Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 6 clients • 8 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ewing & Jones, PLLC has a significant presence in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, with 1232 career applications. The firm boasts a resolved allowance rate pct of 89.51, showing a high degree of success in securing patents. Currently, they are managing 9 pending office actions.
The prosecution path typically involves an avg office actions per allowance of 3.46. This metric indicates that the firm successfully navigates the patent office's requirements in multiple office actions. The 89.51 resolved allowance rate pct across 1232 career applications highlights the firm's consistent performance.
For the 9 pending office actions, the 3.46 avg office actions per allowance provides a clear expectation for the remaining prosecution steps. The firm's 89.51 resolved allowance rate pct underscores its reliability in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 4 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | 1 | 54.5% | +27.8% |
| FOLLMAN, BRODIE J | 1 | 73.9% | +10.6% |
| WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN | 1 | 84.0% | +11.5% |
| MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS | 1 | 81.7% | +10.3% |
| JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA | 1 | 34.8% | +40.3% |
| MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | 1 | 49.5% | +34.0% |
| WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 1 | 42.3% | +40.2% |
| RUFO, LOUIS J | 1 | 54.4% | +22.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18883485 | PLATFORM LIFT FOR RAILROAD CAR MOVING VEHICLE | MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19273870 | THREADED COUPLING WITH GAS TIGHT SEALS AND INTERLOCKING DOVETAIL THREADS | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | — |
| 18949566 | HYBRID TRACTOR/TRAILER SYSTEM | FOLLMAN, BRODIE J | — |
| 18940282 | NEGOTIATING MULTI-CONTROLLER LOGIC FOR FAN IN MOBILE FRACTURING UNIT | WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN | — |
| 18265036 | MULTI-PASS HEATER | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18694338 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION CATALYST FOR FORMATE PRODUCTION | JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA | 16d |
| 18586049 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR IMPAIRMENT | MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | 42d |
| 19273870 | THREADED COUPLING WITH GAS TIGHT SEALS AND INTERLOCKING DOVETAIL THREADS | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | — |
| 18949566 | HYBRID TRACTOR/TRAILER SYSTEM | FOLLMAN, BRODIE J | — |
| 18940282 | NEGOTIATING MULTI-CONTROLLER LOGIC FOR FAN IN MOBILE FRACTURING UNIT | WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN | — |
| 18883485 | PLATFORM LIFT FOR RAILROAD CAR MOVING VEHICLE | MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS | — |
| 18265036 | MULTI-PASS HEATER | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | — |
| 17773920 | CATALYST-IONOMER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAS-PHASE ELECTROLYSIS | RUFO, LOUIS J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Stewart & Stevenson LLC | 3 |
| Precision Couplings, LLC | 1 |
| COLLÈGE DE FRANCE | 1 |
| STAR BP, INC. | 1 |
| Hc Thermal LLC | 1 |
| THE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 2 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19273870 | THREADED COUPLING WITH GAS TIGHT SEALS AND INTERLOCKING DOVETAIL THREADS | Precision Couplings, LLC | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | 3679 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 18949566 | HYBRID TRACTOR/TRAILER SYSTEM | Stewart & Stevenson LLC | FOLLMAN, BRODIE J | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 | |
| 18940282 | NEGOTIATING MULTI-CONTROLLER LOGIC FOR FAN IN MOBILE FRACTURING UNIT | Stewart & Stevenson LLC | WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN | 3763 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18883485 | PLATFORM LIFT FOR RAILROAD CAR MOVING VEHICLE | Stewart & Stevenson LLC | MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 | |
| 18694338 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCTION CATALYST FOR FORMATE PRODUCTION | Collège De France | JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18586049 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TREATING CARDIOVASCULAR IMPAIRMENT | Star BP, Inc. | MULLINS, JESSICA LYNN | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18265036 | MULTI-PASS HEATER | Hc Thermal LLC | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 3761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 17773920 | CATALYST-IONOMER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAS-PHASE ELECTROLYSIS | The Governing Council of the University of Toronto | RUFO, LOUIS J | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
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