Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Taft Stettinius Hollister LLP

19 pending office actions • 3 clients • 15 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=7467 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.1%
Allowance Rate
n=7467
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=7467
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=4371
-0.39σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=4371
1004 days
Time to Allowance
n=4371
+6.7pp
Interview Lift
n=7467
22.6%
RCE Rate
n=7467
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=7467

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

64.5%
§101 Overcome
n=406
70.2%
§102 Overcome
n=1763
71.4%
§103 Overcome
n=2752
75.3%
§112 Overcome
n=2127

Specialization & Scale

G01N, A61K, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=7467
41
Practitioners
n=7467
182.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=7467

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 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.

11
Hard (58%)
6
Medium (32%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (5%)
§103 only5 (26%)
§112 only2 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
5% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
63% of docket
6
Business / Other
32% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARCETICH, ADAM M 2 72.6% +18.8%
MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 2 52.1% +67.2%
DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 2 61.0% +45.4%
SMITH, PETER DANIEL 2 52.1% +48.2%
LE, QUYNH DAO 1 33.3% +6.5%
ANDERSON, CATHARINE L 1 65.3% +20.9%
WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 1 59.8% +59.4%
SU, SUSAN SHAN 1 71.9% +23.6%
DAKKAK, JIHAD 1 48.5% +46.0%
HANEY, JONATHAN MICHAEL 1 52.7% +55.2%

Hard Cases (11)

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
18744284 WOUND DRESSING ARBLE, JESSICA R 44d overdue
18744318 WOUND DRESSING MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 35d overdue
17727185 ADHESIVE PATCH KOO, BENJAMIN K 35d overdue
17539516 PACKAGED CATHETER ASSEMBLY DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 31d overdue
18827220 INTERMITTENT CATHETERS MARCETICH, ADAM M 4d overdue
17178528 OUTLET VALVE FOR AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE SMITH, PETER DANIEL 14d
18921215 OSTOMY SYSTEMS AND METHODS LE, QUYNH DAO
18891501 CATHETER ASSEMBLY WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18744343 WOUND DRESSING MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 91d overdue
18744318 WOUND DRESSING MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 35d overdue
17539516 PACKAGED CATHETER ASSEMBLY DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 31d overdue
18827220 INTERMITTENT CATHETERS MARCETICH, ADAM M 4d overdue
17178528 OUTLET VALVE FOR AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE SMITH, PETER DANIEL 14d
18891011 CATHETER ASSEMBLY ANDERSON, CATHARINE L
18891501 CATHETER ASSEMBLY WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES
18890941 CATHETER ASSEMBLY MARCETICH, ADAM M

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
ConvaTec 15
CONVATEC LIMITED 3
UNOMEDICAL A/S 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37818
37862
37911
16131
37831

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18921215 OSTOMY SYSTEMS AND METHODS Convatec Technologies Inc. LE, QUYNH DAO §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18891011 CATHETER ASSEMBLY Convatec Limited ANDERSON, CATHARINE L §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891501 CATHETER ASSEMBLY Convatec Limited WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18890941 CATHETER ASSEMBLY Convatec Limited MARCETICH, ADAM M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891659 CATHETER ASSEMBLY Convatec Limited SU, SUSAN SHAN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891444 CATHETER ASSEMBLY Convatec Limited DAKKAK, JIHAD §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18827220 INTERMITTENT CATHETERS Convatec Limited MARCETICH, ADAM M 3781 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2024
18769322 UROLOGICAL HEALTH DIAGNOSTIC Convatec Technologies Inc. HANEY, JONATHAN MICHAEL 3791 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2024
18744284 WOUND DRESSING Convatec Limited ARBLE, JESSICA R 3781 §103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18744318 WOUND DRESSING Convatec Limited MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 3786 §102§103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18744343 WOUND DRESSING Convatec Limited MOK, ANDREW JUN-WAI 3786 §103 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18518077 Ostomy Pouch Convatec Limited YANG, CHENG FONG 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 22, 2023
18221674 LOW PROFILE FILTER DEVICES SUITABLE FOR USE IN NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEMS Convatec Limited RASSAVONG, ERIC 3781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
17871373 PACKAGED INTERMITTENT CATHETERS Convatec Limited FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 DPOther Final Rejection Pending Jul 22, 2022
17727185 ADHESIVE PATCH UNOMEDICAL A/S KOO, BENJAMIN K 3783 §103§112 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2022
17539516 PACKAGED CATHETER ASSEMBLY Convatec Limited DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 3781 §103§112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2021
17539533 PACKAGED CATHETER ASSEMBLY Convatec Limited DEL PRIORE, ALESSANDRO R 3781 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2021
17178501 OUTLET VALVE FOR AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE Convatec Limited SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 18, 2021
17178528 OUTLET VALVE FOR AN OSTOMY APPLIANCE Convatec Limited SMITH, PETER DANIEL 3781 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Feb 18, 2021

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