Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 6 clients • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Alliance IP, LLC - General is a patent law firm that focuses on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, having handled 2403 career applications. The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate of 90.47 percent, demonstrating a capability in securing patent protection for mechanical and e-commerce innovations. This success rate is an indicator of their proficiency in these sectors.
The firm currently manages 7 pending office actions. Their prosecution history includes an average of 3.36 office actions per allowance. This figure suggests a persistent approach to examiner interaction, requiring the rounds of communication recorded in the data to reach the 90.47 percent allowance rate. For practitioners, the 3.36 average provides an expectation for the intensity of the prosecution cycle in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems.
With 2403 career applications, the firm has a foundation of experience in the industry. The 90.47 percent allowance rate and 3.36 office actions per allowance together paint a picture of a firm with a track record of success. These metrics, along with the 7 pending office actions, offer a view of the firm's performance.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (22%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 1 | 55.1% | +3.6% |
| SIMPSON, DIONE N | 1 | 32.6% | +32.4% |
| STABLEY, MICHAEL R | 1 | 85.8% | +12.7% |
| QIAN, SHIZHI | 1 | 61.8% | +47.9% |
| FRITH, SEAN A | 1 | 62.5% | +26.7% |
| SHELDEN, BION A | 1 | 22.5% | +18.7% |
| FLYNN, ABBY J | 1 | 33.0% | +55.4% |
| ASGHAR, AMINAH | 1 | 61.2% | +46.7% |
| VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 1 | 55.1% | +25.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18739187 | CONVERTIBLE TRAILER | STABLEY, MICHAEL R | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18466355 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA TO CONTROL AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM BASED ON CONTEXT PARAMETERS OF AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SESSION | FRITH, SEAN A | 27d |
| 19063616 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO COMPOUND SIGNALS OF RESPECTIVE RECEIVED ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES TO GENERATE AN OUTPUT ULTRASONIC IMAGE | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | — |
| 18818046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL PLACEMENT STRATEGY AND BOOKING ACCOMMODATIONS | SIMPSON, DIONE N | — |
| 18351719 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FORWARD MEDICAL DATA FILES FROM A MEDICAL FACILITY NETWORK TO ANOTHER NETWORK | SHELDEN, BION A | — |
| 18006069 | MAP MATCHING TRAJECTORIES | FLYNN, ABBY J | — |
| 16636635 | OIL-INFUSED ELASTOMERIC THERAPEUTIC DEVICE | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17901461 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL AN ULTRASONIC IMAGE ON A DISPLAY BASED ON SENSOR INPUT AT AN ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 2d overdue |
| 18466355 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA TO CONTROL AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM BASED ON CONTEXT PARAMETERS OF AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SESSION | FRITH, SEAN A | 27d |
| 18818046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL PLACEMENT STRATEGY AND BOOKING ACCOMMODATIONS | SIMPSON, DIONE N | — |
| 18739187 | CONVERTIBLE TRAILER | STABLEY, MICHAEL R | — |
| 18711138 | SOIL PARAMETER SENSOR SYSTEM | QIAN, SHIZHI | — |
| 18351719 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FORWARD MEDICAL DATA FILES FROM A MEDICAL FACILITY NETWORK TO ANOTHER NETWORK | SHELDEN, BION A | — |
| 18006069 | MAP MATCHING TRAJECTORIES | FLYNN, ABBY J | — |
| 16636635 | OIL-INFUSED ELASTOMERIC THERAPEUTIC DEVICE | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Exo | 4 |
| Alexander G. Narinsky | 1 |
| Insight Products Inc. | 1 |
| Soil In Formation, Pbc | 1 |
| Navenio Ltd. | 1 |
| Hone LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19063616 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO COMPOUND SIGNALS OF RESPECTIVE RECEIVED ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES TO GENERATE AN OUTPUT ULTRASONIC IMAGE | Exo Imaging, Inc. | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| 18818046 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL PLACEMENT STRATEGY AND BOOKING ACCOMMODATIONS | Alexander G. Narinsky | SIMPSON, DIONE N | 3628 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18739187 | CONVERTIBLE TRAILER | Insight Products Inc. | STABLEY, MICHAEL R | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 | |
| 18711138 | SOIL PARAMETER SENSOR SYSTEM | Soil In Formation, Pbc | QIAN, SHIZHI | 1795 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18466355 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA TO CONTROL AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM BASED ON CONTEXT PARAMETERS OF AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING SESSION | Exo Imaging, Inc. | FRITH, SEAN A | 3798 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18351719 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FORWARD MEDICAL DATA FILES FROM A MEDICAL FACILITY NETWORK TO ANOTHER NETWORK | Exo Imaging, Inc. | SHELDEN, BION A | 3685 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2023 |
| 18006069 | MAP MATCHING TRAJECTORIES | Navenio Ltd. | FLYNN, ABBY J | 3663 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
| 17901461 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL AN ULTRASONIC IMAGE ON A DISPLAY BASED ON SENSOR INPUT AT AN ULTRASONIC IMAGING DEVICE | Exo Imaging, Inc. | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 3797 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Sep 01, 2022 |
| 16636635 | OIL-INFUSED ELASTOMERIC THERAPEUTIC DEVICE | Hone LLC | VOKES, KATHLEEN PAIGE | 3783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2020 |
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