Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
145 pending office actions • 81 clients • 131 examiners • 70 art units • 0 of 145 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
HESLIN ROTHENBERG FARLEY & MESITI PC has a history with 9180 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 85.32 percent, primarily operating within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Efficiency in prosecution is evidenced by an average of 2.79 office actions per allowance, suggesting a specific approach to navigating the path to grant.
The firm is currently managing 106 pending office actions, which reflects its ongoing presence in the Medical Devices and Mechanical Engineering sectors. For practitioners, this workload of 106 pending office actions represents a continuous stream of examiner interactions and a pipeline of intellectual property for their clients.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 49 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. 49 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 only | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 11 (8%) |
| §103 only | 32 (22%) |
| §102 only | 6 (4%) |
| §112 only | 6 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 12 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 77 (53%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3 | 82.0% | +13.3% |
| SIPP, AMY R. | 2 | 71.0% | +25.9% |
| GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 2 | 32.1% | +41.9% |
| GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 2 | 85.4% | +17.2% |
| CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 2 | 80.7% | +9.7% |
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 2 | 73.8% | +29.9% |
| ROSARIO, DENNIS | 2 | 68.7% | +29.4% |
| KERSHAW, KELLY P | 2 | 17.7% | +16.0% |
| KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 2 | 58.1% | +37.2% |
| HEGEMIER, JON MICHAEL | 2 | — | — |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19183905 | ALIGNMENT GUIDE APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 19183866 | BONE FIXATION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, IMPLANTS, DEVICES, ALIGNMENT GUIDES, AND METHODS OF USE | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 19036435 | SOFT TISSUE RETENTION DEVICE, INSTRUMENTATION AND RELATED METHODS | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | — |
| 19031768 | INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL FIXATION GUIDES, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF USE | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17757686 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FIBRE COMPOSITE BODY AND FIBRE COMPOSITE BODY | COMINO, EVA L | 168d overdue |
| 18568616 | ANTI-SUN COSMETIC COMPOSITION CONTAINING MYCOSPORINE-LIKE AMINO ACIDS | STEVENS, MARK V | 71d overdue |
| 18456798 | COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING WRINKLE | BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 66d overdue |
| 19054095 | INTERFACES AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL TIME AND NEAR REAL TIME FLEET RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | SIMPSON, DIONE N | 45d overdue |
| 18813584 | NAIL FILE | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 37d overdue |
| 18956531 | CRUSHER SCREENING UNIT | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 36d overdue |
| 17605891 | MAGNESIUM ION-CONTAINING MATERIALS AS WHITE PIGMENTS IN ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS | NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI | 30d overdue |
| 18292843 | A CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE ANALYSIS SYSTEM | ROSARIO, DENNIS | 29d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18923361 | ORTHOPEDIC INSTRUMENTS | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 49d overdue |
| 18292843 | A CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE ANALYSIS SYSTEM | ROSARIO, DENNIS | 29d overdue |
| 18482496 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, GUIDES, AND METHODS OF USE | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | 19d overdue |
| 18480105 | INSTRUMENTATION AND METHODS FOR TOTAL ANKLE ARTHROPLASTY | SIPP, AMY R. | 19d |
| 18931929 | ORTHOPEDIC INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 47d |
| 19287311 | DYNAMIC SYNDESMOSIS IMPLANT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SIPP, AMY R. | — |
| 19220773 | METHOD FOR EMBEDDING AT LEAST ONE MARKER IN A DECORATIVE DESIGN OF A PANEL | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | — |
| 19183896 | ALIGNMENT GUIDES, CUT GUIDES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE AND ASSEMBLY | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3775 | 7 |
| 3723 | 5 |
| 1785 | 3 |
| 1613 | 3 |
| 3615 | 3 |
