Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
45 pending office actions • 26 clients • 45 examiners • 28 art units • 0 of 45 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
AKERMAN LLP is a patent law firm that focuses on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, having handled 4447 career applications. The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate of 77.89 percent, demonstrating a consistent ability to secure patent protection for mechanical and e-commerce innovations. This volume of applications indicates expertise in these sectors.
The firm currently manages 38 pending office actions. Their prosecution history includes an average of 3.04 office actions per allowance. This figure reflects a level of engagement with examiners, typically involving the rounds of communication recorded in the data to reach a grant. For practitioners, the 3.04 average provides an expectation for the prosecution cycle in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems.
With 4447 career applications, the firm has a history in the industry. The 77.89 percent allowance rate and 3.04 office actions per allowance together paint a picture of a firm with a track record of success. These metrics, along with the 38 pending office actions, offer a view of the firm's performance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (4%) |
| §103 only | 17 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 3 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 16 (36%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 1 | 52.6% | +40.6% |
| JORDAN, MORGAN T | 1 | 52.8% | +34.0% |
| KIM, KEVIN Y | 1 | 78.2% | +15.9% |
| HAMID, AMMAR T | 1 | 85.2% | +9.8% |
| TRAN, ZOE T | 1 | 57.7% | +46.5% |
| JOHNSON, TERRELL S | 1 | 86.7% | +10.5% |
| SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH | 1 | 73.3% | +20.6% |
| WONG, JESSICA BOWEN | 1 | 67.0% | +20.3% |
| ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA | 1 | 26.7% | +21.7% |
| KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K | 1 | 72.9% | +18.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19171711 | Playback Device Group Volume Control | HAMID, AMMAR T | — |
| 19081480 | DATA CENTER BACKUP POWER SYSTEM | JOHNSON, TERRELL S | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16642285 | Movement Planning For Autonomous Robots | AZHAR, ARSLAN | 995d overdue |
| 18999470 | EQUINE SHOE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE TRACTION SYSTEM | ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA | 6d |
| 18818082 | Robot-Assisted Processing of a Surface Using a Robot | MELTON, TODD M | 9d |
| 18760210 | Playback Zone Representations | ORR, HENRY W | 22d |
| 19043961 | Bait Station | WONG, JESSICA BOWEN | 36d |
| 18280218 | MANUFACTURING DEVICE OF ARTIFICIAL SKIN USING CELLS DIFFERENTIATED FROM INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS | ABEYRATNE-PERERA, HASHANTHI KOMITIGE | 40d |
| 18630213 | AI-BASED ALLOCATION OF WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT RESOURCES | BROWN, SARA GRACE | 63d |
| 18875478 | PLANT FOR CLASSIFICATION AND SELECTION OF OBJECTS COMPRISING PRECIOUS METALS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18999470 | EQUINE SHOE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE TRACTION SYSTEM | ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA | 6d |
| 19043961 | Bait Station | WONG, JESSICA BOWEN | 36d |
| 19296294 | Noninvasive Neural Stimulation Through Audio | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | — |
| 19221105 | HORSE SHOE SYSTEM | JORDAN, MORGAN T | — |
| 19200119 | HEAD-TO-HEAD JAI ALAI WAGERING SYSTEM AND METHOD | KIM, KEVIN Y | — |
| 19088002 | VARIABLE RIGIDITY EQUINE SHOE | TRAN, ZOE T | — |
| 19081480 | DATA CENTER BACKUP POWER SYSTEM | JOHNSON, TERRELL S | — |
| 19068226 | Room Association Based on Name | SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3643 | 2 |
| 3715 | 2 |
| 3619 | 2 |
| 3664 | 2 |
| 2692 | 2 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 2691 | 1 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19296294 | Noninvasive Neural Stimulation Through Audio | Brainfm, Inc. | NGUYEN, HIEN NGOC | 3797 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19221105 | HORSE SHOE SYSTEM | Easycare, Inc. | JORDAN, MORGAN T | 3643 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19200119 | HEAD-TO-HEAD JAI ALAI WAGERING SYSTEM AND METHOD | Battle Court Jai Alai, LLC | KIM, KEVIN Y | 3715 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19171711 | Playback Device Group Volume Control | Sonos, Inc. | HAMID, AMMAR T | 2691 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19088002 | VARIABLE RIGIDITY EQUINE SHOE | Easycare, Inc. | TRAN, ZOE T | 3647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19081480 | DATA CENTER BACKUP POWER SYSTEM | Takanock, Inc. | JOHNSON, TERRELL S | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 | |
| 19068226 | Room Association Based on Name | Sonos, Inc. | SAUNDERS JR, JOSEPH | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 | |
| 19043961 | Bait Station | Pestsense Holdings Pty Limited | WONG, JESSICA BOWEN | 3644 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18999470 | EQUINE SHOE WITH INTERCHANGEABLE TRACTION SYSTEM | Easycare, Inc. | ALMEIDA BONNIN, ANGELICA ALEJANDRA | 3643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18875478 | PLANT FOR CLASSIFICATION AND SELECTION OF OBJECTS COMPRISING PRECIOUS METALS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | Neuravision S.r.l. | KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K | 3653 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18968407 | Systems and Methods of Adjusting Bass Levels of Multi-Channel Audio Signals | Sonos, Inc. | NGUYEN, QUYNH H | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 | |
| 18963944 | Buffer Storage for a Cooling Circuit of a Thermostatic Assembly and Thermostatic Assembly with a Buffer Storage | Binder GmbH | MARTIN, ELIZABETH J | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 | |
