Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
53 pending office actions • 43 clients • 53 examiners • 48 art units • 0 of 53 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC works in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, with 48 pending office actions and 20283 career applications. The current docket is part of a very large recorded application portfolio, indicating substantial prosecution activity in the firm’s technical area.
The resolved allowance rate is 76.05%, and the average is 2.57 office actions per allowance. Resolved matters have reached allowance in a majority of cases reflected by the rate, while the average shows that multiple examination exchanges are common. Practitioners should pair docket controls with a consistent approach to device and mechanical claim scope across the larger portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 3 (6%) |
| §103 only | 19 (36%) |
| §102 only | 5 (9%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 21 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, KYLE G | 1 | 11.7% | +16.6% |
| SEVERSON, JEREMY R | 1 | 87.7% | +10.7% |
| GEHMAN, BRYON P | 1 | 73.7% | +30.6% |
| EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1 | 43.4% | +43.3% |
| DIAZ, SABRINA | 1 | 74.0% | +22.7% |
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 1 | 73.8% | +24.6% |
| MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM | 1 | 69.9% | +22.3% |
| SANTOS, NICOLE ALEXANDRA | 1 | — | — |
| PICHLER, MARIN | 1 | 63.4% | +9.6% |
| BYRD, EUGENE G | 1 | 70.1% | +8.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19117794 | Cassette Connecting Device for Automatic Teller Machine | SEVERSON, JEREMY R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17731341 | MICROWAVE DRYING APPARATUS FOR THE MINIMIZATION OF DRINKING WATER PLANT RESIDUALS | BELAY, DILNESSA B | 119d overdue |
| 18697121 | CURTAIN WALL | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 96d overdue |
| 18846184 | FAN HOUSING FOR AN AIR-COOLED COMPRESSOR INSTALLATION | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 85d overdue |
| 17613966 | SIMULATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE BODY | MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | 66d overdue |
| 17917271 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES | PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA | 10d overdue |
| 18411510 | AI Vehicle with Its Control System | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | 6d |
| 18432674 | LAPAROSCOPIC HEPATIC PORTAL OCCLUSION DEVICE | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 40d |
| 19131342 | ASSESSING HEALTH OF A HEART VALVE | ROBINSON, KYLE G | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19131342 | ASSESSING HEALTH OF A HEART VALVE | ROBINSON, KYLE G | — |
| 19117794 | Cassette Connecting Device for Automatic Teller Machine | SEVERSON, JEREMY R | — |
| 19085097 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR COLLETS | GEHMAN, BRYON P | — |
| 19107286 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMPONENTS | EMPIE, NATHAN H | — |
| 19052339 | SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH SLANTINGLY DISPOSED AND CIRCULARLY CURVED REFLECTION CHAMBER | DIAZ, SABRINA | — |
| 19020201 | ASYMMETRIC STEEL FORMATION DEVICE | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | — |
| 18966437 | HIGH SECURITY FENCE PANEL | MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 2 |
| 2872 | 2 |
| 3724 | 2 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19131342 | ASSESSING HEALTH OF A HEART VALVE | UNIVERSITETET I OSLO | ROBINSON, KYLE G | 3685 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 19117794 | Cassette Connecting Device for Automatic Teller Machine | Hyosung Tns Inc. | SEVERSON, JEREMY R | 1759 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19085097 | STORAGE DEVICE FOR COLLETS | Refine Machinery Co., Ltd. | GEHMAN, BRYON P | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19107286 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL COMPONENTS | Koide Japan Ltd. | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1712 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19052339 | SPEAKER SYSTEM WITH SLANTINGLY DISPOSED AND CIRCULARLY CURVED REFLECTION CHAMBER | Elecinic Corp. | DIAZ, SABRINA | 2693 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19020201 | ASYMMETRIC STEEL FORMATION DEVICE | Ote Electric Co., Ltd. | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18966437 | HIGH SECURITY FENCE PANEL | Cochrane Usa Inc. | MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM | 3993 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18963909 | AUTOMATED LUGGAGE STORAGE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING IDLE SPACE | Noblestorage Co., Ltd. | SANTOS, NICOLE ALEXANDRA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 | |
| 18951174 | EYEGLASSES ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE | Bau-Ji Optics Limited Company | PICHLER, MARIN | 2872 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18944439 | COLLATED-SCREW-BAND ASSEMBLY HAVING SHOULDER WASHERS | Guangzhe Enterprise Co., Ltd. | BYRD, EUGENE G | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18925456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL PRESENCE DEVICES | Cre8 Ideaz, LLC | LEGGETT, ANDREA C. | 2171 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18917440 | HANDHELD WORKING MACHINE | Yamabiko Corporation | AYALA, FERNANDO A | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18846184 | FAN HOUSING FOR AN AIR-COOLED COMPRESSOR INSTALLATION | Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap | FISHER, WESLEY LE | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18817786 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS | Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics | HARRISON, MICHAEL A | 2852 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18842178 | ROTATIONAL ELEMENT AND COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A ROTATIONAL ELEMENT | Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | 3678 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18785691 | WORKING ROBOT SYSTEM | Yamabiko Corporation | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | 3658 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18777815 | METAL CONTAINER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | Tokyo Seikan Co., Ltd. | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | 53d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18745035 | AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SOLUTION PLATFORM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | E-Intelligence Co., Ltd. | SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M | 2193 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18717620 | AIR-COOLED PRESSURIZING DEVICE WITH ENERGY RECOVERY FOR COMPRESSING OR PRESSURIZING A FLUID AND PROVIDED WITH AN IMPROVED COOLING | Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennotschap | BUI, DUNG H | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 | |
