Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Accelerate IP has managed 326 career applications, primarily in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 55.47 percent. On average, the firm receives 1.89 office actions per allowance. Currently, there are 5 pending office actions.
The 55.47 percent allowance rate across 326 career applications reflects the firm's historical outcomes in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. The 1.89 average office actions per allowance suggests the prosecution style regarding examiner interactions. The 5 pending office actions provide a view into the firm's current active workload.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHANSSON, KENNETH HAROLD | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| KOCH, GEORGE R | 1 | 72.8% | +17.0% |
| STUART, COLIN W | 1 | 57.9% | +54.8% |
| BUFFINGTON, HEAVEN RICHELLE | 1 | 83.2% | +13.3% |
| HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 1 | 49.2% | +40.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18104334 | Mat Traction System | BUFFINGTON, HEAVEN RICHELLE | 79d overdue |
| 18961547 | Jump Training Device | JOHANSSON, KENNETH HAROLD | — |
| 18906128 | DRYER AND SHAKER POWDER RECIRCULATING SYSTEM | KOCH, GEORGE R | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18104334 | Mat Traction System | BUFFINGTON, HEAVEN RICHELLE | 79d overdue |
| 16882933 | HYDROTHERMAL SENSING DEVICE | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 26d overdue |
| 18906128 | DRYER AND SHAKER POWDER RECIRCULATING SYSTEM | KOCH, GEORGE R | — |
| 18515739 | LIMB SUPPORT FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEM | STUART, COLIN W | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Jump Ball LLC | 1 |
| Industrial Business Systems LLC | 1 |
| Augspurger Komm Engineering | 1 |
| Spartan Mat LLC | 1 |
| SENSEHydro LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18961547 | Jump Training Device | Jump Ball LLC | JOHANSSON, KENNETH HAROLD | 3715 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18906128 | DRYER AND SHAKER POWDER RECIRCULATING SYSTEM | Industrial Business Systems LLC | KOCH, GEORGE R | 1745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18515739 | LIMB SUPPORT FOR ROBOTIC SYSTEM | Augspurger Komm Engineering Inc. | STUART, COLIN W | 3785 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18104334 | Mat Traction System | Spartan Mat LLC | BUFFINGTON, HEAVEN RICHELLE | 3615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 79d overdue | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 16882933 | HYDROTHERMAL SENSING DEVICE | Sensehydro LLC | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | May 26, 2020 |
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Start Free Trial55.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Accelerate Ip were allowed, across 328 applications in USPTO records.
1.89 office actions per allowed application on average.
5 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 5 examiners in 5 art units.