Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Steptoe Llp-Umano

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 4 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=36 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.8%
Allowance Rate
n=36
+0.96σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=36
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=23
-0.21σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=23
860 days
Time to Allowance
n=23
+5.9pp
Interview Lift
n=36
37.5%
RCE Rate
n=36
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=36

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=1 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=17 (min 20)
61.5%
§103 Overcome
n=26
§112 Overcome
n=13 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

A61G, G08B, G16H
Top CPC Subclasses
68%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=36
0
Practitioners
n=36
Apps / Practitioner
n=36 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

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
THROOP, MYLES A 2 58.3% +40.8%
NEWTON, JASON TODD 1 82.8% +22.3%
HARE, DAVID R 1 67.6% +32.4%
GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 1 54.4% +61.8%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18969503 HOSPITAL BED WITH ADJUSTABLE WIDTH THROOP, MYLES A 32d overdue
18992873 MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS NEWTON, JASON TODD 75d
18641515 MATTRESS FOR A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS HARE, DAVID R

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
18992873 MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS NEWTON, JASON TODD 75d
19063416 PATIENT SUPPORT SURFACE HAVING A PNEUMATIC CONTROL ASSEMBLY THROOP, MYLES A
18641515 MATTRESS FOR A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS HARE, DAVID R

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
19063416 PATIENT SUPPORT SURFACE HAVING A PNEUMATIC CONTROL ASSEMBLY UMANO MEDICAL INC. THROOP, MYLES A 3679 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2025
18992873 MICROCLIMATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS UMANO MEDICAL INC. NEWTON, JASON TODD 3673 §103§112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jan 09, 2025
18969503 HOSPITAL BED WITH ADJUSTABLE WIDTH UMANO MEDICAL INC. THROOP, MYLES A 3673 §102§103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2024
18641515 MATTRESS FOR A PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS UMANO MEDICAL INC. HARE, DAVID R 3673 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 22, 2024
18580248 PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MATTRESS THEREFOR UMANO MEDICAL INC. GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024

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