Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 9 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Hitaffer, PLLC focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering with 402 career applications. The firm currently manages 8 pending office actions. The resolved allowance rate pct is 90.0, reflecting the firm's track record in securing allowances for its clients. This history of 402 applications indicates a focused practice with a foundation of experience in mechanical patenting.
The average office actions per allowance is 2.41. This metric suggests that the prosecution process typically involves between two and three office actions. The firm's performance is based on 402 career applications and a 90.0 resolved allowance rate pct. The average of 2.41 office actions per allowance is a key indicator of the efficiency of the firm's prosecution strategy. The 8 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. 4 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. 4 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 + other | 1 (10%) |
| §103 only | 3 (30%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 1 | 46.0% | +38.4% |
| APPIAH, CHARLES NANA | 1 | 45.8% | +16.8% |
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.2% | +39.5% |
| WEBB, MARGARET G | 1 | 79.9% | +8.1% |
| SMALL, NAOMI J | 1 | 63.9% | +23.7% |
| MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 1 | 83.6% | +12.4% |
| GUAN, GUANG H | 1 | 59.6% | +54.9% |
| ADJAGBE, MAXIME M | 1 | 84.2% | +9.6% |
| NGUYEN, BAO D | 1 | 54.3% | +27.9% |
| CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 1 | 30.2% | +33.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18489823 | Accessory for a Polishing Machine | ADJAGBE, MAXIME M | 66d overdue |
| 17785047 | INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCING CANNABIS | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 15d overdue |
| 18709623 | Method of Manufacturing a Truss Structure Element and a Truss Structure | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 12d |
| 19148879 | Cranial Remodeling Orthosis | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | — |
| 18713632 | METHOD OF ASYNCHRONOUS DATA COMMUNICATION AND REGISTRATION OF A USER EQUIPMENT | APPIAH, CHARLES NANA | — |
| 18292908 | ORDER PREPARATION STATION | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | — |
| 18573407 | Side Rail Locking Mechanism | GUAN, GUANG H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17785047 | INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCING CANNABIS | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 15d overdue |
| 18701561 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN VEHICLE ACCIDENTS | SMALL, NAOMI J | 2d overdue |
| 18709623 | Method of Manufacturing a Truss Structure Element and a Truss Structure | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 12d |
| 19148879 | Cranial Remodeling Orthosis | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | — |
| 18713632 | METHOD OF ASYNCHRONOUS DATA COMMUNICATION AND REGISTRATION OF A USER EQUIPMENT | APPIAH, CHARLES NANA | — |
| 18292908 | ORDER PREPARATION STATION | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | — |
| 18573407 | Side Rail Locking Mechanism | GUAN, GUANG H | — |
| 17969561 | HAND DRYER DEVICE | NGUYEN, BAO D | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Satelio Iot Services, S.L. | 2 |
| Invent Medical Group, S.R.O. | 1 |
| Area Four Industries | 1 |
| Atressa Global | 1 |
| Mecalux, S.A. | 1 |
| Linet Spol. S R.O. | 1 |
| RCR Flooring Products Ltd | 1 |
| Mediclinics, S.A. | 1 |
| CICADA LIMITED | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 2641 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19148879 | Cranial Remodeling Orthosis | Invent Medical Group, S.R.O. | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 3786 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 18713632 | METHOD OF ASYNCHRONOUS DATA COMMUNICATION AND REGISTRATION OF A USER EQUIPMENT | Satelio Iot Services, S.L. | APPIAH, CHARLES NANA | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 | |
| 18709623 | Method of Manufacturing a Truss Structure Element and a Truss Structure | Area Four Industries Cesko s.r.o. | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3726 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18702983 | METHOD FOR REGISTERING A USER EQUIPMENT IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | Satelio Iot Services, S.L. | WEBB, MARGARET G | 2641 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18701561 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ASSISTANCE IN VEHICLE ACCIDENTS | Atressa Global Corporation, S.L. | SMALL, NAOMI J | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18292908 | ORDER PREPARATION STATION | Mecalux, S.A. | MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY | 3653 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2024 |
| 18573407 | Side Rail Locking Mechanism | Linet Spol. S R.O. | GUAN, GUANG H | 3631 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18489823 | Accessory for a Polishing Machine | Rcr Flooring Products Ltd. | ADJAGBE, MAXIME M | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 17969561 | HAND DRYER DEVICE | Mediclinics, S.A. | NGUYEN, BAO D | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2022 |
| 17785047 | INFRASTRUCTURE AND METHODOLOGY FOR PRODUCING CANNABIS | Cicada Limited | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 3619 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2022 |
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