Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
54 pending office actions • 23 clients • 51 examiners • 34 art units • 0 of 54 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC manages 1535 career applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm currently has 41 pending office actions and a resolved allowance rate of 85.82 percent.
The average of 3.31 office actions per allowance provides insight into the typical prosecution timeline. This statistic helps practitioners estimate the number of examiner interactions required to secure a grant. The 85.82 percent allowance rate, when viewed alongside the 3.31 average office actions, demonstrates the firm's historical success in obtaining patents for transportation and mechanical systems.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 | 9 (17%) |
| §103 only | 12 (22%) |
| §102 only | 2 (4%) |
| §112 only | 3 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 26 (48%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 2 | 67.9% | +12.5% |
| CHEN, WENREN | 2 | 15.2% | +28.7% |
| DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 2 | 48.1% | +45.2% |
| TRAN, LOI H | 1 | 64.9% | +23.5% |
| LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y | 1 | 77.4% | +1.1% |
| GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M | 1 | 80.6% | +12.9% |
| PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 1 | 45.5% | +27.3% |
| BATES, DAVID W | 1 | 76.4% | +16.7% |
| KENNY, DANIEL J | 1 | 61.8% | +21.9% |
| BROWNE, SCOTT A | 1 | 72.0% | +35.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19073135 | DATA RECORDING DEVICE | GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17635392 | SPRING WITH A MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM WITH A DOOR AND THE SPRING WITH THE MONITORING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREFOR | IRVIN, THOMAS W | 171d overdue |
| 18854704 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY | HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | 31d overdue |
| 18310689 | LEGAL CASE OUTCOME PREDICTION | CHEN, WENREN | 30d overdue |
| 18310712 | MOTION AND ORDER LINKING | CHEN, WENREN | 28d overdue |
| 17926306 | DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF CONDITIONS CHARACTERIZED BY PERFUSION SHORTAGE | KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS | 24d overdue |
| 17468006 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS | KELLS, ASHER | 22d overdue |
| 18690286 | POROUS TITANIUM ALLOY STRUCTURE WITH A SILVER COATING HAVING OSTEOCOMPATIBILITY AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES | TIEN, LUCY MINYU | 26d |
| 17757281 | REPLACEMENT MEMBER FOR A JOINT REPLACEMENT | RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO | 34d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18310689 | LEGAL CASE OUTCOME PREDICTION | CHEN, WENREN | 30d overdue |
| 18310712 | MOTION AND ORDER LINKING | CHEN, WENREN | 28d overdue |
| 19152054 | OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM | TRAN, LOI H | — |
| 19073135 | DATA RECORDING DEVICE | GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M | — |
| 18981821 | UMBRELLA SYSTEM | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
| 18684187 | DISC-SHAPED AUGMENTATION FOR A LONG BONE | BATES, DAVID W | — |
| 18868865 | CUMULATIVE DISPLACEMENT GAUGE AND VIBRATION CONTROL DAMPER | KENNY, DANIEL J | — |
| 18868025 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE GEOMETRY PARAMETER OF A RAILROAD TRACK AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD | BROWNE, SCOTT A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3774 | 6 |
| 3615 | 2 |
| 2171 | 2 |
| 3626 | 2 |
| 2484 | 1 |
| 3991 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 3633 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19152054 | OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM | Topcon Corporation | TRAN, LOI H | 2484 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19201284 | System And Method For Providing Imaging Parameters | Dürr Dental SE | LEUNG, CHRISTINA Y | 3991 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19073135 | DATA RECORDING DEVICE | Dürr Dental SE | GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 | |
| 18981821 | UMBRELLA SYSTEM | Pangu Tech LLC | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 3634 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18684187 | DISC-SHAPED AUGMENTATION FOR A LONG BONE | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | BATES, DAVID W | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 | |
