Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 10 clients • 12 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
IPLA P.A. has managed 1457 career applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm currently has 9 pending office actions and a resolved allowance rate pct of 74.86.
Prosecution at the firm involves an avg office actions per allowance of 1.96. This 1.96 figure provides a basis for practitioners to anticipate the number of examiner interactions required in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The 74.86 resolved allowance rate pct reflects the proportion of cases that reached allowance relative to the 1457 career applications. The 9 pending office actions represent the current cases awaiting a USPTO response.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (25%) |
| §103 only | 2 (17%) |
| §112 only | 2 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERENY, TYLER J | 1 | 95.0% | +5.9% |
| DUNLAP, JONATHAN M | 1 | 76.2% | +17.0% |
| BETIT, JACOB F | 1 | 33.9% | +17.0% |
| BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K | 1 | 86.5% | +10.7% |
| MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE | 1 | 45.3% | +35.7% |
| PATEL, MIRAJ T | 1 | 82.7% | +23.0% |
| TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN | 1 | 81.8% | +7.1% |
| ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | 1 | 71.4% | +29.4% |
| PORTER, JR, GARY A | 1 | 68.8% | +25.2% |
| MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 1 | 53.7% | +75.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18599504 | ANTI-FREEZING PIPE HAVING BUILT-IN TUBE AND HIGH-EFFICIENCY HEAT EXCHANGER USING THE SAME | TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN | 103d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18275643 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING BLACK GINSENG AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR PREVENTION, ALLEVIATION, OR TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION | BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 13d |
| 18235346 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 55d |
| 19218463 | HIGH SPECTRAL PURITY FREQUENCY QUADRUPLER EMPLOYING BANDPASS FILTER | PERENY, TYLER J | — |
| 18829735 | RF SIGNAL ABSORPTION MODULE | BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K | — |
| 18787006 | JUNCTION PASSAGE CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON LOCATION OF OHT USING POWER LINE COMMUNICATION | MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE | — |
| 18676861 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING LOCATION OF OVERHEAD HOIST TRANSPORT FOR OVERHEAD HOIST TRANSPORT SYSTEM | PATEL, MIRAJ T | — |
| 18380632 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | PORTER, JR, GARY A | — |
| 18268928 | AUTOMATIC WELDING SYSTEM FOR PIPE | THONG, YEONG JUEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18235346 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 55d |
| 18858411 | TORQUE WRENCH CALIBRATION AUTOMATION SYSTEM | DUNLAP, JONATHAN M | — |
| 18884462 | SEISMIC-RESISTANT JOINT STRUCTURE OF PC COLUMN AND PC BEAM USING STEEL BRACKET | BETIT, JACOB F | — |
| 18829735 | RF SIGNAL ABSORPTION MODULE | BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K | — |
| 18787006 | JUNCTION PASSAGE CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON LOCATION OF OHT USING POWER LINE COMMUNICATION | MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE | — |
| 18676861 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING LOCATION OF OVERHEAD HOIST TRANSPORT FOR OVERHEAD HOIST TRANSPORT SYSTEM | PATEL, MIRAJ T | — |
| 18539405 | HEATING DRUM FOR THERMAL TRANSFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | — |
| 18380632 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | PORTER, JR, GARY A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Cantops Co., Ltd. | 2 |
| Hexacheck Co., Ltd. | 2 |
| Wavepia Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Yu-Shin Kang | 1 |
| Samsung | 1 |
| Rfcore Co.,Ltd. | 1 |
| S&H ENG. CO., LTD. | 1 |
| Kyungil-Tech Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| GINSENG BYPHARM CO., LTD. | 1 |
| Weldtek Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 1655 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19218463 | HIGH SPECTRAL PURITY FREQUENCY QUADRUPLER EMPLOYING BANDPASS FILTER | Wavepia Co., Ltd. | PERENY, TYLER J | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2025 | |
| 18858411 | TORQUE WRENCH CALIBRATION AUTOMATION SYSTEM | Yu-Shin Kang | DUNLAP, JONATHAN M | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 | |
| 18884462 | SEISMIC-RESISTANT JOINT STRUCTURE OF PC COLUMN AND PC BEAM USING STEEL BRACKET | Samsung Electronics | BETIT, JACOB F | 3633 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18829735 | RF SIGNAL ABSORPTION MODULE | Rfcore Co.,Ltd. | BENJAMIN GOSLING, ANNA K | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 | |
| 18787006 | JUNCTION PASSAGE CONTROL SYSTEM BASED ON LOCATION OF OHT USING POWER LINE COMMUNICATION | Cantops Co., Ltd. | MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE | 3663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18676861 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING LOCATION OF OVERHEAD HOIST TRANSPORT FOR OVERHEAD HOIST TRANSPORT SYSTEM | Cantops Co., Ltd. | PATEL, MIRAJ T | 3654 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18599504 | ANTI-FREEZING PIPE HAVING BUILT-IN TUBE AND HIGH-EFFICIENCY HEAT EXCHANGER USING THE SAME | S&H Eng. Co., Ltd. | TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 103d overdue | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18539405 | HEATING DRUM FOR THERMAL TRANSFER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | Kyungil-Tech Co., Ltd. | ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 | |
| 18380632 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | Hexacheck Co., Ltd. | PORTER, JR, GARY A | 3796 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18235346 | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM MEASUREMENT APPARATUS | Hexacheck Co., Ltd. | MOSSBROOK, WILLIAM ERIC | 3794 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18275643 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING BLACK GINSENG AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR PREVENTION, ALLEVIATION, OR TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION | Ginseng Bypharm Co., Ltd. | BOECKELMAN, JACOB A | 1655 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18268928 | AUTOMATIC WELDING SYSTEM FOR PIPE | Weldtek Co., Ltd. | THONG, YEONG JUEN | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
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