Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
54 pending office actions • 43 clients • 54 examiners • 38 art units • 0 of 54 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC has a history in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, with 20274 career applications. The firm's resolved allowance rate pct stands at 76.06. This volume and success rate provide a view of the firm's long-term performance. The 76.06 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 extensive prosecution history.
Currently, the firm is managing 36 pending office actions. The average of 2.57 office actions per allowance indicates the typical level of engagement required with the USPTO. This 2.57 average helps in setting expectations for the number of interactions required to reach a final decision. With 20274 applications in its history, the firm has a documented record of performance. The 36 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. 17 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. 17 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 | 4 (7%) |
| §103 only | 21 (39%) |
| §102 only | 3 (6%) |
| §112 only | 4 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 18 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, KYLE G | 1 | 11.7% | +16.6% |
| EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1 | 43.5% | +43.1% |
| DIAZ, SABRINA | 1 | 73.8% | +22.9% |
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 1 | 74.1% | +24.5% |
| SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 1 | 58.0% | +14.9% |
| MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM | 1 | 69.8% | +22.4% |
| PICHLER, MARIN | 1 | 63.3% | +9.8% |
| BYRD, EUGENE G | 1 | 70.0% | +9.4% |
| LEGGETT, ANDREA C. | 1 | 76.0% | +20.6% |
| AYALA, FERNANDO A | 1 | 53.6% | +26.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18114421 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAN BODY AND MANUFACTURING LINE OF THE SAME | TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L | 157d overdue |
| 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 |
| 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19131342 | ASSESSING HEALTH OF A HEART VALVE | ROBINSON, KYLE G | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18875248 | FAR-INFRARED IRRADIATION DEVICE FOR MIDDLE EAR AND INNER EAR AND FAR-INFRARED IRRADIATION EARMUFF | SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18966437 | HIGH SECURITY FENCE PANEL | MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM | — |
| 18925456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL PRESENCE DEVICES | LEGGETT, ANDREA C. | — |
| 18917440 | HANDHELD WORKING MACHINE | AYALA, FERNANDO A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3725 | 2 |
| 2872 | 2 |
| 3724 | 2 |
| 2893 | 2 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 3666 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 18875248 | FAR-INFRARED IRRADIATION DEVICE FOR MIDDLE EAR AND INNER EAR AND FAR-INFRARED IRRADIATION EARMUFF | Dr. Tsung-Ter Kuo | SMITH, KAITLYN ELIZABETH | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18966437 | HIGH SECURITY FENCE PANEL | Cochrane Usa Inc. | MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM | 3993 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 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 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 | |
| 18925456 | SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING MULTIPLE VIRTUAL PRESENCE DEVICES | Cre8 Ideaz, LLC | LEGGETT, ANDREA C. | §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 |
| 18848764 | IMPROVED DRONE MONITORING METHOD AND SYSTEM | VITO NV | LANGHORNE, NICHOLAS PATRICK | 3666 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 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 |
| 18842178 | ROTATIONAL ELEMENT AND COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SUCH A ROTATIONAL ELEMENT | Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 | |
| 18817786 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING APPARATUS | Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics | HARRISON, MICHAEL A | 2852 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18815255 | Method for killing osteosarcoma cells with a bone cement preparation comprising calcium and lithium | Joy Medical Devices Corporation | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 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 |
| 18739591 | DISPLAY DEVICE | Innolux Corporation | PARK, SAMUEL | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 | |
| 18661866 | RESIN COMPOSITION AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME | Elite Material Co., Ltd. | ZIMMER, MARC S | §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 |
| 18654038 | DISPLAY DEVICE | Innolux Corporation | NARAGHI, ALI | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 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 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18521012 | Electromagnetically Activated Moisture Reactive Solid Adhesive | Laya Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. | USELDING, JOHN E | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 | |
| 18517923 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF BATTERIES BY USING A MULTI-LEVEL NEURAL NETWORK | National Taiwan University Of Science And Technology | HESS, DANIEL A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 | |
| 18515804 | AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE | Hyosung Tns Inc. | UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED | 6221 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18501426 | THERMAL CONDUCTIVE AND BREATHABLE MEMBRANE | UC Bacon Company Limited | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | 1779 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Nov 03, 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 |
| 18368217 | ANTI-ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE WAFER STRUCTURE | Walton Advanced Engineering Inc. | PHAN, STEVE QUOC | 2817 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Sep 14, 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 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 | |
| 18234083 | SIC TRENCH DEVICES HAVING N-TYPE GATE OXIDE SHIELD ZONES | Nami Mos Co., Ltd. | BARZYKIN, VICTOR V | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Aug 15, 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 |
| 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 | §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 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2023 | |
| 18114421 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAN BODY AND MANUFACTURING LINE OF THE SAME | Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. | TEMPLETON, CHRISTOPHER L | 3725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 157d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 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 |
| 17881176 | WORKING ROBOT SYSTEM | Yamabiko Corporation | ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 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 |
| 17613966 | SIMULATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE BODY | Elmedix NV | MINCHELLA, KAITLYN L | 1685 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Nov 24, 2021 |
| 17467542 | Optical Metasurfaces | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK | STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2021 |
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