| 18868865 | CUMULATIVE DISPLACEMENT GAUGE AND VIBRATION CONTROL DAMPER | R Kikai Co., Ltd. | KENNY, DANIEL J | 3633 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18868025 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE GEOMETRY PARAMETER OF A RAILROAD TRACK AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD | Matisa Matériel Industriel S.A. | BROWNE, SCOTT A | 3615 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18865712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATION OF GNSS-SIGNAL INTERFERENCE | Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. | MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| 18865059 | CRAWLER TRACK LINK FOR A SUPPORT CARRIAGE OF A MACHINE FOR LAYING OR RENOVATING A RAILWAY LINE AND ARTICULATED ASSEMBLY OF SUCH | Matisa Matériel Industriel S.A. | BELLINGER, JASON R | 3615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18855818 | STRUCTURAL ELEMENT PROVIDED WITH APPLIED INSERTS FOR A COMPOSITE ACOUSTIC STRUCTURE, AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD | Institut De Recherche Technologique Jules Verne | OMORI, MARY I | 1784 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18908743 | AUTOMATED INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. | KUMAR, KALYANAVENKA K | 3653 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18854704 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ELECTRICITY | Verbakel Innovation B.V. | HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | 3745 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18908695 | DETECTION OF JAW ARCH GEOMETRY | Dürr Dental SE | MONTGOMERY, MELISSA JO | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 | |
| 18851110 | OPTICAL FILTER MOUNT | Settes B.V. | MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E | 2852 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18895727 | GUIDE SYSTEM, GUIDE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY TANGIBLE RECORDING MEDIUM OF GUIDE PROGRAM TO ASSIST WORKER WITH WORK IN WORK SITE | Topcon Corporation | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 3661 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18883199 | ANTI-MICROBIAL IMPLANT COATING | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 | |
| 18818524 | 5G OVER COAXIAL COEXISTENCE WITH DOCSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Charter Communications Operating, LLC | CHOI, EUNSOOK | 2467 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18765571 | IMPLANTATION TOOL FOR AN INTERPHALANGEAL IMPLANT | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18759508 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF LIDAR, LIDAR AND AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE | Hesai Technology Co., Ltd. | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 | |
| 18758857 | LASER RADAR DETECTION METHOD AND LASER RADAR | Hesai Technology Co., Ltd. | BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 | |
| 18722310 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENGAGING A PRODUCT FOR PRODUCT HANDLING | Awl-Techniek B.V. | BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | 3652 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18737919 | IDENTIFICATION OF PATTERNS IN TASK EXECUTION DATA FOR TASK MINING | UIPATH, INC. | KIM, DONG U | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 | |
| 18663495 | ANGIOPLASTY DEVICE | Nexstep Medical | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | 3771 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18641262 | SENSORS UNIT AND AIR COMPRESSOR SYSTEM WITH SUCH A SENSORS UNIT | Dürr Dental SE | TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. | 2117 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18696998 | PET CHEW AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PET CHEW | Paragon Pet Products Europe B.V. | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 1791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18695219 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY UNDERLYING CIRCUIT AND PREPARATION METHOD FOR THE SAME | Chengdu Pbm Technology Ltd. | PARK, SAMUEL | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 | |
| 18690286 | POROUS TITANIUM ALLOY STRUCTURE WITH A SILVER COATING HAVING OSTEOCOMPATIBILITY AND ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | TIEN, LUCY MINYU | 1612 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18586605 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ZONE MAPPING | Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. | MCPHERSON, JAMES M | 3663 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18583906 | SHOWERHEAD | Sinyu Technology (Fujian) Co., Ltd. | BURKE, THOMAS P | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18581059 | LIDAR HAVING INDIVIDUALLY ADDRESSABLE, SCANNABLE AND INTEGRATABLE LASER EMITTERS | Hesai Technology Co., Ltd. | THATCHER, CLINT A | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 | |
