Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
244 pending office actions • 171 clients • 235 examiners • 105 art units • 0 of 244 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Barron & Young PLLC focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, with 10512 career applications. The firm's resolved allowance rate pct is 89.0. This rate reflects a consistent ability to obtain patent grants over a significant volume of work. The 89.0 percent allowance rate is a key indicator of the firm's results in securing patent rights. Practitioners can look to this historical success rate when assessing the firm's prosecution capabilities.
The firm has 170 pending office actions at this time. Its average of 1.63 office actions per allowance indicates the typical level of engagement required with the USPTO. This 1.63 average helps in setting expectations for the number of interactions required to reach a final decision. With 10512 applications in its history, the firm has established a clear performance record. The 170 pending actions represent the current active workload for the firm's practitioners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 43 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. 43 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 only | 10 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 18 (7%) |
| §103 only | 60 (25%) |
| §102 only | 10 (4%) |
| §112 only | 23 (9%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 117 (48%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 2 | 68.7% | +27.6% |
| BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY | 2 | 50.2% | +44.9% |
| MARTIN, ELIZABETH J | 2 | 78.8% | +20.8% |
| RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | 2 | 83.7% | +13.2% |
| BAUER, BRIANNA LEE | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN | 2 | 38.4% | +36.2% |
| SUN, MICHAEL Y | 2 | 57.1% | +26.4% |
| LEE, CHIHYI NMN | 2 | 33.3% | +61.1% |
| POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA | 2 | 64.0% | +18.0% |
| GERTH, KATIE L | 1 | 75.8% | +16.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18714817 | TEST SYSTEM AND TEST METHOD | RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | 58d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17878891 | PELLET GRILL WITH OPEN FLAME SWITCH | NGUYEN, HUNG D | 181d overdue |
| 18415749 | Textilene Mesh Fabric and Application | MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T | 132d overdue |
| 18270663 | OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE | WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T | 66d overdue |
| 18733833 | Dual-Polarized Antenna | HO, ANH N | 43d overdue |
| 18291241 | CONNECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUBIC STRUCTURES | AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED | 30d overdue |
| 18599639 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ANALYZING USER RELATIONSHIPS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK | CHEN, BILL | 26d overdue |
| 18588000 | WEIGHT LOSS SYNBIOTIC AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY | 22d overdue |
| 18885457 | FILM-STICKING DEVICE | GROSS, CARSON | 19d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18714817 | TEST SYSTEM AND TEST METHOD | RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | 58d overdue |
| 18130418 | Target Ligand | POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA | 30d overdue |
| 18092202 | SIRNA OF ANGPTL3 AND USE THEREOF | POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA | 30d overdue |
| 19540592 | FOOD TRAY AND VACUUM SEALER INCLUDING SAME | GERTH, KATIE L | — |
| 19079609 | COLD BEVERAGE MAKER | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | — |
| 19069255 | ABDOMINAL SUPPORT BELT | BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY | — |
| 19059313 | GARMENT AND MOLDED CUP | BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY | — |
| 19021219 | SEALING CONNECTION DEVICE FOR REFRIGERATING ASSEMBLY OF SLUSH MACHINE AND SLUSH MACHINE | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 8 |
| 3732 | 5 |
| 3725 | 3 |
| 3724 | 3 |
| 2858 | 3 |
| 1763 | 3 |
| 1722 | 3 |
| 3731 | 2 |
| 3797 | 2 |
| 3642 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19540592 | FOOD TRAY AND VACUUM SEALER INCLUDING SAME | Guangzhou Argion Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. | GERTH, KATIE L | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2026 |
| 19403289 | INTERVENTIONAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE | Wuhan United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. | PEHLKE, CAROLYN A | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2025 |
| 19341325 | SIRNA FOR TARGETED INHIBITION OF AGT GENE EXPRESSION AND USE THEREOF IN TREATING HYPERTENSION | Hangzhou Tianlong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | HUDSON, AMY ROSE | 1636 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19329526 | ULTRASONIC MAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM | Wuhan United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. | JACOB, OOMMEN | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19162981 | Testing System | Kunyi Electronics Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | BUTLER, SARAI E | 2114 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19263552 | CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR FECES CLEANING SYSTEM | Shenzhen Petsuper Smart Technology Co., Ltd. | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 3642 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19243716 | BRASSIERE | Shenzhen Lute Jiacheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. | KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19236981 | BRASSIERE | Shenzhen Lute Jiacheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. | HUANG, GRACE | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19214068 | ANIMAL PREGNANCY DETERMINATION METHOD, DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | Beijing Etag Technology Company., Ltd. | MORTELL, JOHN F | 2689 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19212926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPULSIVE NOISE DETECTION AND MITIGATION | Hfcl Limited | KASSA, ZEWDU A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 | |
| 19130574 | Processing Method and Device for Sensor Data, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium | Ehang Intelligent Equipment (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. | DYER, ANDREW R | 3662 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19203168 | SERVICE FLOW PERCEPTION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDGE COMPUTING, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Beijing Smartchip Microelectronics Technology Company Limited | KEEHN, RICHARD G | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 | |
