Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
97 pending office actions • 15 clients • 83 examiners • 50 art units • 0 of 97 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Getz Balich, LLC has 100 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 3154 career applications. The resolved allowance rate is 94.54%, indicating that most measured resolved matters reached allowance. The average of 3.61 office actions per allowance shows that favorable resolution can still involve several examination exchanges.
This combination gives practitioners both a substantial active workload and historical context for response planning. The allowance figure supports confidence in the measured resolved record, while the action average emphasizes the need to budget for iterative prosecution rather than assume that allowance follows an initial response. Medical-device claims should be reviewed for clear structural, functional, and mechanical support, with related matters checked for consistent amendments and arguments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 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. 33 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 | 7 (7%) |
| §103 only | 36 (37%) |
| §102 only | 4 (4%) |
| §112 only | 2 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 45 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, TAE JUN | 4 | 63.9% | +25.8% |
| MEILLER, SEAN V | 4 | 74.1% | +38.3% |
| NG, HENRY | 2 | 62.9% | +53.2% |
| NGUYEN, HOANG M | 2 | 75.9% | +16.3% |
| KANG, EDWIN G | 2 | 64.1% | +66.6% |
| WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | 2 | 73.8% | -1.1% |
| CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 2 | 54.5% | +34.6% |
| DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 2 | 74.3% | +26.0% |
| SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS | 2 | 28.3% | +50.3% |
| FERDOUSI, FAHMIDA NMN | 2 | 43.1% | +31.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18403092 | LATCH ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM COWL | LUGO, CARLOS | 142d overdue |
| 18841251 | DEVICE AND ROBOT FOR PERFORMING TASKS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 97d overdue |
| 18646411 | UNITARY SHAPED SOFT GOODS ARTICLE HAVING VARIABLE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN DIFFERENT REGIONS | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 77d overdue |
| 18202733 | AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE THRUST PROPULSOR | MEILLER, SEAN V | 32d overdue |
| 17942045 | ADAPTIVE MANUFACTURING USING CT SCAN DATA | KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA | 31d overdue |
| 18121424 | COUPLING OPTICAL FIBERS AND FLUID PASSAGES | HAYES, MARY A | 19d overdue |
| 17401886 | FORMING COOLING APERTURE(S) IN A TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT | LIU, CHRIS Q | 1d overdue |
| 18807515 | ENGINE FUEL NOZZLE WITH COAXIAL FUEL AND AIR FLOWS | KIM, TAE JUN | 8d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18594925 | ENERGY GENERATING DEVICE | MEILLER, SEAN V | 43d overdue |
| 18511352 | FORMING A CONTOURED FINISHED SOFT GOOD FROM A FLATTER FIBROUS INTERMEDIATE PART | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 43d overdue |
| 18202733 | AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE THRUST PROPULSOR | MEILLER, SEAN V | 32d overdue |
| 18654335 | PARTIAL-ADMISSION TURBINE ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | KIM, TAE JUN | 15d overdue |
| 18211100 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TURBINE ENGINE TURBINE COMPONENT COOLING | MEILLER, SEAN V | 2d overdue |
| 18807515 | ENGINE FUEL NOZZLE WITH COAXIAL FUEL AND AIR FLOWS | KIM, TAE JUN | 8d |
| 17566203 | INDUCTION WELDING WITH AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD CONCENTRATOR | FERDOUSI, FAHMIDA NMN | 9d |
| 18422343 | INTERMEDIATE CASE FOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM HOUSING | KIM, TAE JUN | 27d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| RTX | 64 |
| ROHR, INC. | 12 |
| Spineology Inc. | 3 |
| Simplifyber, Inc. | 3 |
| Becton Dickinson | 2 |
| Conceptomed AS | 2 |
| Viomedex Limited | 2 |
| OnDosis AB | 2 |
| Dicom Director LLC | 1 |
| DLR | 1 |
| Field Engine Wildlife Research and Management LLC | 1 |
| JMBH HOLDINGS, LLC | 1 |
| PreciPoint GmbH | 1 |
| AR Developing | 1 |
| Anue AS | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 16 |
| 3799 | 5 |
| 2857 | 5 |
| 3745 | 4 |
| 2855 | 4 |
| 3761 | 4 |
| 3791 | 3 |
| 1748 | 3 |
| 2859 | 3 |
| 3798 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18966979 | Untitled | Rtx Corporation | MEADE, LORNE EDWARD | 3741 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19481691 | IMAGE GUIDED PROCEDURES | Dicom Director LLC | LI, JOHN DENNY | 3798 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 19310222 | CLUTCHED ELECTRIC POWERPLANT FOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | GREEN, RICHARD R | 3647 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19309285 | SPINAL IMPLANT DEVICE | Spineology Inc. | JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19246269 | THRUST DIVERTER FOR AN OPEN ROTOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM | Rtx Corporation | NG, HENRY | 3741 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19239567 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR TURBINE ENGINE GEARTRAIN | Rtx Corporation | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 3655 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19231131 | GASEOUS FUEL NOZZLE FOR TURBINE ENGINE POWERPLANT | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | CHAU, ALAIN | 3741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19225706 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH BYPASS TOBI COOLING/PURGE FLOW AND METHOD | Rtx Corporation | FORD, RENE D | 3741 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19217762 | AERIAL VEHICLE FLUID CONTROL SYSTEM WITH MULTI-WAY FLOW REGULATOR | Rtx Corporation | FILOSI, TERRI L | 3644 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19212272 | MESH SPACER HYBRID | Spineology Inc. | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3775 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19075310 | CONVECTION COOLING AT LOW EFFUSION DENSITY REGION OF COMBUSTOR PANEL | Rtx Corporation | NG, HENRY | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19068794 | Hybrid Electric Propulsion System with Start Sequence and Shutdown Sequence | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | SUNG, GERALD LUTHER | 3741 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19101490 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCOUNTING FOR A CONFOUNDING FACTOR IN THE DETERMINATION OF A PHYSIOLOGIC PARAMETER OR CONDITION | BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY | CHEN, TSE W | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19044310 | FLEX COUPLER FOR HYBRID GAS TURBINE ENGINE POWERPLANT | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | OLYNICK, DAVID | 3741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19041622 | GEARBOX WITH INTEGRATED MECHANICAL DISCONNECT | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | PERVIN, FARHANA | 