Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
223 pending office actions • 125 clients • 209 examiners • 94 art units • 0 of 223 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BLANK ROME LLP manages a portfolio of 23388 career applications in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 83.43 percent. This volume of historical filings indicates the firm's experience with the specific examination standards of this technology area. The resolved allowance rate of 83.43 percent serves as a primary indicator of the firm's success in securing patent grants for its clients.
Practitioners currently handle 159 pending office actions. On average, the firm receives 3.24 office actions per allowance. This metric of 3.24 office actions per allowance provides a baseline for clients to estimate the typical duration of the prosecution cycle. The combination of 23388 career applications and the 159 pending office actions shows the firm's ongoing and historical engagement with the patent office. This level of activity reflects a significant presence in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 72 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. 72 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 | 1 (0%) |
| §101 + other | 25 (11%) |
| §103 only | 65 (29%) |
| §102 only | 15 (7%) |
| §112 only | 7 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 25 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 82 (37%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 3 | 48.6% | +31.7% |
| JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 2 | 62.4% | +27.1% |
| IP, JASON M | 2 | 55.2% | +25.1% |
| KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | 2 | 43.5% | +56.6% |
| PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | 2 | 77.9% | +13.3% |
| MRUK, BRIAN P | 2 | 74.2% | +28.0% |
| DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 2 | 54.0% | +75.8% |
| OLAMIT, JUSTIN N | 2 | 62.0% | +9.4% |
| HOLT, ANDRIAE M | 2 | 49.4% | +23.0% |
| FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 2 | 61.9% | +43.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16887191 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A SYNTHESIS GAS | IQBAL, SYED TAHA | 124d overdue |
| 17995418 | METHODS OF TREATMENT USING ANTIFOLATES AND PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS COMPRISING ANTIFOLATES | TOWNSLEY, SARA ELIZABETH | 118d overdue |
| 17159691 | ROBOT-AIDED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSIS OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER | ASGHAR, AMINAH | 112d overdue |
| 18037973 | RATE-LIMITED SYRINGE | LANGE, ERIC A | 84d overdue |
| 15165613 | Automated Multivariate Testing Technique for Optimized Customer Outcome | SPAR, ILANA L | 77d overdue |
| 17832003 | WALL-MOUNTABLE COLLECTIBLE DISPLAY CASE | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 71d overdue |
| 18446663 | COMPENSATOR FOR CONTROLLING AIRFLOW IN FIRED HEATER | JONES, LOGAN P | 59d overdue |
| 18418053 | INTRAVENOUS INFUSION DOSAGE FORM FOR PEMETREXED | HELM, CARALYNNE E | 49d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18551446 | AGRICULTURAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING MELATONIN AND CARBOXYLIC COMPOUNDS FOR ENHANCING ANTIOXIDANT PROPERTY TO INCREASE CROP YIELD | HOLT, ANDRIAE M | 100d overdue |
| 18694602 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMEDYING DISTURBANCES IN A FILLING AND/OR SEALING AND/OR POST-PROCESSING INSTALLATION | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 12d |
| 17526500 | PUMP DEVICE | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 29d |
| 17799692 | BAD-ODOR CONTROL USING ENCAPSULATION TECHNOLOGIES CONTAINING A NEUTRALIZING AGENT | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | 33d |
| 19065051 | HYPER-EXCITATION HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM | IP, JASON M | 34d |
| 19150477 | ENHANCED BI-HELICAL TOOTHED WHEEL WITH VARIABLE HELIX ANGLE AND NON-ENCAPSULATING TOOTH PROFILE FOR HYDRAULIC GEAR | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 40d |
| 17724127 | WIPE CONTAINER | FERRERO, EDUARDO R | 42d |
| 18568177 | COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING COLOUR-NEUTRAL DEGRADABLE MICROCAPSULES | DELCOTTO, GREGORY R | 70d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 7 |
| 1611 | 6 |
| 3794 | 6 |
| 1612 | 6 |
| 3797 | 5 |
| 3791 | 4 |
| 3746 | 3 |
| 3792 | 3 |
| 1761 | 3 |
| 2164 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19446243 | GAS SUPPLY PUMP FOR SHIP DUAL FUEL ENGINE | Hd Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 3746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2026 |