| 19128563 | MULTI-PROPELLER TILTING AIRCRAFT AND FLIGHT CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | Chengdu Nexfun Technology Co., Ltd. | SINAKI, ARFAN Y | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19169023 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, WIRELESS DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM | Amlogic (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | SHEIKH, AYAAN AYAZ | 2463 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19097899 | MEDICAL IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 3798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19091874 | FUNCTIONAL FILM AS WELL AS PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | Shenzhen Joaboa Technology Co., Ltd. | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| 19091890 | Chainsaw | Greenworks (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. | MICHALSKI, SEAN M | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| 19082164 | INFRARED-SENSING COLD BEVERAGE MAKER | Guangdong Welly Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. | SULLENS, TAVIA L | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19080917 | COLD DRINK MACHINE WITH WASHABLE FREEZING CYLINDER | Guangzhou Xin'An Trading Co., Ltd. | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | 3763 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2025 |
| 19079609 | COLD BEVERAGE MAKER | Guangdong Welly Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19078378 | DETACHABLE DISPENSING DEVICE FOR COLD DRINK AND COLD DRINK MACHINE | Guangzhou Xin'An Trading Co., Ltd. | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 3754 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19070578 | MODULE MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND MINER | Bitdeer Semiconductor Technology Pte. Ltd. | MORRISON, RASHEN E | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 | |
| 19069255 | ABDOMINAL SUPPORT BELT | Shenzhen Lute Jiacheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. | BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19106670 | Environmental Control System Based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | Ehang Intelligent Equipment (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 3669 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19059313 | GARMENT AND MOLDED CUP | Shenzhen Lute Jiacheng Supply Chain Management Co., Ltd. | BRAVO, JOCELYN MARY | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19053444 | HUMMINGBIRD SHOOTING SYSTEM | Netvue Technologies Co., Ltd. | BYUN, HAE RIE JESSICA | 3643 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19103860 | MICRO-CHANNEL REFRIGERATING EVAPORATOR AND FREEZE-DRYING SYSTEM USING EVAPORATOR | Tofflon Science And Technology Group Co., Ltd. | TEITELBAUM, DAVID J | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 | |
| 19051197 | TURNTABLE OF HIGH CABINET ROTATING BASKET, HIGH CABINET BASKET, AND STORAGE CABINET | Guangdong Nuomi Home Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. | ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| 19102375 | TOUCH KEYCAP, KEYBOARD, AND KEYBOARD TOUCH INPUT ASSEMBLY | Xx Hmi Electronics Co., Ltd. | SCHNIREL, ANDREW B | 2625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2025 |
| 19032455 | SHAVING COMPRESSION MECHANISM OF PENCIL SHARPENER, AND PENCIL SHARPENER | Ningbo Tiantian Stationery Co., Ltd. | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 3725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18996390 | CHEMICALLY STRENGTHENED GLASS CONTAINING Y2O3 AND USE THEREOF | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 18995926 | INSTRUMENT READING DISPLAY METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Ehang Intelligent Equipment (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. | LE, MICHAEL | 2614 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19031118 | ON-SITE SIGNATURE PROCESS VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND VERIFICATION METHOD | Hangzhou Kind Supply Creation Co., Ltd. | MARIAM, DANIEL G | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19026632 | MECHANICAL STRETCHING DEVICE FOR MOVABLE SEAT UNIT AND SEAT UNIT | Remacro Technology Co., Ltd. | KIM, SHIN H | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19021219 | SEALING CONNECTION DEVICE FOR REFRIGERATING ASSEMBLY OF SLUSH MACHINE AND SLUSH MACHINE | Guangdong Zosun Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd. | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 3763 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19023269 | DUAL PUMP HARVESTING METHOD AND APPARATUS | Shenzhen Cellbri Bio-Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. | AYALA DELGADO, ANTHONY | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 19021148 | Clamp for Sealing Bag Bodies for Heating | Dongguan He Xin Packing Co., Ltd. | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 3734 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19017853 | Pressure Washer | Greenworks (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. | SHAHINIAN, LEVON J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| 19017821 | COMPACT COLD DRINK DISPENSER | Guangdong Welly Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. | MARTIN, ELIZABETH J | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19017765 | SLUSH MACHINE | Guangzhou Xin'An Trading Co., Ltd. | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2025 | |
| 19015671 | QUANTITATIVE DISPENSING DEVICE AND QUANTITATIVE DISPENSING METHOD FOR BIOLOGICAL AGENTS | Shenzhen Cellbri Bio-Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. | MELARAGNO, MICHAEL | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 | |
| 19015615 | Cold and Hot Compress Device | Xiamen Ubest Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. | NIA, ALIREZA | 3786 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18992239 | BACKREST VENTILATION DEVICE AND SAFETY SEAT | Ningbo Baby First Baby Products Co., Ltd. | CHEN, JOSE V | 3637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19012929 | WEARABLE DEVICE FOR ALLEVIATING LOWER LIMB ISCHEMIA AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | Shenzhen Weihang Medical Devices Co., Ltd. | TRAN, THIEN JASON | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 | |
| 19012977 | PREPARATION METHOD OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CHRONIC STROKE | Gwo Xi Stem Cell Applied Technology Co., Ltd. | MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF | 1638 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19012829 | SNOW PLOW | Greenworks (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. | COY, NICOLE A | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 | |
| 19006353 | DISCHARGING MECHANISM OF COLD DRINK DISPENSER | Guangzhou Xin'An Trading Co., Ltd. | GRUBY, RANDALL A | 3754 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19004552 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY IMAGE, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. | ANSARI, TAHMINA N | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 19004444 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING LIGHTNING OVERVOLTAGE OF DIRECT-CURRENT POWER TRANSMISSION LINE | Wuhan Nari Limited Liability Company Of State Grid Electric Power Research Institute | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2024 | |
| 19002621 | DATA COMPRESSION AND DATA DECOMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Wuhan United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd. | JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial89.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Barron & Young Pllc were allowed, across 10,563 applications in USPTO records.
1.63 office actions per allowed application on average.
244 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 171 clients, before 235 examiners in 105 art units.