Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 9 clients • 14 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
HENRICKS SLAVIN LLP has 952 career applications in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm currently manages 10 pending office actions. The resolved allowance rate pct is 83.91, indicating the proportion of its resolved cases that have successfully reached allowance. This history of 952 applications provides a baseline for evaluating the firm's performance in mechanical patenting.
The average office actions per allowance is 3.55. This metric reflects the level of negotiation with examiners required to secure a patent grant. The firm's performance is grounded in its 952 career applications and 83.91 resolved allowance rate pct. Practitioners can use the average of 3.55 office actions per allowance to set expectations for the duration of the patent acquisition process. The 10 pending office actions show the firm's current workload in its primary technology area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (36%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 1 | 49.2% | +39.6% |
| LUAN, SCOTT | 1 | 65.2% | +12.7% |
| TEHRANI, DANIEL | 1 | 59.7% | +42.9% |
| ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | 1 | 62.1% | +23.7% |
| KARLS, SHAY LYNN | 1 | 68.9% | +26.8% |
| PORTER, JR, GARY A | 1 | 68.8% | +25.2% |
| WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 1 | 68.0% | +28.7% |
| RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | 1 | 72.4% | +19.6% |
| HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | 1 | 86.8% | +1.3% |
| MORGAN, EMILY M | 1 | 35.5% | +33.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18701199 | COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18511955 | HANDLEBAR GRIP ASSEMBLIES | MORGAN, EMILY M | 168d overdue |
| 18495503 | ELECTRODE LEADS HAVING MULTI-APPLICATION HELICAL NERVE CUFFS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 53d overdue |
| 18255578 | Foil Arrangement and Water Sports Apparatus | BURGESS, MARC R | 13d |
| 18981465 | ELECTRODE LEADS HAVING MULTI-APPLICATION NERVE CUFFS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | TEHRANI, DANIEL | — |
| 18778973 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INJECTOR | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | — |
| 18727089 | CONCRETE FLOAT | KARLS, SHAY LYNN | — |
| 18738593 | CASE FOR USE IN IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEM EXTERNAL COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME | PORTER, JR, GARY A | — |
| 18701224 | Power Conversion Apparatus and Method for Connecting Power Conversion Apparatus to AC Power Supply | RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18511955 | HANDLEBAR GRIP ASSEMBLIES | MORGAN, EMILY M | 168d overdue |
| 18718422 | COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3d overdue |
| 19019360 | ELECTRODE LEAD ASSEMBLIES HAVING NERVE CUFFS AND NERVE CUFF STRAIGHTENERS | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | — |
| 18985448 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES HAVING EMBOSSED NERVE CONTACT ELEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| 18981465 | ELECTRODE LEADS HAVING MULTI-APPLICATION NERVE CUFFS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | TEHRANI, DANIEL | — |
| 18778973 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INJECTOR | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | — |
| 18727089 | CONCRETE FLOAT | KARLS, SHAY LYNN | — |
| 18738593 | CASE FOR USE IN IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEM EXTERNAL COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME | PORTER, JR, GARY A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| The Alfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research | 4 |
| Carrier | 3 |
| Hoya | 1 |
| Baron Innovative Technology | 1 |
| Advanced Bionics | 1 |
| ADVANCED BIONICS AG | 1 |
| James George Elcoate Smith | 1 |
| Extreme Steering, Inc. | 1 |
| Boards & More GmbH | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3792 | 3 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19019360 | ELECTRODE LEAD ASSEMBLIES HAVING NERVE CUFFS AND NERVE CUFF STRAIGHTENERS | The Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research | HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| 18985448 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES HAVING EMBOSSED NERVE CONTACT ELEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | The Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research | LUAN, SCOTT | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 | |
| 18981465 | ELECTRODE LEADS HAVING MULTI-APPLICATION NERVE CUFFS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | The Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research | TEHRANI, DANIEL | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2024 | |
| 18778973 | INTRAOCULAR LENS INJECTOR | Hoya Corporation | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2024 | |
| 18727089 | CONCRETE FLOAT | Baron Innovative Technology LP | KARLS, SHAY LYNN | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2024 |
| 18738593 | CASE FOR USE IN IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEM EXTERNAL COMPONENT INCLUDING THE SAME | Advanced Bionics, LLC | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18718422 | COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Advanced Bionics LLC | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18701224 | Power Conversion Apparatus and Method for Connecting Power Conversion Apparatus to AC Power Supply | VIESSMANN CLIMATE SOLUTIONS SE | RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2024 |
| 18701199 | COCHLEAR IMPLANTS HAVING MRI-COMPATIBLE MAGNET APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | James George Elcoate Smith | HOMZA, LISA NHUNG | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18511955 | HANDLEBAR GRIP ASSEMBLIES | Extreme Steering, Inc. | MORGAN, EMILY M | 3677 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 168d overdue | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18495503 | ELECTRODE LEADS HAVING MULTI-APPLICATION HELICAL NERVE CUFFS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS | The Alfred E. Mann Foundation For Scientific Research | EVANISKO, GEORGE ROBERT | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 53d overdue | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18547056 | Method and System for Commissioning an HVAC System | VIESSMANN CLIMATE SOLUTIONS SE | AHMED, ISTIAQUE | 2116 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18255578 | Foil Arrangement and Water Sports Apparatus | Boards & More GmbH | BURGESS, MARC R | 3615 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 17779154 | BATTERY PACK WITH REINFORCING ELEMENTS | VIESSMANN CLIMATE SOLUTIONS SE | NEWELL, ANNA GOULD | 1726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | May 24, 2022 |
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