 (min 20)
71.9%
§103 Overcome
n=32
76.5%
§112 Overcome
n=34

Specialization & Scale

A61L, C08L, A61F
Top CPC Subclasses
27%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=80
0
Practitioners
n=80
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=80 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

2
Hard (33%)
3
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BYRD, BRIGID K 1 71.4% +46.4%
CAI, WENWEN 1 59.9% +19.4%
WORRELL, KEVIN 1 12.5% -3.1%
GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD 1 52.1% +42.2%
BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1 76.7% +30.2%
GHALI, ISIS A D 1 27.9% +41.6%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17636339 COMPOSITIONS FOR SUNSCREEN COMPOUNDS AND METHODS THEREOF BAKSHI, PANCHAM 79d overdue
15301281 CONTRACEPTIVE AND RELATED DEVICE GHALI, ISIS A D 26d
18604036 POLYMERIC MESH PRODUCTS, METHOD OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF WORRELL, KEVIN 70d
18937342 POLYMERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CAI, WENWEN —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17636339 COMPOSITIONS FOR SUNSCREEN COMPOUNDS AND METHODS THEREOF BAKSHI, PANCHAM 79d overdue
15301281 CONTRACEPTIVE AND RELATED DEVICE GHALI, ISIS A D 26d
18265111 FUNCTIONALIZED AND CROSSLINKED POLYMERS GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD 75d
19197122 TIME DEPENDENT PHYSIOLOGIC TISSUE SCAFFOLD BYRD, BRIGID K —
18937342 POLYMERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CAI, WENWEN —

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Poly-Med 4
PMIDG, LLC 2

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37711
17431
17891
16931
16231
16111

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19197122 TIME DEPENDENT PHYSIOLOGIC TISSUE SCAFFOLD Poly-Med, Inc. BYRD, BRIGID K 3771 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2025
18937342 POLYMERS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Poly-Med, Inc. CAI, WENWEN 1743 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18604036 POLYMERIC MESH PRODUCTS, METHOD OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF Poly-Med, Inc. WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 DP Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18265111 FUNCTIONALIZED AND CROSSLINKED POLYMERS Pmidg, LLC GALSTER, SAMUEL LEONARD 1693 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jun 02, 2023
17636339 COMPOSITIONS FOR SUNSCREEN COMPOUNDS AND METHODS THEREOF Pmidg, LLC BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 §102§112 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2022
15301281 CONTRACEPTIVE AND RELATED DEVICE Poly-Med, Inc. GHALI, ISIS A D 1611 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 30, 2016

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC & Poly-Med's patent allowance rate?

84.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC & Poly-Med were allowed, across 80 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC & Poly-Med average before allowance?

7.44 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC & Poly-Med have?

6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 2 clients, before 6 examiners in 6 art units.

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