| 19401601 | BED STRETCHING SYSTEM | Moats Corporation | BAILEY, AMANDA LEE | 3673 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2025 |
| 19164995 | AN IMPROVED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTED LEDGER ECOSYSTEM AND OPERATING PLATFORM | Fivancial Inc. | ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E | 3699 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19310618 | TRADING CARD COLLECTIBLE STORAGE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A COLLECTIBLE DISPLAY RECESS AND A REMOVAL FEATURE | Vaulted Vinyl LLC | PAGAN, JAVIER A | 3735 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19150477 | ENHANCED BI-HELICAL TOOTHED WHEEL WITH VARIABLE HELIX ANGLE AND NON-ENCAPSULATING TOOTH PROFILE FOR HYDRAULIC GEAR | Settima Meccanica S.r.l. | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19256113 | KNOTLESS TISSUE REPAIR | Arthrex, Inc. | KNAUSS, CHRISTIAN D | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 | |
| 19227080 | PROGRAMMABLE STREAMING ARCHITECTURE FOR LOW-ENERGY HUMAN-CENTRIC VISION APPLICATIONS | Northwestern University | NGUYEN, KATHLEEN V | 2486 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19224405 | GUIDEWIRE FOR PREVENTION OF RETENTION AND METHODS OF USE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF | The George Washington University | GRASMEDER, SARAH DYMPNA | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19130031 | LENGTH-ADJUSTABLE LINK FOR A BRACELET | Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 3725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19183668 | METHODS OF MEASURING FLUORESCENCE AND CAPTURING MOVEMENT IN ANIMALS | Georgia Tech Research Corporation | IP, JASON M | 3797 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19081940 | SUSTAINED RELEASE COMPOSITIONS | Rubicon Research Private Limited | YOUNG, MICAH PAUL | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 | |
| 19080708 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A POKER-SLOT HYBRID GAME | Gamedaymatch LLC | SINGH, ISHAYU NMN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 | |
| 19110790 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR CHECKING DIMENSIONAL OR GEOMETRICAL FEATURES OF A MECHANICAL PART | Marposs Societa' Per Azioni | LU, TOM Y | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 | |
| 19072757 | SPINTRONIC ADAPTIVE APPROXIMATE MEMORY (SAAM) | The George Washington University | LUU, PHO M | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 | |
| 19068763 | PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS FOR MIXING AUDIO TRACKS ACCORDING TO A TEMPLATE | Aries Adaptive Media, LLC | SKHOUN, HICHAM | 2164 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19067198 | TOPICAL ADMINISTRATION TO THE ORAL CAVITY | Cmpd Licensing, LLC | KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | 1611 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19066483 | CYCLOSILAZANE COMPOUND AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SILICON-CONTAINING THIN FILM USING THE SAME | Dnf Co., Ltd. | BAKSHI, PANCHAM | 1712 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19067153 | TOPICAL ADMINISTRATION TO THE ORAL CAVITY | Cmpd Licensing, LLC | KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | 1611 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19107714 | ATTACHMENT MEMBER FOR CONNECTING A WRIST STRAP TO A WATCH CASE | Manufacture D'Horlogerie Audemars Piguet SA | COLLINS, JASON M | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 | |
| 19066397 | MIST EMITTING DEVICE | Ross Lifescience Usa Inc. | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 | |
| 19065051 | HYPER-EXCITATION HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM | The George Washington University | IP, JASON M | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19056458 | SWING MOTION TRAINER | Back Story, LLC | LEGESSE, NINI F | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 | |
| 19051828 | ELECTROSURGICAL INSTRUMENT WITH CARBON FIBER ELECTRODE | Erbe Elektromedizin GmbH | PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| 19048735 | INTEGRATED STEERING WHEEL SENSORS FOR DRIVER SAFETY AND HEALTH MONITORING | Georgia Tech Research Corporation | GARCIA, CARLOS E | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 | |
| 19099611 | OSCILLATOR AND TRANSCEIVER COMPRISING THIS OSCILLATOR | Csem Centre Sussie D'Electronique Et De Microtechnique SA - Recherche Et Développement | SHIN, JEFFREY M | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19037161 | COWBELL DISTRIBUTED WIRELESS COMPUTATIONAL PLATFORM | Rajant Corporation | ANYAN, BARBARA BURGESS | 2457 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2025 |
