Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
63 pending office actions • 21 clients • 59 examiners • 30 art units • 0 of 63 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, managing a portfolio of 5483 career applications. The firm's resolved allowance rate pct is 84.45. This rate reflects a consistent ability to obtain patent grants over a significant volume of work. The 84.45 percent allowance rate is a primary metric for evaluating the firm's historical performance in securing patent grants. Practitioners can look to this success rate when assessing the firm's prosecution history.
The firm has 54 pending office actions at this time. Its average of 3.68 office actions per allowance provides a benchmark for the typical prosecution effort. This 3.68 average helps in setting expectations for the number of interactions required to reach a final decision. With 5483 applications in its history, the firm has a documented record of performance. The 54 pending office actions represent the current volume of active matters the firm is pursuing.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 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. 16 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 + other | 2 (3%) |
| §103 only | 20 (32%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 37 (59%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALATEK, KATHERYN A | 2 | 86.7% | +43.0% |
| NGUYEN, ANDREW H | 2 | 75.1% | +42.5% |
| AFZALI, SARANG | 2 | 73.4% | +44.6% |
| HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 2 | 74.5% | +60.9% |
| CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE | 1 | 85.3% | +22.0% |
| MEILLER, SEAN V | 1 | 73.9% | +38.1% |
| BURKE, THOMAS P | 1 | 43.9% | +21.7% |
| PENNY, TABATHA L | 1 | 45.7% | +22.8% |
| FISHER, WESLEY LE | 1 | 82.4% | +14.1% |
| BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 1 | 68.4% | +41.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906248 | Untitled | CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18286891 | BINDER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WOOD MATERIAL, AND WOOD MATERIAL | KRUER, KEVIN R | 46d overdue |
| 19335646 | Aircraft Heat Exchanger | NGUYEN, ANDREW H | 15d overdue |
| 18811497 | RACKING-SYSTEM FOR FLAT PANELS | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 10d overdue |
| 18014909 | TRUSS-TYPE RAIL AND ROLLER COASTER ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING SAME | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | 7d |
| 19237498 | VARIABLE THICKNESS COATING CONTROL | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 19d |
| 18792067 | STAINABLE SURFACE | VO, HAI | 19d |
| 18238051 | OPTICAL DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 27d |
| 18818828 | Untitled | MALATEK, KATHERYN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19335646 | Aircraft Heat Exchanger | NGUYEN, ANDREW H | 15d overdue |
| 19237498 | VARIABLE THICKNESS COATING CONTROL | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 19d |
| 18818828 | Untitled | MALATEK, KATHERYN A | — |
| 18906248 | Untitled | CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE | — |
| 18930015 | Untitled | MEILLER, SEAN V | — |
| 19297470 | Turbine Engine Centerbody Generator | BURKE, THOMAS P | — |
| 19244382 | Metallic Substrate Laser Treatment | PENNY, TABATHA L | — |
| 19058446 | CLAMPING RING FOR SLEEVES | AFZALI, SARANG | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| RTX | 36 |
| HAMILTON MEDICAL AG | 3 |
| SWISS KRONO TEC AG | 3 |
| Aquis Systems | 2 |
| RAYTHEON COMPANY | 2 |
| Sf Handels- Und Besitzgesellschaft Mbh | 2 |
| WITTENSTEIN SE | 1 |
| Ingun Prüfmittelbau GmbH | 1 |
| X-Hab 3D, Inc. | 1 |
| PackSys Global AG | 1 |
| Resense GmbH | 1 |
| PEME SA | 1 |
| AEROCOMPACT Group Holding AG | 1 |
| JAPAN CASH MACHINE | 1 |
| Medena AG | 1 |
| 3A Composites Mobility AG | 1 |
| DOWA | 1 |
| NEUROGYN AG | 1 |
| Extrutec GmbH | 1 |
| Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH | 1 |
| Moritz Grimm | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 9 |
| 3745 | 6 |
| 3726 | 3 |
| 1787 | 3 |
| 3675 | 2 |
| 3723 | 2 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 3711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18818828 | Untitled | Rtx Corporation | MALATEK, KATHERYN A | 3741 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 18906248 | Untitled | Rtx Corporation | CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 18930015 | Untitled | Rtx Corporation | MEILLER, SEAN V | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19335646 | Aircraft Heat Exchanger | Rtx Corporation | NGUYEN, ANDREW H | 3741 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19297470 | Turbine Engine Centerbody Generator | Rtx Corporation | BURKE, THOMAS P | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19244382 | Metallic Substrate Laser Treatment | Rtx Corporation | PENNY, TABATHA L | 1712 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19237498 | VARIABLE THICKNESS COATING CONTROL | Rtx Corporation | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 3745 