Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 5 clients • 14 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
BREINER & BREINER, L.L.C. operates in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has managed 847 career applications. There are 13 pending office actions currently being handled by the firm.
The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 77.84 percent. This is achieved with an average of 2.68 office actions per allowance. This average is relatively low, indicating an efficient prosecution process for its medical and mechanical applications. The 77.84 percent allowance rate provides a baseline for the firm's success in obtaining patent grants. With 13 pending actions, the firm maintains an active presence in these fields. Practitioners can view the 2.68 average as a sign of effective communication with examiners, leading to faster resolutions. The 847 career applications demonstrate the firm's established history in its primary technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 1 | 75.4% | +24.8% |
| KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 1 | 74.2% | +57.0% |
| FRY, PATRICK B | 1 | 53.9% | +8.0% |
| DIAS, RAVEEN J | 1 | 80.7% | +17.3% |
| VERA, ELISA H | 1 | 72.2% | +26.5% |
| SINGH, KAVEL | 1 | 83.7% | +14.0% |
| MAIGA, SIDI MOHAMED | 1 | 75.0% | +4.0% |
| SAHNI, VISHAL R | 1 | 75.4% | +18.9% |
| MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S | 1 | 54.1% | +21.3% |
| CORNETT, ROBERT D | 1 | 39.2% | +44.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18536706 | DEVICE WITH ROTATING BLADES, MACHINE COMPRISING SAID DEVICE, AND RELATED METHOD | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 78d overdue |
| 17765075 | CUTTING MACHINE FOR PRODUCTS MADE OF CELLULOSE MATERIAL AND RELATED METHOD | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 19d overdue |
| 18680102 | METHOD OF LOWERING A STREAM OF BOARDS | SINGH, KAVEL | 16d overdue |
| 19114156 | PACKAGING MACHINE WITH SEALANT DISPENSING DEVICE | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 9d overdue |
| 18716240 | EMBOSSING DEVICE FOR EMBOSSING A CELLULOSE WEB MATERIAL AND RELATED METHOD | VERA, ELISA H | 9d |
| 18385066 | Method And Multi-Level Switchback Conveyor Apparatus For Product Singulation And Alignment | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 26d |
| 18577364 | SYSTEM FOR PACKING TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS IN WRAPPING SHEETS | SEIF, DARIUSH | 28d |
| 19357901 | SIDE WALL SEAL FOR PIPING | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18680102 | METHOD OF LOWERING A STREAM OF BOARDS | SINGH, KAVEL | 16d overdue |
| 19114156 | PACKAGING MACHINE WITH SEALANT DISPENSING DEVICE | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 9d overdue |
| 18716240 | EMBOSSING DEVICE FOR EMBOSSING A CELLULOSE WEB MATERIAL AND RELATED METHOD | VERA, ELISA H | 9d |
| 19357901 | SIDE WALL SEAL FOR PIPING | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | — |
| 18869407 | LINE FOR PRODUCING TUBES MADE OF WEB-LIKE MATERIAL | DIAS, RAVEEN J | — |
| 18630596 | VIBRATION ISOLATION ASSEMBLY | SAHNI, VISHAL R | — |
| 18689158 | A DEVICE FOR CLAMPING LOGS DURING CUTTING, LOG SAW COMPRISING THE DEVICE AND METHOD | MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S | — |
| 18687425 | A ROTATING BLADE DEVICE, A MACHINE COMPRISING SAID DEVICE, AND METHOD | CORNETT, ROBERT D | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Valmet | 7 |
| Roof Goose Vent LLC | 3 |
| Automated Industrial Technologies | 2 |
| VALMET TISSUE CONVERTING S.P.A. | 1 |
| Körber | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 4 |
| 3731 | 3 |
| 3651 | 2 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19357901 | SIDE WALL SEAL FOR PIPING | Roof Goose Vent LLC | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19114156 | PACKAGING MACHINE WITH SEALANT DISPENSING DEVICE | VALMET TISSUE CONVERTING S.P.A. | KOTIS, JOSHUA G | 3731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19114121 | PACKAGING MACHINE WITH SEALING DEVICE FOR PAPER WRAPPING MATERIALS | VALMET TISSUE CONVERTING S.P.A. | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 18869407 | LINE FOR PRODUCING TUBES MADE OF WEB-LIKE MATERIAL | VALMET TISSUE CONVERTING S.P.A. | DIAS, RAVEEN J | 3654 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18716240 | EMBOSSING DEVICE FOR EMBOSSING A CELLULOSE WEB MATERIAL AND RELATED METHOD | VALMET TISSUE CONVERTING S.P.A. | VERA, ELISA H | 1748 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18680102 | METHOD OF LOWERING A STREAM OF BOARDS | Automated Industrial Technologies, Inc. | SINGH, KAVEL | 3651 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18668647 | ELECTRICAL PEDESTAL | Roof Goose Vent LLC | MAIGA, SIDI MOHAMED | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18630596 | VIBRATION ISOLATION ASSEMBLY | Roof Goose Vent LLC | SAHNI, VISHAL R | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 | |
| 18689158 | A DEVICE FOR CLAMPING LOGS DURING CUTTING, LOG SAW COMPRISING THE DEVICE AND METHOD | VALMET TISSUE CONVERTING S.P.A. | MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S | 3724 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18687425 | A ROTATING BLADE DEVICE, A MACHINE COMPRISING SAID DEVICE, AND METHOD | VALMET TISSUE CONVERTING S.P.A. | CORNETT, ROBERT D | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18577364 | SYSTEM FOR PACKING TISSUE PAPER PRODUCTS IN WRAPPING SHEETS | VALMET TISSUE CONVERTING S.P.A. | SEIF, DARIUSH | 3731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18536706 | DEVICE WITH ROTATING BLADES, MACHINE COMPRISING SAID DEVICE, AND RELATED METHOD | VALMET TISSUE CONVERTING S.P.A. | DO, NHAT CHIEU Q | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 78d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18385066 | Method And Multi-Level Switchback Conveyor Apparatus For Product Singulation And Alignment | Automated Industrial Technologies, Inc. | AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ | 3651 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 17765075 | CUTTING MACHINE FOR PRODUCTS MADE OF CELLULOSE MATERIAL AND RELATED METHOD | Korber Tissue S.p.A. | MACFARLANE, EVAN H | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Mar 30, 2022 |
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