Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Steptoe Llp-Umano

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (100%)

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
5
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NEWTON, JASON TODD 1 82.8% +22.5%
THROOP, MYLES A 1 58.0% +41.4%
MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 1 79.6% +35.3%
GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 1 53.9% +63.8%
CONLEY, FREDRICK C 1 70.7% +13.2%

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
18992873 MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS NEWTON, JASON TODD 75d

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
18580248 PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MATTRESS THEREFOR GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 49d overdue
18969503 HOSPITAL BED WITH ADJUSTABLE WIDTH THROOP, MYLES A 32d overdue
18912055 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS TO A HOSPITAL NETWORK MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 5d
18548482 A SIDERAIL FOR A BED FOR A PATIENT CONLEY, FREDRICK C 34d
18992873 MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS NEWTON, JASON TODD 75d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
UMANO MEDICAL INC. 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36734
36791

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18992873 MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS UMANO MEDICAL INC. NEWTON, JASON TODD 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jan 09, 2025
18969503 HOSPITAL BED WITH ADJUSTABLE WIDTH UMANO MEDICAL INC. THROOP, MYLES A 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2024
18912055 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS TO A HOSPITAL NETWORK UMANO MEDICAL INC. MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Oct 10, 2024
18580248 PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MATTRESS THEREFOR UMANO MEDICAL INC. GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18548482 A SIDERAIL FOR A BED FOR A PATIENT UMANO MEDICAL INC. CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3679 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Aug 30, 2023

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