| 3785 | 3 |
| 3773 | 2 |
| 3643 | 2 |
| 3619 | 2 |
| 1624 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19439907 | LIGHTING FIXTURES HAVING A ROTATABLE ILLUMINABLE ASSEMBLY AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ILLUMINATION | Wangs Alliance Corporation | DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G | 2875 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19290811 | INSTRUMENTS AND SURGICAL METHODS FOR BUNION PROCEDURES | Paragon 28, Inc. | JOHANAS, JACQUELINE T | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 | |
| 19287311 | DYNAMIC SYNDESMOSIS IMPLANT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Paragon 28, Inc. | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19282590 | DETACHABLE AND REVERSIBLE MATTRESS TICKING ASSEMBLIES AND MATTRESSES EMPLOYING THE SAME | Kickball Concepts LLC | ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A | 3679 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19234002 | VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE RELATED TRANSACTION CONTROL SYSTEM | Drivewyze Ltd. | TALLMAN, BRIAN A | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 | |
| 19220773 | METHOD FOR EMBEDDING AT LEAST ONE MARKER IN A DECORATIVE DESIGN OF A PANEL | Cfl Holding Limited | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1785 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19183896 | ALIGNMENT GUIDES, CUT GUIDES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE AND ASSEMBLY | Paragon 28, Inc. | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2025 | |
| 19183905 | ALIGNMENT GUIDE APPARATUS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS | Paragon 28, Inc. | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2025 | |
| 19183866 | BONE FIXATION SYSTEM, ASSEMBLY, IMPLANTS, DEVICES, ALIGNMENT GUIDES, AND METHODS OF USE | Paragon 28, Inc. | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2025 | |
| 19068501 | PANEL SUITABLE FOR ASSEMBLING A FLOOR COVERING | Champion Link International Corporation | SIMONE, CATHERINE A | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 | |
| 19054095 | INTERFACES AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL TIME AND NEAR REAL TIME FLEET RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | Bestpass, Inc. | SIMPSON, DIONE N | 3628 | §101 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19044145 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND CORRECTING DEFORMITIES OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES | Paragon 28, Inc. | SATCHER, DION JOHN | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 | |
| 19099817 | 3D PRINTED BIOACTIVE SCAFFOLDS | Genis Hf. | ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 | |
| 19036435 | SOFT TISSUE RETENTION DEVICE, INSTRUMENTATION AND RELATED METHODS | Paragon 28, Inc. | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3775 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19034048 | MODULAR POOL SYSTEMS FOR PARTIAL INGROUND INSTALLATION | Imperial Pools, Inc. | BAKER, LORI LYNN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 | |
| 19031768 | INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL FIXATION GUIDES, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF USE | Paragon 28, Inc. | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 18996117 | A BIODEGRADABLE SUBSTRATE FOR GROWTH ACCOMMODATION OF OYSTERS AND/OR OYSTER LARVAE | Oyster Heaven Ip B.V. | VALENTI, ANDREA M | 3643 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19024392 | INTRAMEDULLARY NAIL FIXATION GUIDES, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF USE | Paragon 28, Inc. | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19012226 | POOL STAIR FORMS AND METHODS OF FORMING POOL STAIRS | Imperial Pools, Inc. | HERRING, BRENT W | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 | |
| 19012393 | OSTEOTOMY SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS | Paragon 28, Inc. | SEVILLA, CHRISTIAN ANTHONY | 3775 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18879838 | IN-SITU PATTERNING OF FIBRE ARTICLES | Omya International AG | MINSKEY, JACOB T | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 18879588 | SOLAR CELL PRODUCTION PROCESS AND SOLAR CELL PRODUCTION SYSTEM | Wavelabs Solar Metrology Systems GmbH | LE, THANG XUAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 | |
| 18983207 | INSTRUMENTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF USING | Paragon 28, Inc. | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18873041 | STORAGE STABILIZATION AGENT FOR STABILIZING AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS, PROCESS FOR STABILIZING AND USES THEREOF | Omya International AG | KAMM, JUDITH MARIE | §101§102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 | |
