Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 8 clients • 8 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gutwein Law-Primary operates in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has 193 career applications. A resolved allowance rate of 74.7 percent has been achieved across these matters. On average, the firm receives 2.65 office actions per allowance. There are currently 4 pending office actions requiring responses.
The 2.65 average office actions per allowance provides a benchmark for the expected duration of prosecution. Practitioners can compare the pending office actions to this average to estimate future workload. The 74.7 percent resolved allowance rate indicates the historical probability of success for applications that reach a final resolution. With 193 career applications, the firm has a documented history in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. These 4 pending office actions represent the current focus of the firm's prosecution efforts. The relationship between the average office actions and the allowance rate defines the firm's prosecution profile. This historical data provides a basis for understanding the firm's typical prosecution cycle.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 1 | 62.9% | +22.9% |
| ALBERS, KEVIN S | 1 | 26.6% | +49.7% |
| FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | 1 | 78.4% | +13.2% |
| PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | 1 | 56.5% | +48.6% |
| SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | 1 | 76.0% | +6.5% |
| POON, ROBERT | 1 | 41.9% | +27.0% |
| FLICK, JASON E | 1 | 80.6% | +13.4% |
| CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT | 1 | 69.8% | +34.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18731191 | SLOTTED PERITONEAL ACCESS CATHETER | FLICK, JASON E | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19103431 | ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS WITH TRACK SYSTEM AND MECHANISM | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 16d overdue |
| 19145982 | LACE CINCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | — |
| 19101534 | OPTICAL MATERIALS AND METHODS THEREOF | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | — |
| 19038700 | ADVANCED WEARABLE HYDRATION MONITORING SYSTEM | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | — |
| 18948448 | SOUND DAMPING PANEL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD THEREOF | SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | — |
| 18369643 | system and method to measure, identify, process and reduce food defects during manual or automated processing | CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19103431 | ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS WITH TRACK SYSTEM AND MECHANISM | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 16d overdue |
| 19145982 | LACE CINCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | — |
| 19101534 | OPTICAL MATERIALS AND METHODS THEREOF | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | — |
| 19038700 | ADVANCED WEARABLE HYDRATION MONITORING SYSTEM | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | — |
| 18864252 | WALLET ASSEMBLY HAVING A BAND MEMBER | POON, ROBERT | — |
| 18731191 | SLOTTED PERITONEAL ACCESS CATHETER | FLICK, JASON E | — |
| 18369643 | system and method to measure, identify, process and reduce food defects during manual or automated processing | CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Gear Ties LLC D/B/A Xtrudex | 1 |
| Thrive Orthopedics, LLC | 1 |
| Star Voltaic, LLC | 1 |
| Predictive Wear | 1 |
| Mdpt LLC | 1 |
| Daniel Martinson | 1 |
| Hemocleanse Technologies LLC | 1 |
| Orchard Holding | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3786 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 2667 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19145982 | LACE CINCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE | Gear Ties LLC D/B/A Xtrudex | SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J | 3677 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19103431 | ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS WITH TRACK SYSTEM AND MECHANISM | Thrive Orthopedics, LLC | ALBERS, KEVIN S | 3786 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19101534 | OPTICAL MATERIALS AND METHODS THEREOF | Star Voltaic, LLC | FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 | |
| 19038700 | ADVANCED WEARABLE HYDRATION MONITORING SYSTEM | Predictive Wear | PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 | |
| 18948448 | SOUND DAMPING PANEL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD THEREOF | Mdpt LLC | SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 | |
| 18864252 | WALLET ASSEMBLY HAVING A BAND MEMBER | Daniel Martinson | POON, ROBERT | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18731191 | SLOTTED PERITONEAL ACCESS CATHETER | Hemocleanse Technologies LLC | FLICK, JASON E | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 | |
| 18369643 | system and method to measure, identify, process and reduce food defects during manual or automated processing | Orchard Holding | CAMMARATA, MICHAEL ROBERT | 2667 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
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