Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 6 clients • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Atlanta Baker Donelson operates extensively within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, as evidenced by 2415 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 86.48, showing a consistent ability to move applications toward issuance. This process involves an avg office actions per allowance of 3.15, which serves as a standard for their prosecution efficiency in this technical domain.
There are currently 6 pending office actions under management, representing the firm's immediate prosecution tasks. Given the 2415 career applications, these 6 pending office actions are part of a much larger historical context of work. The resolved allowance rate pct of 86.48 and the avg office actions per allowance of 3.15 characterize the firm's long-term performance in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. These 6 pending office actions are the current focus of the firm's efforts.
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 | 2 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAWN, PATRICK D | 1 | 65.9% | +38.1% |
| LE, HUYEN D | 1 | 73.0% | +8.3% |
| LOPEZ, ERICK I | 1 | 53.4% | +29.7% |
| RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 1 | 72.4% | +39.2% |
| HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 1 | 68.8% | +17.6% |
| CHIN, PAUL T | 1 | 71.6% | +15.7% |
| PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 1 | 56.3% | +9.4% |
| MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1 | 54.0% | +30.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839965 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CUTTING HEAD, A CUTTING HEAD, AND A PERFORATOR | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 56d |
| 19040131 | RECONFIGURABLE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR A WALK-IN TUB BATHING INSTALLATION WITH A SINGLE PUMP FOR MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS | LE, HUYEN D | — |
| 18847244 | APPAREL ARTICLE WITH TEXTURED GRIP | LOPEZ, ERICK I | — |
| 18755859 | PERFORATOR | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | — |
| 17786283 | Stitching Pattern Tufted Geotextile For Infill Stability | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839965 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CUTTING HEAD, A CUTTING HEAD, AND A PERFORATOR | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 56d |
| 19205149 | ANCHORING STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM | HAWN, PATRICK D | — |
| 18847244 | APPAREL ARTICLE WITH TEXTURED GRIP | LOPEZ, ERICK I | — |
| 18755859 | PERFORATOR | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | — |
| 18699996 | DOOR RELEASE MECHANISM FOR A CONTAINER SYSTEM | CHIN, PAUL T | — |
| 17786283 | Stitching Pattern Tufted Geotextile For Infill Stability | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Watershed Geosynthetics LLC | 2 |
| Adeor Medical AG | 2 |
| Daniel Oliver | 1 |
| BakNer Manufacturing | 1 |
| Conquip Engineering Group | 1 |
| Driploc | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19205149 | ANCHORING STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING OF SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM | Watershed Geosynthetics LLC | HAWN, PATRICK D | 3631 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19040131 | RECONFIGURABLE WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR A WALK-IN TUB BATHING INSTALLATION WITH A SINGLE PUMP FOR MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS | Daniel Oliver | LE, HUYEN D | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 | |
| 18847244 | APPAREL ARTICLE WITH TEXTURED GRIP | Bakner Manufacturing, LLC | LOPEZ, ERICK I | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2024 |
| 18839965 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CUTTING HEAD, A CUTTING HEAD, AND A PERFORATOR | Adeor Medical AG | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18755859 | PERFORATOR | Adeor Medical AG | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18699996 | DOOR RELEASE MECHANISM FOR A CONTAINER SYSTEM | Conquip Engineering Group | CHIN, PAUL T | 3654 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18418881 | DUAL SEAL ACCESS PANEL | Driploc, Inc. | PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 17786283 | Stitching Pattern Tufted Geotextile For Infill Stability | Watershed Geosynthetics LLC | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 1789 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial86.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Atlanta Baker Donelson were allowed, across 2,415 applications in USPTO records.
3.15 office actions per allowed application on average.
8 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 8 examiners in 6 art units.