| 18868979 | METHOD FOR MAKING FIBRES | Imperial College Innovations Limited | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1743 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18956538 | MOBILE AGGREGATE PROCESSING PLANT | Portafill International Limited | DEUBLE, MARK A | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 | |
| 18956531 | CRUSHER SCREENING UNIT | Portafill International Limited | RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH C | 3653 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18867615 | TRAILER | Expandable B.V. | EBNER, KATY MEYER | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 | |
| 18941904 | PERIMETER REPLICATION DEVICE | Jac Enterprises Ltd. | GUADALUPE, YARITZA | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 | |
| 18931929 | ORTHOPEDIC INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS | Paragon 28, Inc. | GIBSON, ERIC SHANE | 3775 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 47d | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18923361 | ORTHOPEDIC INSTRUMENTS | Paragon 28, Inc. | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18920221 | DECORATIVE PANEL | Cfl Holding Limited | GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T | 1781 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18898386 | TANNING COMPOSITION | Ubeauty Global | JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 | |
| 18893958 | CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE ANALYSIS SYSTEM | Artrya Limited | ROSARIO, DENNIS | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 | |
| 18891605 | FOOD PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING A FOOD PRODUCT | Soley International Inc. | KERSHAW, KELLY P | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 | |
| 18885354 | FIBULAR NAIL OUTRIGGER SURGICAL DEVICE | Medartis AG | KAMIKAWA, TRACY L | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 | |
| 18847003 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DEFECT DETECTION, COUNTING, AND LOCALISATION FROM VIDEO SEQUENCES | Agency for Science, Technology and Research | SHIN, SOO JUNG | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 | |
| 18830159 | RENEWABLE ENERGY PLATFORM ASSEMBLY KIT AND METHOD | Marine Power Systems Limited | ANDERSON, AMBER R | 3678 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18813584 | NAIL FILE | Green Bell Co., Ltd. | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 37d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18809888 | GARDEN WATERING FLOW METERS | Exel Industries | TAN, ALVIN H | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 | |
| 18776417 | SYSTEM, IMPLANT, AND METHODS FOR ARTHROPLASTY | Paragon 28, Inc. | MATHEW, SEEMA | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 | |
| 18726683 | A METHOD OF TRAINING A MODEL FOR ONE OR MORE PRODUCTION WELLS | Solution Seeker AS | BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 | |
| 18713773 | METHOD FOR MEASURING ELASTASE 1 IN FECES | Phc Corporation | GIERE, REBECCA M | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 | |
| 18754529 | MOTOR VEHICLE WINDSHIELD AND MOTOR VEHICLE PROVIDED WITH SUCH WINDSHIELD | Automobili Pininfarina GmbH | ZHUO, WENWEI | 4100 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18679934 | 6-PYRIMIDIN-ISOINDOLE DERIVATIVE AS ERK1/2 INHIBITOR | Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. | MOU, LIYUAN | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 | |
| 18714373 | DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF A HAIR DRYER | Dbl Company S.r.l. | NGUYEN, BAO D | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 | |
| 18713872 | METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS (MOSFET) AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME | The Research Foundation For The State Universtiy Of New York | SHOOK, DANIEL P | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 | |
| 18711130 | INJECTABLE AND INHALABLE FORMULATIONS | Cybin UK Ltd. | PURDY, KYLE A | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 | |
| 18661155 | COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR LABELING LIPIDATED NUCLEOTIDES | The Research Foundation for the State University of New York | HASTINGS, ALISON AZAR | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 | |
| 18658676 | COMPOSTER | Exel Industries | LOPEZLIRA, ASHLEY NICOLE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial85.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Heslin, Rothenberg, Farley & Mesiti, P.C. were allowed, across 9,180 applications in USPTO records.
2.79 office actions per allowed application on average.
145 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 81 clients, before 131 examiners in 70 art units.