3655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19036670 | COLD SPRAYING COATING ONTO TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT | Rtx Corporation | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 1712 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19034238 | SULFONATED THERMOPLASTIC PART AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME | Rohr, Inc. | TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA | 1729 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19032892 | GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH A ROTOR STAGE SHROUD | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | SEHN, MICHAEL L | 3745 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19018823 | FORMING DUCT STRUCTURE WITH OVERBRAIDED WOVEN FIBER SLEEVE | Rohr, Inc. | BEHA, CAROLINE | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19014903 | AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH ELECTRIC MACHINE SYSTEM COOLING CIRCUIT | Rtx Corporation | NGUYEN, HOANG M | 3746 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18980869 | ATTACHMENT FOR MOUNTING AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM TO PYLONG STRUCTURE | Rtx Corporation | MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D | 3632 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18977558 | MACHINING COMPONENT USING SCAN DATA OF INTERNAL ARTIFACT(S) | Rtx Corporation | BEKELE, MEKONEN T | 2699 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18973948 | INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH MONOLITHIC PILOT CHAMBER STRUCTURE | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | NGUYEN, HOANG M | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18965600 | SUPPLEMENTAL THRUST SYSTEM WITH ROTATING DETONATION COMBUSTOR | Rtx Corporation | KANG, EDWIN G | 3741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18949285 | LUBRICANT SYSTEM | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A | 3654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18934863 | SHAFT ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M | 3745 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18927563 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR OPEN ROTOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM | Rtx Corporation | KIM, TAE JUN | 3799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18921688 | AUTOREGULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING TISSUE OXIMETRY AND BLOOD PRESSURE | BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 3791 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18918632 | ANTI-ROTATION TOOL FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE ROTATIONAL EQUIPMENT | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 3726 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18916311 | SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICES | Conceptomed AS | ABOUELELA, MAY A | 3791 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18913888 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18841251 | DEVICE AND ROBOT FOR PERFORMING TASKS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FÜR LUFT- UND RAUMFAHRT E.V. | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 3656 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 97d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18807515 | ENGINE FUEL NOZZLE WITH COAXIAL FUEL AND AIR FLOWS | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | KIM, TAE JUN | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18781576 | AIRCRAFT EXTERNAL POWER ASSEMBLY, GROUND-BASED POWER ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | DANGOL, ASHESH | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18769058 | REPAIRING COMPOSITE THERMOPLASTIC COMPONENT USING INDUCTION / CONDUCTIVE HEATING | Rohr, Inc. | WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT | 1745 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18756032 | THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE COMPONENTS AND METHOD FOR FORMING SAME | Rohr, Inc. | CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J | 1744 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18733218 | ACTUATABLE INSPECTION PROBE FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION | Rtx Corporation | NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18680662 | INSPECTION SCOPE WITH VIBRATION ISOLATOR FOR TRANSDUCER | Rtx Corporation | VILLALUNA, ERIKA J | 2852 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18680640 | ACTUATABLE GUIDE TUBE FOR ELECTRONIC INSPECTION SCOPE | Rtx Corporation | DAVIS HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18680577 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING A POWERPLANT COMPONENT | Rtx Corporation | KAY, DOUGLAS | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18662506 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING A POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING AN INSPECTION SCOPE | Rtx Corporation | LAU, TUNG S | 2857 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18659943 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING A POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING AN INSPECTION SCOPE | Rtx Corporation | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 2857 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18658446 | INSPECTING INTERNAL POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING INSPECTION SCOPE | Rtx Corporation | HUANG, DAVID Z | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18656097 | ANIMAL TRAP | Field Engine Wildlife Research And Management LLC | ARK, DARREN W | 3647 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18656184 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING A POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING AN INSPECTION SCOPE | Rtx Corporation | CORDERO, LINA M | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18656146 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING A POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING AN INSPECTION SCOPE | Rtx Corporation | ZAYKOVA-FELDMAN, LYUDMILA | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18654335 | PARTIAL-ADMISSION TURBINE ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | KIM, TAE JUN | 3799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18646411 | UNITARY SHAPED SOFT GOODS ARTICLE HAVING VARIABLE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN DIFFERENT REGIONS | Simplifyber, Inc. | THOMPSON, CAMIE S | 1786 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 77d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18642189 | ACOUSTIC PANEL WITH MULTIPLE LAYER CORRUGATED CORE | Rohr, Inc. | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | 1781 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18630718 | INSPECTING INTERNAL POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE | Rtx Corporation | KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial94.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Getz Balich LLC were allowed, across 3,154 applications in USPTO records.
3.61 office actions per allowed application on average.
97 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 15 clients, before 83 examiners in 50 art units.