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19058446 | CLAMPING RING FOR SLEEVES | Wittenstein SE | AFZALI, SARANG | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19053703 | LOW PRESSURE TURBINE SHAFT INSTALLATION TOOL | Rtx Corporation | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 3726 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19102656 | TEST PIN DEVICE | Ingun Prüfmittelbau GmbH | SHAH, NEEL D | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| 19033223 | Mobile Robotic Arm System with Lifting Mast on Continuous Tracks | X-Hab 3D, Inc. | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 3618 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19021830 | Turbine Engine Cold Section Vane Stage | Rtx Corporation | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 3711 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18993778 | RECYCLABLE PACKAGING TUBE | Packsys Global AG | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | 3754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18967336 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT | Resense GmbH | PLUMB, NIGEL H | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 | |
| 18933287 | SLIDABLE LINERS IN FAN EXIT GUIDE VANE STRUCTURE | Rtx Corporation | HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | 3745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18933412 | ADDITIVE FAN EXIT GUIDE VANE STRUCTURE WITH ACOUSTIC CAPABILITY | Rtx Corporation | CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18861436 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRODUCTS CONTAINING A FOODSTUFF IN A SKIN | Peme SA | AHMED, MOBEEN | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18914363 | DISTORTION-FREE MANUFACTURING OF LARGE TITANIUM INTEGRALLY BLADED ROTORS | Rtx Corporation | AFZALI, SARANG | 3726 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18884816 | FUEL NOZZLE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Rtx Corporation | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18825743 | WATER FILTER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A WATER FILTER | Aquis Systems AG | GONZALEZ, MADELINE | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 | |
| 18841005 | FLUID CONYEVING DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING FLUID INTO AND/OR REMOVING FLUID FROM AN ESOPHAGEAL BALLOON CATHETER | Hamilton Medical AG | ROBERTS, ANNA L | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 | |
| 18811497 | RACKING-SYSTEM FOR FLAT PANELS | Aerocompact Group Holding AG | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 3635 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18792067 | STAINABLE SURFACE | Swiss Krono Tec AG | VO, HAI | 1788 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18771561 | TWO PIECE HOLLOW-VANE ASSEMBLY CLEANING SYSTEM | Rtx Corporation | RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I | 1714 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18728399 | BILL PROCESSOR | Japan Cash Machine Co., Ltd. | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 | |
| 18768546 | WATER FILTER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A WATER FILTER | Aquis Systems AG | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 | |
| 18755043 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATED GRAIN MAPPING | Rtx Corporation | LEE, SARAH YEO | 2616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18749491 | Tie Shaft Leakage Control | Rtx Corporation | HTAY, AYE SU MON | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18738228 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DRESS A COATING USING LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETER | Rtx Corporation | DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L | 2855 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18734494 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH SPLIT VARIABLE FAN EXIT GUIDE VANES AND AIRFLOW RADIAL TOTAL PRESSURE PROFILE RE-DISTRIBUTION | Rtx Corporation | DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18672203 | MACHINING HARMONICS DISRUPTOR | Rtx Corporation | WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 | |
| 18712962 | COMPOSITION, IN PARTICULAR COSMETIC FORMULATION, COMPRISING A VERBASCOSIDE EXTRACT | Medena AG | MELLER, MICHAEL V | 1655 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18661858 | ACTIVE DAMPER FOR MACHINE SPINDLES | Rtx Corporation | SNYDER, ALAN W | 3722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18705799 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED CHARACTERISATION OF OESOPHAGEAL CATHETERS HAVING A BALLOON PROBE | Hamilton Medical AG | LANGE, ERIC A | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 | |
| 18645597 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE/SURFACE LAYER FOR THERMOPLASTIC COMPONENTS | Raytheon Company | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18640211 | BOTTOMING CYCLE FOR POWER GENERATION AND ENGINE THERMAL MANAGEMENT | Rtx Corporation | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18631522 | RAW MATERIAL BUILD-UP USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 | |