| 18710913 | Anti-HSP90 alpha antibody and uses thereof | National Health Research Institutes | GUSTILO, ESTELLA M | 1646 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18661866 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME | Elite Material Co., Ltd. | ZIMMER, MARC S | 1765 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18655456 | POWER CUTTING MACHINE | Yamabiko Corporation | RILEY, JONATHAN G | 3724 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18647133 | Metaverse Implementation Method | Walton Advanced Engineering Inc. | MAHMUD, GOLAM | 2458 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18642086 | Method of Preventing Sloughing or Incomplete Vaporization of Tissues During a Laser Ablation Procedure | Optical Integrity, Inc. | SKROBARCZYK III, ROBERT ANTHONY | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18697121 | CURTAIN WALL | Nausikaa Els P. Claeys | KWIECINSKI, RYAN D | 3635 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 96d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18615283 | WIDE ANGLE ZOOM PROJECTION LENS | Sun Yang Optics Development Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, LAUREN | 2871 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18591447 | MOBILE ROBOTIC DRILLING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRILLING CEILINGS AND WALLS | Hilti Corporation | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 3618 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18589878 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROLLED APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | Futaba Corporation | SALTARELLI, DOMINIC D | 2421 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18432674 | LAPAROSCOPIC HEPATIC PORTAL OCCLUSION DEVICE | Jining Medical University | DUBOSE, LAUREN | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18430108 | Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Manufacturing Semiconductor Device | Episil Technologies Inc. | ARROYO, TERESA M | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 01, 2024 |
| 18411510 | AI Vehicle with Its Control System | Powershow Limited | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | 2663 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18517923 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF BATTERIES BY USING A MULTI-LEVEL NEURAL NETWORK | National Taiwan University Of Science And Technology | HESS, DANIEL A | 2876 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18515804 | AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE | Hyosung Tns Inc. | UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED | 6221 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18511100 | ROBOTIC WORKING APPARATUS | Yamabiko Corporation | CHAD, ANISS | 3662 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 52d overdue | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18384429 | DONUT TOOLING MOLD STRUCTURE AND METHOD | Cool Things Corp. | LAN, YAN | 1782 | §102 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18375587 | SYSTEM INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE EJECTABLE SAFETY POD FOR PROTECTING OCCUPANTS OF A VEHICLE DURING AND AFTER A CATASTROPHIC EVENT | X-Pod Technologies LLC | GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18368065 | METHOD FOR HIGH-SECURITY NETWORK MESSAGE TRANSMISSION | Walton Advanced Engineering Inc. | SURVILLO, OLEG | 2457 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18237977 | WASTE CARRYING CONTAINER AND EQUIPMENT FOR WASTE VOLUME EXPANSION STABILIZATION PROCESS | Taiwan Steel Resources Co., Ltd. | LEUNG, JENNIFER A | 1774 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18222627 | ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM-ION BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | Academia Sinica | OSTWALT, ALEXIS ROSE | 1789 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18349594 | SAFETY VALVE, BATTERY CASE, AND METHOD OF FORMING SAFETY VALVE | Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. | KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL | 1727 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18143649 | PROTEIN-RELEASE SYSTEM FOR SUSTAINED RELEASE OF PROTEINS | Molly Shoichet | HAMA, JOANNE | 1647 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 17917271 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES | Zumbach Electronic AG | PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA | 2669 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18139505 | HYDROGEN TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING SYSTEM, REFRIGERATED CONTAINING DEVICE, AND DIVISIONAL TEMPERATURE CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE REFRIGERATED CONTAINING DEVICE | Automotive Research & Testing Center | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18138764 | QUANTUM DOT LIGHT EMITTING MATERIAL AND DIFFUSION PLATE COMPRISING THE SAME | Skylight Inc. | HOBAN, MATTHEW E | 1734 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18305604 | QUANTUM DOT LIGHT EMITTING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DIFFUSION PLATE COMPRISING THE SAME | Skylight Inc. | LE, HOA T | 1788 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 |
| 18109430 | METHOD FOR PREPARING SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER | National Taiwan University | RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Feb 14, 2023 |
| 18014905 | MUSIC PROCESSING SYSTEM, MUSIC PROCESSNG PROGRAM, AND MUSIC PROCESSING METHOD | Tmik Inc. | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 2837 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 17917578 | MONITORING FLUID BALANCE | Elmedix NV | WITTLIFF, KATERINA ANNA | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2022 |
| 17959526 | Method of verifying number of media in media storage unit | Hyosung Tns Inc. | SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN | 3619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2022 |
| 17731341 | MICROWAVE DRYING APPARATUS FOR THE MINIMIZATION OF DRINKING WATER PLANT RESIDUALS | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | BELAY, DILNESSA B | 3761 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 119d overdue | Pending | Apr 28, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial76.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Bacon & Thomas, Pllc were allowed, across 20,283 applications in USPTO records.
2.57 office actions per allowed application on average.
53 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 43 clients, before 53 examiners in 48 art units.
