Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
286 pending office actions • 139 clients • 259 examiners • 130 art units • 0 of 286 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP manages a very large-scale patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. With 22676 career applications, the firm possesses extensive experience across a broad range of engineering and medical technologies. Its resolved allowance rate pct of 84.67 reflects a consistent ability to secure grants across this massive volume of filings. This track record indicates a stable prosecution strategy that scales effectively across large portfolios.
The firm's current workload includes 219 pending office actions, indicating a high level of ongoing prosecution activity. On average, the firm reaches an allowance after 3.22 avg office actions per allowance. This metric provides insight into the typical duration and complexity of the negotiation process with patent examiners. For practitioners, the 84.67 resolved allowance rate pct and 3.22 avg office actions per allowance represent the firm's established performance standards across its 22676 career applications. These figures help define the firm's operational capacity in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 89 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. 89 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 | 4 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 21 (7%) |
| §103 only | 90 (31%) |
| §102 only | 12 (4%) |
| §112 only | 13 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 11 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 131 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 5 | 83.6% | +13.0% |
| MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3 | 47.2% | +12.7% |
| POPOVICS, ROBERT J | 3 | 55.4% | +23.0% |
| KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY | 3 | 52.7% | +1.2% |
| LEGESSE, NINI F | 2 | 68.7% | +15.2% |
| NGUYEN, CUONG H | 2 | 78.7% | +8.9% |
| HANNAN, B M M | 2 | 82.2% | +18.0% |
| DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | 2 | 68.9% | +14.1% |
| POLAY, ANDREW | 2 | 74.0% | +20.9% |
| CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 2 | 74.8% | +16.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18751950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ALTERING A DEVICE FOR MOVING ANIMALS | HANNAN, B M M | 43d |
| 19207760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUSLY NAVIGATING AN ANIMAL ENVIRONMENT AND PERFORMING TASKS | HANNAN, B M M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18264285 | HANDLE KNOB WITH NO FREE PLAY | ROGERS, ADAM D | 307d overdue |
| 18437787 | DISPENSER CAP GUARD | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 150d overdue |
| 18920632 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING VARIABLE DATA THEREON AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRINTING SUCH ARTICLES | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 140d overdue |
| 18454025 | SUPPORT BRA SYSTEM AND METHOD | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 121d overdue |
| 18571127 | SYNTHETIC ECHO FROM ECG | NG, JONATHAN K | 119d overdue |
| 18547844 | SELF-EXTINGUISHING CANDLE | BASICHAS, ALFRED | 119d overdue |
| 19049467 | LATTICE STRUCTURE IMPLANT AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME | BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT | 113d overdue |
| 18320886 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATION FOR DETECTING THE LOCATION OF A JOINT CENTER | AKHAVANNIK, HADI | 71d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18545358 | Heated Work-Extraction Mechanism for a Cryogenic-Based Carbon Dioxide Capture System | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 31d overdue |
| 17996916 | Cableway Station Having a Safety Barrier | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 24d overdue |
| 17926517 | SIEVE PANEL HAVING VARIABLE TILT SCREEN ELEMENT | POPOVICS, ROBERT J | 4d overdue |
| 19182808 | BOUNCING TOY WITH PLUSH EXTERIOR | LEGESSE, NINI F | 16d |
| 19335167 | BOUNCING TOY WITH PLUSH EXTERIOR | LEGESSE, NINI F | 22d |
| 17937722 | PROMENADE DRAIN | POPOVICS, ROBERT J | 41d |
| 18751950 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ALTERING A DEVICE FOR MOVING ANIMALS | HANNAN, B M M | 43d |
| 18897224 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIGHT-BASED DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | CHAI, RAYMOND REI-YANG | 62d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 6 |
| 1786 | 6 |
| 3794 | 5 |
| 3783 | 5 |
| 3791 | 4 |
| 3732 | 4 |
| 3687 | 4 |
| 3775 | 4 |
| 3654 | 4 |
