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Last updated: August 06, 2026

Womble (Previously Lewis Roca)

68 pending office actions • 4 clients • 43 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 68 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=35267 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.9%
Allowance Rate
n=35267
+0.47σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=35267
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=22721
-0.12σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=22721
1079 days
Time to Allowance
n=22721
+9.3pp
Interview Lift
n=35267
27.1%
RCE Rate
n=35267
2.7%
Appeal Rate
n=35267

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.5%
§101 Overcome
n=2548
79.8%
§102 Overcome
n=8707
79.7%
§103 Overcome
n=13970
81.5%
§112 Overcome
n=8807

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=35267
62
Practitioners
n=35267
568.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=35267

Portfolio Summary

68
Total Pending OAs
39
Non-Final OAs
28
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

16
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (16)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

27
Hard (40%)
33
Medium (49%)
7
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other5 (7%)
§103 only29 (43%)
§102 only4 (6%)
§112 only3 (4%)
Double-patenting only4 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)21 (31%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

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
1
Communications
1% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
57
Mechanical / Eng
84% of docket
10
Business / Other
15% 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.

680 h
Manual time on pending OAs
136 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
238 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CLARK, RYAN T 8 50.2% +18.0%
LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 5 72.2% +20.6%
PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 4 29.2% +50.0%
OUYANG, BO 4 60.8% +8.9%
VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3 79.1% +20.5%
FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3 72.6% +12.0%
MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 2 80.1% +35.4%
ABBASI, ABDUL HADI 2 0.0% +0.0%
GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 2 76.8% +18.7%
RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES 2 52.9% +42.7%

Hard Cases (32)

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
17704576 MULTI-FUNCTION SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 380d overdue
18192273 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MISSED BREATH DETECTION AND INDICATION AGAHI, PUYA 156d overdue
17398547 SHAFT RETENTION FEATURES FOR SHAFT-BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 147d overdue
18526050 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT MEASUREMENT IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC SURGERY GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 71d overdue
18797809 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE SYSTEMS AND METHODS KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 66d overdue
18279578 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCORPORATING ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY COLLINS, SEAN W 45d overdue
18565011 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS WITH TISSUE CONTACT SENSING FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 42d overdue
17582615 LATCHING MECHANISM FOR IN-LINE ACTIVATED ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 31d overdue

Interview Candidates (29)

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
17704576 MULTI-FUNCTION SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 380d overdue
17398547 SHAFT RETENTION FEATURES FOR SHAFT-BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 147d overdue
18526050 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT MEASUREMENT IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC SURGERY GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 71d overdue
18565011 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS WITH TISSUE CONTACT SENSING FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 42d overdue
17582615 LATCHING MECHANISM FOR IN-LINE ACTIVATED ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 31d overdue
18023799 THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS, ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 11d overdue
18727770 MULTI-FUNCTION ULTRASONIC BLADES AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATING THE SAME VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 10d overdue
19076558 HAND-HELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 9d overdue

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Covidien L.P. 62
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC. 3
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC. 2
Ecom Medical, Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
379424
37319
37956
37856
37714
37914
36732
37752
26411

