Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Vorys-Solventum

17 pending office actions • 2 clients • 16 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=5453 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.2%
Allowance Rate
n=5453
+0.64σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=5453
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=3566
-0.23σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3566
1032 days
Time to Allowance
n=3566
+11.2pp
Interview Lift
n=5453
27.9%
RCE Rate
n=5453
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=5453

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.1%
§101 Overcome
n=297
77.6%
§102 Overcome
n=1458
79.2%
§103 Overcome
n=2530
81.7%
§112 Overcome
n=2201

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61P, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=5453
15
Practitioners
n=5453
363.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=5453

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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.

9
Hard (53%)
7
Medium (41%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only4 (24%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
35% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
41% of docket
4
Business / Other
24% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PARK, HAEJIN S 2 55.1% +38.5%
GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1 28.6% +37.6%
MCCARTHY, GINA 1 49.5% +56.0%
KEFAYATI, SOORENA 1 83.5% +7.6%
DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 1 74.9% +15.1%
HALL, DEANNA K 1 75.6% +15.7%
WIEST, PHILIP R 1 81.2% +16.3%
STIGELL, THEODORE J 1 78.3% +14.8%
RHOADES, DEREK JAMES 1 70.3% +16.7%
DEMIE, TIGIST S 1 74.9% +21.0%

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
19096890 MEDICAL ARTICLES WITH RADIO OPAQUE PATTERNS KEFAYATI, SOORENA

Hard Cases (9)

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
18009056 IMPEDANCE BASED WOUND HEALING MONITOR BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 26d overdue
17917306 MEDICAL ADHESIVE ARTICLES HAVING A LOW EFFECTIVE MODULUS OF ELASTICITY CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3d overdue
19353364 TISSUE SUBSTITUTE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE REPAIR GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 55d
19157245 MEDICAL DRESSINGS WITH THERMOCHROMIC INDICATORS MCCARTHY, GINA
18719637 Wound Dressings and Methods of Making the Same WIEST, PHILIP R
18683021 NON-ADHESIVE MEDICAL ATTACHMENT ARTICLES USING MICRONEEDLES STIGELL, THEODORE J
18566689 AZIDO-CONTAINING MONOMERS, POLYMERS, AND ARTICLES RHOADES, DEREK JAMES
18282110 FORCED AIR WARMING UNIT CONNECTION PORT CONTROLLER DEMIE, TIGIST S

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19353396 PARTICLE-FORM HYBRID-SCALE FIBER MATRIX PARK, HAEJIN S 4d overdue
19353364 TISSUE SUBSTITUTE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE REPAIR GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 55d
19157245 MEDICAL DRESSINGS WITH THERMOCHROMIC INDICATORS MCCARTHY, GINA
19093009 PARTICLE-FORM HYBRID-SCALE FIBER MATRIX PARK, HAEJIN S
18724729 Systems and Methods for Mapping Wound Features DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK
18723736 Sealing Film with Perimeter Edge Weakness for Tamper Evident Protection HALL, DEANNA K
18719637 Wound Dressings and Methods of Making the Same WIEST, PHILIP R
18683021 NON-ADHESIVE MEDICAL ATTACHMENT ARTICLES USING MICRONEEDLES STIGELL, THEODORE J

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
3M 16
Solventum 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16142
37862
37912
17832
17891
37811
37941
37831
16191

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19353396 PARTICLE-FORM HYBRID-SCALE FIBER MATRIX Solventum Intellectual Properties Company PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 §103§112DP Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 08, 2025
19353364 TISSUE SUBSTITUTE MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR TISSUE REPAIR Solventum Intellectual Properties Company GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Oct 08, 2025
19157245 MEDICAL DRESSINGS WITH THERMOCHROMIC INDICATORS Solventum Intellectual Properties Company MCCARTHY, GINA 3786 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2025
19096890 MEDICAL ARTICLES WITH RADIO OPAQUE PATTERNS Solventum Intellectual Properties Company KEFAYATI, SOORENA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2025
19093009 PARTICLE-FORM HYBRID-SCALE FIBER MATRIX Solventum Intellectual Properties Company PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2025
18724729 Systems and Methods for Mapping Wound Features Solventum Intellectual Properties Company DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 3791 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2024
18723736 Sealing Film with Perimeter Edge Weakness for Tamper Evident Protection Solventum Intellectual Properties Company HALL, DEANNA K §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18719637 Wound Dressings and Methods of Making the Same Solventum Intellectual Properties Company WIEST, PHILIP R 3781 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18683021 NON-ADHESIVE MEDICAL ATTACHMENT ARTICLES USING MICRONEEDLES Solventum Intellectual Properties Company STIGELL, THEODORE J §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18566689 AZIDO-CONTAINING MONOMERS, POLYMERS, AND ARTICLES Solventum Intellectual Properties Company RHOADES, DEREK JAMES §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18282110 FORCED AIR WARMING UNIT CONNECTION PORT CONTROLLER Solventum Intellectual Propertied Company DEMIE, TIGIST S 3794 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 14, 2023
18253989 MICROSTRUCTURED SURFACE WITH INCREASED MICROORGANISM REMOVAL WHEN CLEANED, ARTICLES AND METHODS Solventum Intellectual Properties Company PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 1783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2023
18009056 IMPEDANCE BASED WOUND HEALING MONITOR Solventum Intellectual Properties Company BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 3791 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2022
17917306 MEDICAL ADHESIVE ARTICLES HAVING A LOW EFFECTIVE MODULUS OF ELASTICITY Solventum Intellectual Properties Company CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §102§103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2022
17636913 TUBE SECUREMENT SYSTEM Solventum Intellectual Properties Company DANIEL, ANTARIUS S 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2022
17298057 TOPICAL ANTIMICROBIAL MICROEMULSIONS WITH FLUORESCENT MATERIALS Solventum Intellectual Properties Company ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §102§103Other Final Rejection Pending May 28, 2021
16957844 ADHESIVE SHEET Solventum Intellectual Properties Company UTT, ETHAN A 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2020

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