| 18613210 | POWER AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AIR CYCLE MACHINE ELECTRIC POWER BOOST TO REDUCE HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR BLEED FLOW | Rtx Corporation | THOMAS, KYLE ROBERT | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18684015 | FIRE-PROTECTED FLOOR STRUCTURE OF A WAGON BODY OF LIGHTWEIGHT CONSTRUCTION | 3A Composites Mobility AG | JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 | |
| 18433567 | ALTERNATE LUBRICATION MECHANISMS FOR VEHICLE BEARINGS LUBRICANT DISPENSER | Rtx Corporation | KIM, SANG K | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18433561 | OIL LUBRICATION FAN PERSUADER | Rtx Corporation | PILKINGTON, JAMES | 3617 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | 67d overdue | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18279682 | CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR AN ESOPHAGUS CATHETER WITH A BALLOON PROBE FOR DETERMINING ESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE | Hamilton Medical AG | SHOSTAK, ANDREY | 3791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18572459 | SILVER-PLATED PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | Dowa Metaltech Co., Ltd. | WANG, XIAOBEI | 1784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18511167 | HIGH PERFORMANCE AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED BLEED DEVICE | Rtx Corporation | MALATEK, KATHERYN A | 3741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18290100 | SECURING NUT COMPRISING A SPRING-ACCUMULATOR SHAPED COLLAR | Sf Handels- Und Besitzgesellschaft Mbh | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 3675 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18289813 | SCREW-NUT BLANK FOR PRODUCING A SECURING NUT | Sf Handels- Und Besitzgesellschaft Mbh | WONG, JOCK M | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18386381 | TURBINE COOLING AIR PRESSURE BOOST SYSTEM | Rtx Corporation | NGUYEN, ANDREW H | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18286891 | BINDER COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WOOD MATERIAL, AND WOOD MATERIAL | Swiss Krono Tec AG | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18378873 | IMPLANTABLE NEURO MODULATOR DEVICE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH AN IMPLANTABLE NEURO MODULATOR DEVICE | Neurogyn AG | WU, TONG E | 3796 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18284144 | HEATING DEVICE FOR A ROD-SHAPED WORKPIECE | Extrutec GmbH | WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 | |
| 18368368 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR | Raytheon Company | KIM, PAUL D | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 | |
| 18238051 | OPTICAL DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM | Rtx Corporation | KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 2877 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18201786 | PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR MULTI-LASER POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | BORISSOV, IGOR N | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2023 | |
| 18143150 | MACHINE CONTROL FOR GRINDING MACHINE | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | DION, MARCEL T | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18143143 | MACHINE CONTROL FOR DYNABRAID MACHINE | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | MARKMAN, MAKENA | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18032646 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING WOOD SHAVINGS | Swiss Krono Tec AG | BROWN, JARED O | 3725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 18014909 | TRUSS-TYPE RAIL AND ROLLER COASTER ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING SAME | Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH | MESHAKA, MAXWELL L | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 18086755 | ELECTRICALLY BOOSTED TURBINE COOLING AIR | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | NG, HENRY | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 17908685 | MEASURING TAPE FOR ELEVATOR INSTALLATIONS | Moritz Grimm | GLASS, ERICK DAVID | 2846 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2022 |
| 17843128 | CONTINUOUS ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CVD TOW COATER PROCESS WITH IN-SITU AIR LEAK MONITORING | Raytheon Technologies Corporation | MOORE, KARLA A | 1716 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
| 17514371 | REACTIVE THERMAL BARRIER COATING | Rtx Corporation | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2021 |
| 14865038 | Multi-Phase Pre-Reacted Thermal Barrier Coatings and Process Therefor | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Sep 25, 2015 |
| 14726947 | Uniform Thickness Thermal Barrier Coating For Non Line of Sight and Line of Sight Areas | UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | KHAN, TAHSEEN | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2015 |
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