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19135003 Untitled Covidien LP AHMED, MOBEEN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending
19135017 Untitled Covidien LP IMAM, TANZIM §112 Non-Final OA — Pending
19158326 STAPLING DEVICE WITH FIRING LOCKOUT ASSEMBLY Covidien LP LOPEZ, MICHELLE 3731 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2025
19302676 POWERED ACTUATION ASSIST FOR AN OPEN LINEAR STAPLING DEVICE Covidien LP CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C 3731 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 18, 2025
19270708 SURGICAL STAPLER WITH UNIVERSAL TIP RELOAD Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2025
19213082 HANDHELD ELECTROMECHANICAL SURGICAL SYSTEM Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103Other Non-Final OA 84d Pending May 20, 2025
19212835 MEDICAL DEVICE WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM Covidien LP LY, XUAN §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 20, 2025
19087802 POWERED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS OF IDENTIFYING TISSUE TYPES THEREWITH Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 24, 2025
19076558 HAND-HELD SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 DP Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2025
19031501 SURGICAL PLATFORM SYSTEM Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 3673 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 18, 2025
19014666 DRIVE MECHANISMS FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Covidien LP PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN — Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
19011030 SURGICAL FRAME HAVING TRANSLATING LOWER BEAM AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc. MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 3673 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2025
18871956 ARTICULATION MECHANISM FOR SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE Covidien LP HODGE, LINDA J 3731 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18964812 END EFFECTOR ASSEMBLIES FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS Covidien LP SHOULDERS, ANNIE LEE DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18947767 SURGICAL SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TREATING TISSUE Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18865571 COMBINATION ULTRASONIC AND PLASMA INSTRUMENT Covidien LP RHODES, NORA W §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18939147 ARTICULATING ULTRASONIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS Covidien LP NGUYEN, VI X 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18934960 SURGICAL STAPLING DEVICE WITH ADJUSTABLE DISSECTING TIP Covidien LP FRY, PATRICK B 3731 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18914625 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS Covidien LP GIULIANI, THOMAS ANTHONY §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18902152 VESSEL SEALING INSTRUMENT WITH SEAL PLATES FOR DIRECTING THE FLOW OF ENERGY Covidien LP VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18887931 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATING ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY Covidien LP VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18797809 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Covidien AG KAMIKAWA, TRACY L 3775 §103§112 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18776775 VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE WITH AUTOMATIC ZOOM EFFECTS Covidien LP NGUYEN, KHAI MINH 2641 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 18, 2024
18775319 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING DELIVERY OF ELECTROSURGICAL ENERGY Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18727770 MULTI-FUNCTION ULTRASONIC BLADES AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATING THE SAME Covidien LP VAHDAT, KHADIJEH A 3794 §102 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18667013 KNIFE ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2024
18704825 BATTERY SYSTEM FOR A LARYNGOSCOPE Covidien LP ROSENBAUM, AMANDA R 3795 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18630573 DISPOSABLE ENDOSCOPE DRIVE Covidien LP ABBASI, ABDUL HADI 3795 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18623424 LIGHT GUIDE PIPE FOR UNIFORM ENDOSCOPIC ILLUMINATION Covidien LP ABBASI, ABDUL HADI 3795 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18425627 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS INCLUDING TISSUE INDICATION Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2024
18421525 LOCKING CARTRIDGE FOR CONNECTING AN ENDOSCOPE TO A VIDEO LARYNGOSCOPE Covidien LP GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 24, 2024
18394468 ELECTRICAL DEVICE POWER MANAGEMENT Covidien AG BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT 3775 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18526050 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT MEASUREMENT IN MINIMALLY INVASIVE ROBOTIC SURGERY Covidien LP GHIMIRE, SHANKAR RAJ 3795 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18565011 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS WITH TISSUE CONTACT SENSING Covidien LP FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18558632 BLADE OPTIMIZATION FOR ROBOTIC ASSISTED SEALING INSTRUMENT Covidien LP LONG, SARAH A 3771 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 02, 2023
18497051 PATIENT-VENTILATOR ASYNCHRONY DASHBOARD Covidien LP RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES 3785 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2023
18279578 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCORPORATING ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY Covidien LP COLLINS, SEAN W 3794 §103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18356330 CONCENTRIC BREATHING CIRCUIT WITH BOOST ZONE Covidien LP SUL, DOUGLAS YOUNG 3785 §103§112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18347667 PHRENIC NERVE INTEGRITY AND RAMPED-UP BURST Covidien LP TU, AURELIE H 3791 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jul 06, 2023
18210779 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 16, 2023
18266148 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS INCORPORATING ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 08, 2023
18325407 STEERABLE ENDOSCOPE WITH MOTION ALIGNMENT Covidien AG SHARPLESS, CHRISTEN ALICIA 3795 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18321253 TRACHEOSTOMY INNER CANNULA WITH INTEGRATED FILTER Covidien LP CARTER, KENDRA D 3785 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 22, 2023
18319120 VENTILATOR-TO-VENTILATOR TRANSFER OF VENTILATOR DATA Covidien LP JONES, AISLINN MOIRA 3785 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18197839 THERMAL CUTTER ASSEMBLY AND SEAL PLATE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 §102 Final Rejection — Pending May 16, 2023
18194771 IDENTIFICATION AND DISPLAY OF AIRWAY COLLAPSE Covidien LP PARK, EVELYN GRACE 3791 §101§102§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Apr 03, 2023
18192273 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MISSED BREATH DETECTION AND INDICATION Covidien LP AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §101Other Non-Final OA 156d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
18023799 THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS, ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING THERMAL CUTTING ELEMENTS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING Covidien LP FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
18065061 EXPIRATORY FILTER WITH EMBEDDED DETECTORS Covidien LP DALE, ABIGAYLE ANN 3785 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 13, 2022
17992978 ENERGY-BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO MINIMIZE THERMAL SPREAD Covidien LP MILLER, SERENITY A 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 23, 2022
18056147 END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT DURING HIGH FLOW OXYGEN THERAPY Covidien LP TOTH, KAREN E 3791 §112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2022
17972158 VESSEL SEALER WITH PLASMA BLADE DISSECTION ELECTRODE Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 24, 2022
17960651 CONNECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING AN ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT TO AN ELECTROSURGICAL GENERATOR Covidien LP GOOD, SAMANTHA M 3794 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2022
17914300 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS INCORPORATING ULTRASONIC AND ELECTROSURGICAL FUNCTIONALITY Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 23, 2022
17888034 VENTILATION MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Covidien LP RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES 3785 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 15, 2022
17798106 SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR USE IN ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO THE SAME Covidien LP POLAND, CHERIE MICHELLE 3771 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Aug 08, 2022
17856001 ELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS Covidien LP ZINK, AMANDA L 3794 DP Final Rejection — Pending Jul 01, 2022
17785494 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ULTRASONIC SURGICAL SYSTEM Covidien LP MCGRATH, ERIN E 3771 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 15, 2022
17736375 JAW APERTURE POSITION SENSOR FORELECTROSURGICAL FORCEPS Covidien LP RODDEN, JOANNE M 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 04, 2022
17735418 MOTOR POSITION CONTROL AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ASSISTED SEALING INSTRUMENT Covidien LP CLARK, RYAN T 3794 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2022
17704576 MULTI-FUNCTION SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Covidien LP FOWLER, DANIEL WAYNE 3794 §103§112 Non-Final OA 380d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2022
17702629 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 23, 2022
17582615 LATCHING MECHANISM FOR IN-LINE ACTIVATED ELECTROSURGICAL DEVICE Covidien LP PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2022
17625070 MEDICAL DEVICES HAVING CONDUCTIVE JUNCTIONS Ecom Medical, Inc. KIM, EUN HWA 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Jan 05, 2022
17530621 ELECTROSURGICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEALING TISSUE Covidien LP PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Nov 19, 2021
17398547 SHAFT RETENTION FEATURES FOR SHAFT-BASED SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS Covidien LP PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2021
17366122 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A SURGICAL STAPLING INSTRUMENT Covidien LP LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jul 02, 2021
16833023 BLADE ESCAPE PREVENTION FEATURE FOR SURGICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING SAME Covidien LP OUYANG, BO 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2020

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