| 3754 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19451978 | PARTIALLY CONDUCTIVE CHLOR-ALKALI DIAPHRAGMS | Olin Corporation | CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 1794 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2026 |
| 19373496 | DYNAMIC ACCESS CONTROL AND INTRUSION DETECTION FOR SECURITY SYSTEMS | Genetec Inc. | SYED, NABIL H | 2689 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
| 19472863 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE COMPLIANT DEVICES FOR TOTAL LUMBAR DISC REPLACEMENT | 33 Medical, Inc. | COMSTOCK, DAVID C | 3773 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2025 |
| 19335167 | BOUNCING TOY WITH PLUSH EXTERIOR | Ty Inc. | LEGESSE, NINI F | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19318642 | EYE TRACKING KIT APPLICABLE TO EYE GLASSES | VIEWPOINTSYSTEM GMBH | BOYLAN, JAMES T | 2486 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19308065 | POWER CONTROL SYSTEM | Komatsu America Corp. | ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 | |
| 19148215 | REASSIGNING A DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF A PHYSICAL ITEM | Authentic Vision GmbH | HUANG, JAY | 3619 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19258249 | Display Device and Electronic Device | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | WU, ZHENZHEN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 | |
| 19245839 | A PERISTALTIC PUMP AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | Pentair Water Pool & Spa, Inc. | ZOLLINGER, NATHAN C | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19230539 | BATTERY TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD | Toyota Material Handling, Inc. | NGUYEN, CUONG H | 3661 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19230043 | MILKING SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH CENTRAL MILK CONDUITS, MILKING PARLOUR PROVIDED THEREWITH AND METHOD THEREFOR | Boumatic Technology B.V. | TRUONG, KATELYN T | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19227230 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ASSISTED ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Carbon Health Technologies, Inc. | HIGGS, STELLA EUN | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 | |
| 19211113 | ANALYTICAL ADAPTIVE ALGORITHM FOR AUTONOMOUS RACE DRIVING | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA | MIRZA, ADNAN M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 | |
| 19207760 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUSLY NAVIGATING AN ANIMAL ENVIRONMENT AND PERFORMING TASKS | Bird'S Eye Robotics, Inc. | HANNAN, B M M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 | |
| 19197125 | Display Device | Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. | LEA EDMONDS, LISA S | 2841 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19196450 | DEVICE AUTHENTICATION VIA HIGH-ENTROPY TOKEN | Prove Identity, Inc. | BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 | |
| 19192024 | CENTRAL AND MIXED SLEEP APNEA DETECTION | Huxley Medical, Inc. | AGAHI, PUYA | 3791 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19182808 | BOUNCING TOY WITH PLUSH EXTERIOR | Ty Inc. | LEGESSE, NINI F | 3711 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19182781 | MOISTURE MANAGEMENT UPPER TORSO GARMENTS | Hbi Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19182006 | MOTION ADJUSTMENT PREDICTION SYSTEM | Hultgren Dental Technologies, LLC | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19178351 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A MOULDED FIBER PACKAGING UNIT WITH A LAMINATED LAYER | Huhtamaki Molded Fiber Technology B.V. | MINSKEY, JACOB T | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 | |
| 19175645 | COMPRESSOR SYSTEM FOR EVACUATING UTILITY PIPE | ULC Technologies LLC | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18841155 | METHOD FOR LOADING A CHERRY PICKER ONTO A TRAILER OR A TRANSPORT PLATFORM, AND CHERRY PICKER ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE METHOD | Manitou Bf | DIAZ, THOMAS C | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 | |
| 19174031 | SCREW WITH AN IMPROVED SCREW HEAD | Primesource Building Products, Inc. | CHANG, OLIVIA C | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 | |
| 19171457 | CONNECTABLE POWER STATIONS | Champion Power Equipment, Inc. | DEBERADINIS, ROBERT L | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19087197 | KITCHEN SINK WITH INTERCHANGEABLE MODULAR COMPONENTS | Kohler Co. | KLOTZ, WILLIAM R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 | |
