Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
216 pending office actions • 64 clients • 196 examiners • 128 art units • 3 of 216 (1%) have an AI response strategy ready
EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN, LLC works in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and reports 217 pending office actions across 15611 career applications. The figures show a large active prosecution workload within a broad recorded portfolio.
The resolved allowance rate is 93.07%, and allowed matters average 3.47 office actions per allowance. The allowance figure indicates frequent successful resolution, while the office-action average shows that allowance commonly follows sustained examination engagement. For practitioners, the profile combines substantial workload with a strong resolved outcome measure and a need for continued response management.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 54 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. 54 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 | 5 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 25 (12%) |
| §103 only | 66 (31%) |
| §102 only | 7 (3%) |
| §112 only | 7 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 95 (44%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, HOANG V | 3 | 91.0% | +6.2% |
| EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 3 | 70.4% | +34.9% |
| PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3 | 68.9% | +25.0% |
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 3 | 25.9% | +21.6% |
| JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 2 | 62.1% | +27.5% |
| KING, BRIAN M | 2 | 70.3% | +23.7% |
| WHITESELL, STEVEN H | 2 | 82.0% | +12.9% |
| GANMAVO, KUASSI A | 2 | 70.6% | +20.3% |
| FERNSTROM, KURT | 2 | 65.8% | +14.2% |
| KIM, PETER B | 2 | 83.1% | +9.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19073220 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE | WHITESELL, STEVEN H | — |
| 19027107 | Antennaless Wireless Device Capable of Operation in Multiple Frequency Regions | NGUYEN, HOANG V | — |
| 19018304 | LENS ELEMENT FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS DESIGNED FOR OPERATION IN THE DUV, AND METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR FORMING AN ANTIREFLECTION LAYER | WHITESELL, STEVEN H | — |
| 18999074 | Wireless Device and Antenna System with Extended Bandwidth | NGUYEN, HOANG V | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17462576 | BEAM STEERING IN FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE (FMCW) LIDAR SYSTEMS | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 237d overdue |
| 18261794 | DUTY CYCLE CONTROL IN POLYPHASE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEMS | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 71d overdue |
| 18319617 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MAIN BODY OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LITHOGRAPHY, AND MAIN BODY OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LITHOGRAPHY | CARRUTH, JENNIFER DOAK | 58d overdue |
| 18799040 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF PREFERRED ROUTES | PHAM, CLINT V | 52d overdue |
| 16637113 | VIRTUAL CURRENCY DATA ISSUING SYSTEM, USER TERMINAL, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | CHOI, YUE YIN | 42d overdue |
| 16617284 | DATA STRUCTURE, TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEIVING DEVICE, SETTLEMENT DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | ALI, JAHED | 42d overdue |
| 18333658 | FAST SESSION TRANSFER BETWEEN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK AND 5G NETWORK | HUA, QUAN M | 32d overdue |
| 18447533 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | KENDALL, BENJAMIN R | 4d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19204742 | PERISTALTIC PUMP | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 4d overdue |
| 18728579 | IMPLANTABLE STIMULATION ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURES | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 2d overdue |
| 18248496 | SELF-FITTING OF PROSTHESIS | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 2d overdue |
| 16385269 | Mixed Refrigerant Liquefaction System and Method with Pre-Cooling | PETTITT, JOHN F | 15d |
| 18300724 | CRYOGENIC PUMP | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 40d |
| 18772333 | TOY VEHICLE BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | FERNSTROM, KURT | 62d |
| 19191851 | Hydrogen Liquefaction System and Method | KING, BRIAN M | — |
| 19073220 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE | WHITESELL, STEVEN H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3796 | 13 |
| 3792 | 9 |
| 3763 | 6 |
| 2882 | 5 |
| 3732 | 4 |
| 3746 | 4 |
| 2845 | 4 |
| 2834 | 4 |
| 3791 | 4 |
| 3761 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18961634 | Untitled | Cisco Technology, Inc. | CHACKO, JOE | 2457 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19676919 | MOLDED BASEBALL CAP | Under Armour, Inc. | REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI | 3732 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2026 |
| 19532442 | PACKAGING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD | Ulma Packaging, S.Coop. | JALLOW, EYAMINDAE CHOSSAN | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2026 |
| 19477327 | MAGNETIC INDUCTION ANTENNA MODULE | Cochlear Limited | INGE, JOSEPH N | 2836 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2025 |
| 19337293 | BACKPACK INCLUDING SUSPENSION STRAP | Under Armour, Inc. | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 3734 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19286449 | DEPTH CHART VISUALIZATION FOR TEAM MANAGEMENT | Sumersports, Llc. | SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N | 3624 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19272000 | STORAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT DEVICE | Sigmastar Technology Ltd. | KHAN, MASUD K | 2132 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19267913 | FIBER REINFORCED VALVE SEAL | Gd Energy Products, LLC | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 3799 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19254576 | DECENTRALIZED INTERNET PROTOCOL SECURITY KEY NEGOTIATION | Cisco Technology, Inc. | CHAO, MICHAEL W | 2431 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19141447 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ECCENTRIC SCREW PUMP | Seepex GmbH | FREAY, CHARLES GRANT | 3746 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19214388 | BI-DIRECTIONAL POWER OVER ETHERNET FOR DIGITAL BUILDING APPLICATIONS | Cisco Technology, Inc. | PRIFTI, AUREL | 2175 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19204742 | PERISTALTIC PUMP | Oina Vv AB | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 3746 | DP | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19191851 | Hydrogen Liquefaction System and Method | Chart Energy & Chemicals, Inc. | KING, BRIAN M | 3763 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19122316 | SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR MULTI-DEVICE SYSTEMS | Cochlear Limited | KUO, JONATHAN T | 3792 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19170404 | MIRROR, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING A MIRROR | Carl Zeiss Smt GmbH | RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A | 2882 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19118264 | Techniques For Measuring Skin Flap Thickness Using Ultrasound | Cochlear Limited | SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19096958 | DETACHABLE MOORING CHAIN LINK, CONNECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCONNECTING TWO MOORING CHAINS UNDERWATER | Vicinay Marine Innovacion (Aie) | PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | 3615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19093433 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | Kokusai Electric Corporation | WIECZOREK, MICHAEL P | 1712 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19116546 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, FIRST COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SECOND COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | Nti, Inc. | GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | 2496 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19092004 | COOLING DEVICE FOR COOLING A POSITION-SENSITIVE COMPONENT OF A LITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM | ASML Netherlands B.V. | PERSAUD, DEORAM | 2882 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19073220 | MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE | Carl Zeiss Smt GmbH | WHITESELL, STEVEN H | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19073659 | CONDUCTING COMMUNICATION SESSIONS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION OF USER INTERACTION | Cisco Technology, Inc. | ESPINAS, KYLENINO TAGALOG | 2655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19107824 | SMOOTH SWITCHING BETWEEN MEDICAL DEVICE SETTINGS | Cochlear Limited | ROBLES, EILEEN | 3792 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19063832 | SEALING ARRANGEMENTS FOR ROTARY ADSORPTION MACHINES | Howden Group Limited | JONES, GORDON A | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 | |
| 19059808 | INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT FOR PRODUCING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR A PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS, OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR A PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN OPTICAL ELEMENT | Carl Zeiss Smt GmbH | NGUYEN, HUNG | 2882 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19051719 | Sole Structure With Bottom-Loaded Compression | Under Armour, Inc. | HUYNH, KHOA D | 3732 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19042836 | Smoothing Surface Roughness Using Atomic Layer Deposition | University Of Colorado Boulder | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 1718 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19038895 | Auto Darkening Filter Lens and Control Panel for Welding Helmet | The ESAB Group, Inc. | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 2871 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19037488 | DYNAMIC AUTHENTICATION VIA AN AUTHENTICATION INTERMEDIATOR | Cisco Technology, Inc. | DO, KHANG D | 2492 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19036211 | SPORTS STADIUM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING A SPORTS STADIUM INTO A MULTI-SPACE, MULTIFUNCTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE | Sener Mobility S.A. | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19032588 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC FORECASTING OF CARBON INTENSITY FOR PRODUCT, PROCESS, OR SERVICE LEVERAGING LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS (LCA) | Anew Fuels, LLC | SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19031790 | METHOD OF FORMING AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR | Under Armour, Inc. | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1741 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19027100 | Antennaless Wireless Device Capable of Operation in Multiple Frequency Regions | Ignion, S.L. | NGUYEN, HOANG V | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027107 | Antennaless Wireless Device Capable of Operation in Multiple Frequency Regions | Ignion, S.L. | NGUYEN, HOANG V | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025137 | DYNAMIC SKILLS-BASED REGISTRATION AND ROUTING IN A FRAMEWORK OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGENTS | Cisco Technology, Inc. | DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H | 3624 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19025246 | Compact Antenna Technology for Wireless Communications | Ignion, S.L. | LEE, SEUNG H | 2876 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19018304 | LENS ELEMENT FOR A MICROLITHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS DESIGNED FOR OPERATION IN THE DUV, AND METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR FORMING AN ANTIREFLECTION LAYER | Carl Zeiss Smt GmbH | WHITESELL, STEVEN H | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19014736 | LOCATING WIRELESS DEVICES | Cochlear Limited | GHULAMALI, QUTBUDDIN | 2632 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19004988 | APPAREL FABRIC WITH HEAT RETENTION | Under Armour, Inc. | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1717 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19000922 | MEASURING ASSEMBLY FOR DETECTING A DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO ELEMENTS, DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE, OPTICAL MEASURING SYSTEM AND METHOD | Carl Zeiss Smt GmbH | NGUYEN, SANG H | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18999074 | Wireless Device and Antenna System with Extended Bandwidth | Ignion, S.L. | NGUYEN, HOANG V | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18878388 | IMPLANTABLE SENSOR TRAINING | Cochlear Limited | GANMAVO, KUASSI A | 2692 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18988819 | CONTAINER AND WITHDRAWAL SYSTEM | Brita LP | KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS | 3733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876463 | Methods And Apparatuses For Inhibiting Movement Of Implanted Magnetic Devices | Cochlear Limited | TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18986435 | STATOR | Mcf Electric Drive Corporation | ANDREWS, MICHAEL | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18981948 | MACSEC-LIKE ENCRYPTION FOR BLANKET OBFUSCATION AND ENHANCED PRIVACY CONTENT | Cisco Technology, Inc. | ALI, AFAQ | 2434 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18982759 | Wireless Device Including a Multiband Antenna System | Ignion, S.L. | PATEL, AMAL A | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18976735 | CONNECTOR FOR A TOY FIGURE | Mattel, Inc. | FERNSTROM, KURT | 3715 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18971186 | LOW DROPOUT VOLTAGE REGULATOR HAVING LOW POWER MODE | Sigmastar Technology Ltd. | SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18967048 | ROTOR STRUCTURE | Mcf Electric Drive Corporation | VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial93.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC were allowed, across 15,611 applications in USPTO records.
3.47 office actions per allowed application on average.
216 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 64 clients, before 196 examiners in 128 art units.
