Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 3 clients • 7 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Hansen Reynolds (Broan-NuTone LLC) operates within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has managed 224 career applications and currently holds 4 pending office actions. Their resolved allowance rate stands at 79.62 percent, reflecting the outcome of their efforts in these engineering fields.
The firm experiences an average of 3.02 office actions per allowance. This metric indicates that practitioners typically engage in the rounds of communication indicated by the 3.02 average with the USPTO before securing a grant. With 224 career applications, the firm has a recorded record of performance. The 4 pending office actions represent the current phase of their prosecution activity, while the 79.62 percent allowance rate provides a benchmark for outcomes in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The 3.02 office actions per allowance suggest a consistent level of examiner interaction for this firm. The 79.62 percent allowance rate serves as a performance indicator for their Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering practice.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §102 only | 3 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATALANO, JACKSON RICHARD | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| PANG, ROGER L | 1 | 89.2% | +7.1% |
| ZHANG, LESHUI | 1 | 77.9% | +35.3% |
| LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 1 | 57.1% | +56.9% |
| FAULKNER, RYAN L | 1 | 67.5% | +17.2% |
| SCHULT, ALLEN | 1 | 67.7% | +31.2% |
| BADERMAN, SCOTT T | 1 | 45.9% | +3.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843338 | AERODYNAMIC SYSTEM FOR TRAILER WITH OVERLAPPING SKIRT AND RIB COVER | PANG, ROGER L | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19057184 | END OF TRAILER FAIRING WITH FLEXIBLE ATTACHMENT MEMBER | CATALANO, JACKSON RICHARD | — |
| 18585704 | VENTILATION SYSTEM FAN SCROLL | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | — |
| 18475395 | VENTILATION FAN | SCHULT, ALLEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18665952 | CEILING MOUNTABLE SPEAKER ENCLOSURE | ZHANG, LESHUI | 69d |
| 18585704 | VENTILATION SYSTEM FAN SCROLL | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | — |
| 18585590 | GRILLE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR A VENTILATION SYSTEM | FAULKNER, RYAN L | — |
| 18475395 | VENTILATION FAN | SCHULT, ALLEN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Broan-NuTone | 4 |
| Trailer Aerodynamics LLC | 2 |
| Atlas Sound LP | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 3 |
| 2695 | 1 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19057184 | END OF TRAILER FAIRING WITH FLEXIBLE ATTACHMENT MEMBER | Trailer Aerodynamics LLC | CATALANO, JACKSON RICHARD | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 | |
| 18843338 | AERODYNAMIC SYSTEM FOR TRAILER WITH OVERLAPPING SKIRT AND RIB COVER | Trailer Aerodynamics LLC | PANG, ROGER L | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 | |
| 18665952 | CEILING MOUNTABLE SPEAKER ENCLOSURE | Atlas Sound LP | ZHANG, LESHUI | 2695 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18585704 | VENTILATION SYSTEM FAN SCROLL | Broan-Nutone LLC | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 3762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18585590 | GRILLE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR A VENTILATION SYSTEM | Broan-Nutone LLC | FAULKNER, RYAN L | 3762 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18475395 | VENTILATION FAN | Broan-Nutone LLC | SCHULT, ALLEN | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18474396 | VENTILATION SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC FLOW BALANCING DERIVED FROM A NEURAL NETWORK AND METHODS OF USE | Broan-Nutone LLC | BADERMAN, SCOTT T | 2118 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 89d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
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