Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Vorys-Solventum

12 pending office actions • 1 client • 12 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
3
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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%)
9
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (8%)
2
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (58%)
§102 only2 (17%)
§112 only1 (8%)
No statute on record2 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
42% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ERICKSON, BENNETT S 1 38.2% +44.3%
KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1 45.0% +49.3%
KIM, CRAIG SANG 1 86.1% +10.0%
EDWARDS, CAROLYN R 1 69.7% +13.9%
HIRT, ERIN E 1 39.2% +23.3%
GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER 1 35.0% +69.0%
SHOSHO, CALLIE E 1 10.0% +11.8%
BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 1 20.0% +100.0%
CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 1 45.5% +40.3%
BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1 28.2% +48.7%

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
18292202 SECUREMENT DEVICE, KIT, AND METHOD OF USING SECUREMENT DEVICE KIM, CRAIG SANG 28d

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
18009056 IMPEDANCE BASED WOUND HEALING MONITOR BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 26d overdue
17789262 OCTENIDINE SALT ANTIMICROBIAL MEDICAL ARTICLES BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 26d overdue
18004940 PHOSPHONATE-CONTAINING POLYMERS FOR VIRULENCE SUPPRESSION SHOSHO, CALLIE E 70d

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
18550302 Modular Stethoscope EDWARDS, CAROLYN R 125d overdue
18009056 IMPEDANCE BASED WOUND HEALING MONITOR BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 26d overdue
17789262 OCTENIDINE SALT ANTIMICROBIAL MEDICAL ARTICLES BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 26d overdue
17917306 MEDICAL ADHESIVE ARTICLES HAVING A LOW EFFECTIVE MODULUS OF ELASTICITY CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3d overdue
18870157 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING A PREDICTED FUTURE IMAGE OF A WOUND ERICKSON, BENNETT S 2d overdue
18039692 IMPEDANCE BASED WOUND HEALING MONITOR GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER 9d
18292202 SECUREMENT DEVICE, KIT, AND METHOD OF USING SECUREMENT DEVICE KIM, CRAIG SANG 28d
18259555 NOVEL ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM HIRT, ERIN E 39d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Solventum 12

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37912
36831
17821
37411
26921
16161
17871
37861
16131
37941

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18870157 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING A PREDICTED FUTURE IMAGE OF A WOUND Solventum Intellectual Properties Company ERICKSON, BENNETT S 3683 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2024
18681925 PARYLENE COATINGS FOR MEDICAL ARTICLES THAT ARE CLEANABLE AND REDUCE MICROBIAL TOUCH TRANSFER Solventum Intellectual Properties Company KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1782 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18292202 SECUREMENT DEVICE, KIT, AND METHOD OF USING SECUREMENT DEVICE Solventum Intellectual Properties Company KIM, CRAIG SANG 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 25, 2024
18550302 Modular Stethoscope Solventum Intellectual Properties Company EDWARDS, CAROLYN R 2692 §103 Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2023
18259555 NOVEL ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM Solventum Intellectual Properties Company HIRT, ERIN E 1616 Other Non-Final OA 39d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18039692 IMPEDANCE BASED WOUND HEALING MONITOR Solventum Intellectual Properties Company GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER 3791 §102 Final Rejection 9d Pending May 31, 2023
18004940 PHOSPHONATE-CONTAINING POLYMERS FOR VIRULENCE SUPPRESSION Solventum Intellectual Properties Company SHOSHO, CALLIE E 1787 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jan 10, 2023
18009056 IMPEDANCE BASED WOUND HEALING MONITOR Solventum Intellectual Properties Company BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 3791 §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 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2022
17789262 OCTENIDINE SALT ANTIMICROBIAL MEDICAL ARTICLES Solventum Intellectual Properties Company BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 Other Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2022
17669880 GARMENT WITH A CONFIGURABLE CONVECTIVE DEVICE Solventum Intellectual Properties Company EKRAMI, YASAMIN 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 11, 2022
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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