Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Day Pitney LLP

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

24 pending office actions • 14 clients • 23 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

The profile covers Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and shows 24 pending office actions. It records 2025 career applications, providing a broader activity measure alongside the current pending workload.

The resolved allowance rate is 82.19%, with an average of 2.58 office actions per allowance. Together, these figures indicate that resolved matters commonly involved multiple examination responses before allowance, while the allowance rate provides a direct measure of resolved-case outcomes. Practitioners can use both measures when evaluating expected prosecution demands in this technology area.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=2025 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

82.2%
Allowance Rate
n=2025
+0.43σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2025
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=1403
-0.53σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1403
1023 days
Time to Allowance
n=1403
+3.8pp
Interview Lift
n=2025
20.9%
RCE Rate
n=2025
2.9%
Appeal Rate
n=2025

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.2%
§101 Overcome
n=97
73.4%
§102 Overcome
n=454
77.1%
§103 Overcome
n=650
79.8%
§112 Overcome
n=539

Specialization & Scale

A63H, G06F, Y10T
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2025
5
Practitioners
n=2025
405.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=2025

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

16
Hard (67%)
6
Medium (25%)
2
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (8%)
§103 only6 (25%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (58%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

5
Life Sciences
21% of docket
2
Information Tech
8% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
54% of docket
2
Business / Other
8% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, TAJASH D 2 80.8% +7.3%
NGUYEN, UYEN T 1 40.3% +37.1%
MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H 1 66.7% -10.8%
DAVIS, DAVID DONALD 1 70.3% +9.6%
EDMONDS, DONALD J 1 39.5% +35.3%
ZHAO, AIYING 1 48.4% +42.2%
GOFF II, JOHN L 1 59.5% +31.0%
CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 1 78.6% +22.7%
MILO, MICHAEL 1 50.8% +52.5%
COLEMAN, RYAN L 1 56.0% +59.8%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19458085 RECONFIGURABLE HELMET PATEL, TAJASH D —

Hard Cases (16)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18972196 APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SNORING MILO, MICHAEL 19d
18097541 FIFTH WHEEL HITCH CONNECTION SYSTEM HYMEL, ABIGAIL R 20d
18011702 PICKING DEVICE SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE 23d
19336755 AUTONOMOUS GENERATION OF MANUFACTURING IMPROVEMENTS BY AI-ENABLED ROBOTIC AGENTS IN REGULATED INDUSTRIES EDMONDS, DONALD J 34d
19653424 ACCESSORY ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR A HELMET PATEL, TAJASH D —
19417899 HELMET ATTACHMENT SYSTEM AND ACCESSORIES NGUYEN, UYEN T —
19084255 DEEP DRAWN HELMET ZHAO, AIYING —
19025064 COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF MAKING PH INDICATING NONWOVEN MATERIAL AND ABSORBENT PAD GOFF II, JOHN L —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18972196 APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SNORING MILO, MICHAEL 19d
19336755 AUTONOMOUS GENERATION OF MANUFACTURING IMPROVEMENTS BY AI-ENABLED ROBOTIC AGENTS IN REGULATED INDUSTRIES EDMONDS, DONALD J 34d
19006677 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING BACKFLOW PREVENTER CONDITION CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 70d
19417899 HELMET ATTACHMENT SYSTEM AND ACCESSORIES NGUYEN, UYEN T —
19084255 DEEP DRAWN HELMET ZHAO, AIYING —
19025064 COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF MAKING PH INDICATING NONWOVEN MATERIAL AND ABSORBENT PAD GOFF II, JOHN L —
18953806 COLOR PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE INDICATOR FOR WIPER BLADE ELEMENT COLEMAN, RYAN L —

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37325
29332
36112
26271
36291
17461
37531
37861
17141
21761

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19653424 ACCESSORY ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR A HELMET Galvion Ltd. PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2026
19458085 RECONFIGURABLE HELMET Galvion Ltd. PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2026
19417899 HELMET ATTACHMENT SYSTEM AND ACCESSORIES Galvion Ltd. NGUYEN, UYEN T 3732 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2025
19415081 DISPLAY DEVICE MOUNTING SYSTEM WITH A RAIL Galvion Ltd. MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H 3732 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2025
19381693 HEAD BORNE INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM Galvion Ltd. DAVIS, DAVID DONALD 2627 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2025
19336755 AUTONOMOUS GENERATION OF MANUFACTURING IMPROVEMENTS BY AI-ENABLED ROBOTIC AGENTS IN REGULATED INDUSTRIES H2 Clipper, Inc. EDMONDS, DONALD J 3629 §101 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 23, 2025
19084255 DEEP DRAWN HELMET Galvion Incorporated ZHAO, AIYING 3732 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2025
19025064 COMPOSITIONS AND METHOD OF MAKING PH INDICATING NONWOVEN MATERIAL AND ABSORBENT PAD Kas Pet, LLC GOFF II, JOHN L 1746 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19006677 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING BACKFLOW PREVENTER CONDITION Watts Regulator Co. CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 3753 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Dec 31, 2024
18972196 APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SNORING The Snore Reliever Company, LLC MILO, MICHAEL 3786 §103§112Other Final Rejection 19d Pending Dec 06, 2024
18953806 COLOR PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE INDICATOR FOR WIPER BLADE ELEMENT Trico Products Corporation COLEMAN, RYAN L 1714 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18927185 PLUMBING CONTROL DEVICE Watts Regulator Co. DEROSE, VOLVICK 2176 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18857666 MODULAR TOY Lego A/S WALTER, AUDREY BRADLEY 3711 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2024
35526540 Automotive LED lamp Lumileds LLC LEE, ANGELA J 2933 §112 Final Rejection 48d Pending Sep 09, 2024
18800743 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESIN TRANSFER MOULDING Composite Integration Limited GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1742 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2024
18671373 ADJUSTABLE HITCH ASSEMBLY WITH LOCKABLE COUPLER Horizon Global Americas Inc. STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2024
18598614 CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR CONNECTION TO A VEHICLE ELECTRICAL GROUND Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2024
18261194 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DERIVING HEALTH INDICATORS FROM USER-GENERATED CONTENT My Lua LLC COLEMAN, CHARLES P. 3683 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2023
35520815 LED retrofit bulb Lumileds LLC RIEKER, ROBERT B 2933 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 04, 2023
18097541 FIFTH WHEEL HITCH CONNECTION SYSTEM Horizon Global Americas Inc. HYMEL, ABIGAIL R 3611 §102§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jan 17, 2023
18011702 PICKING DEVICE Lego A/S SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE 3654 §102§103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Dec 20, 2022
18071082 HELMET MOUNTED PROCESSING SYSTEM Galvion Ltd. ANYA, CHARLES E 2194 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2022
18057527 SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HYDROGEN MANAGEMENT H2 Clipper, Inc. MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK 1727 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 21, 2022
17781953 A MOLD TOOL FOR INJECTION MOLDING Lego A/S MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Jun 02, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Day Pitney LLP's patent allowance rate?

82.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Day Pitney LLP were allowed, across 2,025 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Day Pitney LLP average before allowance?

2.58 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Day Pitney LLP have?

24 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 14 clients, before 23 examiners in 18 art units.

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