Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Central Coast Patent Agency, LLC focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering with 1347 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 75.17 percent. This 75.17 percent resolved allowance rate reflects the firm's success in navigating the examination process. Prosecution typically involves 3.93 average office actions per allowance. This 3.93 average office actions per allowance suggests a more extensive negotiation process with the USPTO than firms with lower averages.
There are 4 pending office actions currently under management. This count of 4 pending office actions represents the firm's current active docket in relation to its 1347 career applications. The 3.93 average office actions per allowance provides a baseline for expected prosecution duration in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. With 1347 career applications, the firm has established a consistent presence in this technology area. The 75.17 percent resolved allowance rate is a key metric for evaluating the firm's historical outcomes.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRISBY, KESHA | 1 | 52.9% | +23.3% |
| JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 1 | 51.9% | +76.5% |
| DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 1 | 68.9% | +27.4% |
| PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 1 | 71.1% | +39.4% |
| SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 1 | 45.6% | +16.8% |
| DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1 | 66.3% | +33.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19174737 | DETERMINING AND TRACKING EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING | FRISBY, KESHA | — |
| 18813969 | Remote Analyte Testing System | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | — |
| 18674500 | Sternal Bridge | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18745321 | Authorized Operation of Vehicles | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 8d |
| 19174737 | DETERMINING AND TRACKING EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING | FRISBY, KESHA | — |
| 18902365 | Nickel Cobalt Sulfoselenide Bitransition Mixed Chalcogenide for Use as Supercapacitor | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | — |
| 18813969 | Remote Analyte Testing System | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | — |
| 18674500 | Sternal Bridge | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | — |
| 18675846 | Hybridized Body-Centered Tetragonal (BCT) Carbon | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | 3 |
| Smarttec Inc. | 1 |
| Invent.Ly LLC | 1 |
| Invisible Holding | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 1 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19174737 | DETERMINING AND TRACKING EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING | Smarttec Inc. | FRISBY, KESHA | 3715 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 18902365 | Nickel Cobalt Sulfoselenide Bitransition Mixed Chalcogenide for Use as Supercapacitor | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 1785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18813969 | Remote Analyte Testing System | Invent.Ly LLC | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18674500 | Sternal Bridge | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18745321 | Authorized Operation of Vehicles | Invisible Holding, LLC | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18675846 | Hybridized Body-Centered Tetragonal (BCT) Carbon | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham | DAVIS, SHENG HAN | 1732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial75.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Central Coast Patent Agency, LLC were allowed, across 1,347 applications in USPTO records.
3.92 office actions per allowed application on average.
6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 6 examiners in 6 art units.