| 19036167 | VEHICLE LIGHT SYSTEM WITH WORKLIGHT FEATURE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF | Yourtruckshop Inc. | DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E | 2875 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18996145 | ELECTRIC MOTORBIKE AND COMPONENT ASSEMBLIES THEREOF | Ryvid, Inc. | FLEMING, FAYE M | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 18724498 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED BODY | Sakata Inx Corporation | MCNALLY, DANIEL | 1746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18990308 | HAIR CARE COMPOSITIONS WITH MAILLARD REACTION INHIBITING ENZYMES | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | BASQUILL, SEAN M | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18990105 | HAND SOAP COMPOSITIONS WITH MAILLARD REACTION INHIBITING ENZYME | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | TUCKER, PHILIP C | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 | |
| 18987212 | PORTABLE AIR SAMPLER | VELTEK ASSOCIATES, INC. | EYASSU, MARRIT | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 | |
| 18876127 | A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THICKNESS AND SOLID FRACTION OF A PHARMACEUTICAL TABLET USING NON-INVASIVE PROCESS ELECTRICAL TOMOGRAPHY | Hovione Scientia Ltd. | POTHEN, FEBA | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 | |
| 18981552 | INSTALLATION FOR PRODUCING A MEDICAL PREPARATION | Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH | BARRY, DAPHNE MARIE | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Dec 15, 2024 |
| 18873344 | COSMETIC COLORING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING MOISTURE CURABLE SILICONE POLYETHYLENEIMINE RESIN | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | ELHILO, EISA B | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 | |
| 18970733 | LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 | |
| 18970753 | UNIT DOSE DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 | |
| 18871965 | INFORMATION EXCHANGE USING AN EVENT CAMERA | Inivation AG | BELLO, AGUSTIN | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 | |
| 18970777 | CONCENTRATED DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | MRUK, BRIAN P | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 | |
| 18871415 | COSMETIC PRODUCT FOR TEMPORARILY SHAPING KERATIN-CONTAINING FIBERS | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | HAGOPIAN, CASEY SHEA | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 | |
| 18871429 | COSMETIC PRODUCT IN THE FORM OF A FOAM | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 | |
| 18870673 | TEXTILE WASHING METHOD | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | BOYER, CHARLES I | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2024 | |
| 18868672 | ORDER ASSIGNMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | BEIJING JINGDONG QIANSHI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. | ULLAH, ARIF | 3625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18947668 | TRANSORAL ULTRASOUND PROBE | Oral Diagnostix LLC | LUONG, PETER | 3797 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18943004 | NOVEL MOLECULES AS INHIBITORS OF DNA DAMAGE REPAIR PATHWAY | Vrise Therapeutics, Inc. | MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 | |
| 18939042 | ELECTRICAL GRID CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING DYNAMICALLY MAPPED EFFECTIVE IMPEDANCE | Dominion Energy, Inc. | KARIM, ZIAUL | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 | |
| 18939068 | MODULAR ENCLOSURE SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL GENERATOR SETS | Avl Manufacturing Inc. | TRAN, LONG T | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 | |
| 18862812 | PROTECTIVE SYSTEM FOR A STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 | |
| 18935646 | FOOD ARRANGEMENT | Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH | PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2024 | |
| 18862465 | REGULATING MEMBER FOR A WATCH MOVEMENT | Chronode SA | WALKER, MICHAEL JAMES | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial83.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Blank Rome, LLP were allowed, across 23,388 applications in USPTO records.
3.24 office actions per allowed application on average.
223 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 125 clients, before 209 examiners in 94 art units.