| 19087380 | PERCENTAGE STENOSIS OF THE ARTERIES OF THE HEART: CAUSES, OPTIMIZATION, METHOD, AND PROBABILISTIC STRATEGIES | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA | GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19084434 | VESSEL SINK AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SAME | Kohler Co. | CHEYNEY, CHARLES | §101§102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 | |
| 19079014 | HEADLAMP FOR VEHICLES AND ANTI-CONDENSATION PROCESS | Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA | GRAMLING, SEAN P | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19077134 | AT LEAST PARTIALLY TRANSPARENT OPTICAL COMPONENT FOR USE IN A MOTOR VEHICLE | Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 | |
| 19071480 | CONTAINER AND BOTTOM END CONSTRUCTION THEREFOR | Huhtamaki, Inc. | DEMEREE, CHRISTOPHER R | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 | |
| 19107284 | TEMPERATURE-CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF A FLUID AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF A FLUID | Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 | |
| 19064906 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING PRIMARY SOURCE PET RECORDS USING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE DEVICES | Vetverifi Inc. | MACCAGNO, PIERRE L | 3687 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19060947 | PERSONALIZED SOCIAL NETWORK SYSTEM | Cocreatex Inc. | MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO | 2159 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19061884 | VERTICAL PLANT GROWTH SYSTEM | Loom Gardens, Inc. | PETERSON, ALANNA KAY | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19049974 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LONGITUDINAL APNEA MONITORING USING SPO2 SIGNALS | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA | ROBERTS, ANNA L | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| 19049467 | LATTICE STRUCTURE IMPLANT AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME | BFM Holdings, LLC | BOLES, SAMEH RAAFAT | 3775 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 113d overdue | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19101209 | MIXED COMPONENT TRACTION FLUIDS | Vantage Santolubes Research LLC | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1771 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19043393 | ADAPTIVE SPEECH ELABORATION AND FEEDBACK FOR SPEECH THERAPY | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA | LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| 19038669 | CUSTOM AI CO-PILOT FOR SOFTWARE SECURITY PEN-TESTING | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA | PREM, SAIPRATAP | 4100 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18998867 | SYSTEM INCENTIVIZING AND ADJUSTING DRUG DELIVERY | Sonara Health, Inc. | NAJARIAN, LENA | 3687 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19033075 | CARTRIDGE STABILIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Brady Worldwide, Inc. | KIM, SANG K | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 | |
| 18996531 | MACHINE FOR HANDLING A LOAD AND/OR A PERSON | Manitou Bf | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19022733 | BUOY WITH BUOYANT CORE AND COLLAR HAVING MULTIPLE FLOTATION COMPONENTS | Sealite Pty Ltd. | POLAY, ANDREW | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 19016636 | INTEGRATED ROTARY SPRAYER | Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd. | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 | |
| 19007095 | MINIMALLY INVASIVE LEADLESS NEUROSTIMULATION DEVICE | Medtronic, Inc. | KOWALKOWSKI, FIONA MARGARET | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 | |
| 19004081 | GUIDED RE-ENTRY CATHETER SYSTEM FOR CROSSING ARTERIAL CHRONIC OCCLUSIONS | Croce, Kevin | HUPCZEY, JR, RONALD JAMES | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 | |
| 18716847 | HANDLING MACHINE COMPRISING A HYDRAULIC STEERING SYSTEM | Manitou Bf | NGUYEN, CUONG H | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 | |
| 19000471 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ELICITING BEHAVIORAL CHANGE | High Walk Ventures, Inc. | YEN, JASON TAHAI | 3687 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18982160 | SEATBELT SENSOR CONTROLLER SYSTEM AND METHOD | Toyota Material Handling, Inc. | HUNNINGS, TRAVIS R | 2689 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial84.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Husch Blackwell LLP were allowed, across 22,710 applications in USPTO records.
3.22 office actions per allowed application on average.
286 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 139 clients, before 259 examiners in 130 art units.