| 18942914 | Method For Controlling An Autonomous Mobile Robot | Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. Kg | RINK, RYAN J | 3619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18907910 | Remote Creation of a Playback Queue for an Event | Sonos, Inc. | NGUYEN, CAO H | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 | |
| 18721802 | Autonomous Mobile Robot and Service Station | Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. Kg | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18886512 | Media Playback System Control via Multiple Networks | Sonos, Inc. | WON, MICHAEL YOUNG | 2443 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18847541 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILLING NESTING CONTAINERS | Optima Pharma GmbH | NIESZ, JASON KAROL | 3753 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18846366 | Animal Trap Monitoring System | Pestsense Holdings Pty Ltd. | TRIEU, VAN THANH | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 | |
| 18846191 | HEAT SINK, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CIRCUIT BOARD | Canaan Creative Co., Ltd. | BUTTAR, MANDEEP S | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 | |
| 18844816 | HEAT DISSIPATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTING DEVICE | Canaan Creative Co., Ltd. | SMITH, COURTNEY L | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 | |
| 18821876 | Device for Neurostimulation | Pajunk GmbH Medizintechnologie | ULSH, DUNG T | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 | |
| 18818082 | Robot-Assisted Processing of a Surface Using a Robot | Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. Kg | MELTON, TODD M | 3669 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18272514 | Situation Assessment By Way of Object Recognition in Autonomous Mobile Robots | Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. Kg | REFAI, RAMSEY | 3664 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18729866 | Targeting Device | Createc GmbH & Co. Kg | KU, SI MING | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 83d | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18760210 | Playback Zone Representations | Sonos, Inc. | ORR, HENRY W | 2172 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18740253 | Climate Chamber | Binder GmbH | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 | |
| 18738169 | Playback Device Grouping | Sonos, Inc. | MCCORD, PAUL C | 2692 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18732995 | GOLF EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH SCORING AND LOCATION TRACKING | Pga Tour Enterprises, LLC | GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN | 3715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18675228 | Generating Synthetic Data For Machine Learning Training | Data-Core Systems, Inc. | MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M | 3619 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18639661 | COMPOSITIONS FOR AND METHODS OF INHIBITING SARS-COV-2 INFECTION | Texas Southern University | BAEK, BONG-SOOK | 1624 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18630213 | AI-BASED ALLOCATION OF WILDFIRE MANAGEMENT RESOURCES | Team Wildfire Inc. | BROWN, SARA GRACE | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18589028 | SCREW CONNECTION | Ako Kunststoffe Alfred Kolb GmbH | SAETHER, FLEMMING | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 | |
| 18385253 | FRICTIONAL DRAINAGE LAYER IN A GREEN ROOF, PAVER, AND/OR SOLAR ASSEMBLY | Green Roof Specialty Products LLC | DEMUREN, BABAJIDE A | 3633 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18487182 | System Limits Based on Known Triggers | Sonos, Inc. | FLANDERS, ANDREW C | 2692 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18280218 | MANUFACTURING DEVICE OF ARTIFICIAL SKIN USING CELLS DIFFERENTIATED FROM INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS | Clecell, Co. Ltd. | ABEYRATNE-PERERA, HASHANTHI KOMITIGE | 1632 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Sep 02, 2023 |
| 18234684 | SECTORING OF MAPS FOR ROBOT NAVIGATION | Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. Kg | TESTARDI, DAVID A | 3664 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18226057 | COFFEE GROUND COMPOSITION AND SECONDARY BATTERY ANODE MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME | Magnatech Co., Ltd. | PATEL, SUHANI JITENDRA | 1783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18063146 | Application Programming Interface for Browsing Media Content | Sonos, Inc. | SAX, STEVEN PAUL | 2146 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 17952812 | Ventilation unit for a refrigeration cabinet | Binder GmbH | ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | 3700 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 17728078 | TOPICAL COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF FORMULATING THE SAME | Cmpd Licensing, LLC | LEE, ANDREW P | 1691 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
| 17677691 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OPTIMIZATION | Bancroft Holding Corporation | SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | 1700 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2022 |
| 17272489 | Exploration Of A Robot Deployment Area By An Autonomous Mobile Robot | Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. Kg | HEFLIN, HARRISON JAMES RIEL | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 48d | Pending | Nov 23, 2021 |
| 16642285 | Movement Planning For Autonomous Robots | Robart GmbH | AZHAR, ARSLAN | 3656 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 995d overdue | Pending | Jan 25, 2021 |
| 17254284 | Autonomous Mobile Robot And Method For Controlling An Autonomous Mobile Robot | Papst Licensing GmbH & Co. Kg | WU, PAYSUN | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Dec 20, 2020 |
| 17089195 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALTERING TIRE NOISE | Atturo Tire Corp. | LIANG, SHIBIN | 1741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Nov 04, 2020 |
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