Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Grumbles Law PLLC focuses its practice on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has handled 599 career applications and maintains a resolved allowance rate of 90.17 percent. This performance is achieved with an average of 2.08 office actions per allowance, suggesting a streamlined prosecution process for its clients.
The firm currently manages 6 pending office actions. The 90.17 percent allowance rate demonstrates a strong ability to secure patents in mechanical fields. With 599 career applications and 2.08 average office actions per allowance, the firm shows consistency in its output and efficiency in handling examiner interactions. Practitioners can look at the data as a key indicator of the firm's success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Furthermore, the metrics suggest that the firm effectively minimizes the number of rounds required to reach an allowance for its 6 pending office actions. This level of efficiency is a significant benefit for clients managing patent portfolios in competitive mechanical industries.
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 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVISON, LAURA L | 1 | 32.6% | +36.9% |
| CZEKAJ, DAVID J | 1 | 49.8% | -7.5% |
| LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 1 | 68.6% | +14.7% |
| HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | 1 | 57.8% | +34.8% |
| LEE, TSU-CHANG | 1 | 72.7% | +13.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19375860 | DECOY TECHNOLOGY | DAVISON, LAURA L | — |
| 18922813 | LIGATOR | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| 18559879 | ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR SYSTEM AND DEVICE WITH REAL-TIME FEEDBACK | HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | — |
| 18080656 | DYNAMIC AND MODIFIABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM | LEE, TSU-CHANG | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19375860 | DECOY TECHNOLOGY | DAVISON, LAURA L | — |
| 18922813 | LIGATOR | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | — |
| 18559879 | ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR SYSTEM AND DEVICE WITH REAL-TIME FEEDBACK | HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | — |
| 18080656 | DYNAMIC AND MODIFIABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM | LEE, TSU-CHANG | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Expedite International, Inc. | 1 |
| Inspecvision Limited | 1 |
| Haemoband Surgical Limited | 1 |
| Acies Medical | 1 |
| Elle Innovations Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3993 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19375860 | DECOY TECHNOLOGY | Expedite International, Inc. | DAVISON, LAURA L | 3993 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19021729 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Inspecvision Limited | CZEKAJ, DAVID J | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 18922813 | LIGATOR | Haemoband Surgical Limited | LAUER, CHRISTINA C | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18559879 | ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY SENSOR SYSTEM AND DEVICE WITH REAL-TIME FEEDBACK | Acies Medical LLC | HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18080656 | DYNAMIC AND MODIFIABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM | Elle Innovations Inc. | LEE, TSU-CHANG | 4100 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
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