| 18683271 | DISK-SHAPED AUGMENTATION FOR A BONE, PARTICULARLY A LONG BONE | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | BARIA, DINAH N | 3774 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18683258 | TIBIAL COMPONENT OF A KNEE JOINT ENDOPROSTHESIS WITH TIBIAL PLATE AND ANCHORING STEM | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | WHITE, KIA XIONG | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18408750 | ACTIVE SUBSTANCE APPLICATOR FOR A JOINT IMPLANT, AND JOINT IMPLANT HAVING AN ACTIVE SUBSTANCE APPLICATOR | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | HOBAN, MELISSA A | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 | |
| 18558563 | HYDRAULIC PHOSPHOGYPSUM (PG)-BASED CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | Wuhan University Of Technology | GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 | |
| 18377131 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY DETECTION SYSTEM FOR LIDAR AND LIDAR | Hesai Technology Co., Ltd. | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18479258 | MATERIAL DENSITY INDEX | Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. | BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D | 2171 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18476427 | CONFORMANCE ASSISTANT FOR PROCESS MINING USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS | UIPATH, INC. | BUI, BRIAN DUYQUANG | 4100 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18470744 | SURVEYING APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR OPERATING SURVEYING APPARATUS | Topcon Corporation | WERNER, DAVID N | 2487 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18255684 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING MARKER POSITION AND ATTITUDE | Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc. | DRYDEN, EMMA ELIZABETH | 2677 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18317957 | OPHTHALMOLOGIC APPARATUS AND FOCUS DETERMINATION METHOD | Topcon Corporation | PINKNEY, DAWAYNE | 2872 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18310689 | LEGAL CASE OUTCOME PREDICTION | Bloomberg Finance L.P. | CHEN, WENREN | 3626 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
| 18310712 | MOTION AND ORDER LINKING | Bloomberg Finance L.P. | CHEN, WENREN | 3626 | §101§103§112DP | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
| 18187694 | SURVEYING APPARATUS, SURVEYING METHOD, AND SURVEYING PROGRAM | Topcon Corporation | SINGH, AVIRAJ DONGSOOK | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Mar 22, 2023 |
| 18186971 | LASER SCANNING METHOD, LASER SCANNING SYSTEM, AND LASER SCANNING PROGRAM | Topcon Corporation | CARRUTH, JENNIFER DOAK | 2871 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18006154 | COATING OF A STRUCTURED IMPLANT SURFACE | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | BLASS, PARIS MARIE | 3774 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 17926306 | DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF CONDITIONS CHARACTERIZED BY PERFUSION SHORTAGE | Falcon Bioscience, LLC | KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS | 1683 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
| 18049273 | AUTOMATIC MERGING OF VARIANTS OF AUTOMATABLE TASKS FOR ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION | UIPATH, INC. | MILLS, FRANK D | 2194 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2022 |
| 17757301 | ANCHORING MEMBER FOR A JOINT REPLACEMENT | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 3774 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2022 |
| 17757241 | JOINT PROSTHESIS | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
| 17757281 | REPLACEMENT MEMBER FOR A JOINT REPLACEMENT | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | RIOS, GABRIELLA GISELLE BONO | 3774 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
| 17757147 | CEMENT RETAINING IMPLANT STEM FOR PERMANENT FIXATION | Waldemar Link GmbH & Co. Kg | STEWART, ALVIN J | 3799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
| 17754805 | LINK FOR AN EXCAVATING CHAIN AND ASSOCIATED EXCAVATING CHAIN | Matisa Materiel Industriel S.A. | BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY | 3671 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2022 |
| 17635392 | SPRING WITH A MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM WITH A DOOR AND THE SPRING WITH THE MONITORING DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREFOR | Efaflex Tor- Und Sicherheitssysteme GmbH & Co. Kg | IRVIN, THOMAS W | 3616 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 171d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2022 |
| 17468006 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT OF PROJECTS | BLOOMBERG INDUSTRY GROUP, INC. | KELLS, ASHER | 2171 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2021 |
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