Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Jones Walker LLP

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

12 pending office actions • 9 clients • 10 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

JONES WALKER LLP focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has 1399 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 85.88 percent. It averages 2.85 office actions per allowance. There are 7 pending office actions.

The 85.88 percent allowance rate is the success metric for its 1399 career applications. The average of 2.85 office actions per allowance indicates the typical prosecution path for an allowance. The 7 pending office actions show the current volume of active prosecution in these sectors.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=1399 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.9%
Allowance Rate
n=1399
+0.52σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1399
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=900
-0.32σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=900
981 days
Time to Allowance
n=900
+6.7pp
Interview Lift
n=1399
14.9%
RCE Rate
n=1399
3.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1399

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

68.8%
§101 Overcome
n=64
84.0%
§102 Overcome
n=307
86.1%
§103 Overcome
n=488
85.7%
§112 Overcome
n=385

Specialization & Scale

E21B, Y10T, B01D
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1399
11
Practitioners
n=1399
127.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=1399

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

6
Hard (50%)
6
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (17%)
§103 only2 (17%)
§102 only3 (25%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (33%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
83% of docket
2
Business / Other
17% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REITZ, MICHAEL K. 2 69.2% +4.2%
TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 2 62.3% +34.3%
ANDREWS, DAVID L 1 71.6% +16.2%
RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 1 89.2% +9.2%
ZADEH, BOB 1 77.0% +38.6%
DAVIS, MARY ALICE 1 77.4% +31.8%
EPPS, TODD MICHAEL 1 72.7% +7.2%
LEGESSE, NINI F 1 68.6% +15.3%
AIRAPETIAN, MILA 1 72.9% +14.1%
RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE 1 65.4% +34.5%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18379710 PACKAGING FOR SURGICAL IMPLANT TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 73d overdue
19097467 PASSIVE TRAILING EDGE INCLUDING COMPOSITE HINGE REITZ, MICHAEL K. 60d overdue
19217944 WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE WITH MULTI-ELEMENT AIRFOIL (MEA) REITZ, MICHAEL K. —
19184315 PASSIVE TRAILING EDGE INCLUDING LOAD-SHEDDING ASSEMBLY RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C —
18905362 Baseball Grip Training Device LEGESSE, NINI F —
18513534 COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF T2R AND/OR T1R PHENOTYPE IN INDIVIDUALS TO PREDICT WINE TASTING PREFERENCES, CHARACTERIZATION OF WINE IN RELATION TO INDIVIDUAL TASTING PREFERENCES, AND SELECTION OF WINE AIRAPETIAN, MILA —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18379710 PACKAGING FOR SURGICAL IMPLANT TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 73d overdue
18091462 PACKAGING FOR SURGICAL IMPLANT TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 73d overdue
18238570 VASCULAR IMPLANT RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE 71d overdue
19325815 Tri-Axial Shock Absorber Sub ANDREWS, DAVID L 5d overdue
19009615 PARTICLE ADJUSTING DRILLING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD DAVIS, MARY ALICE 36d
19087349 Beverage Machine with Integrated Air-to-Water Generation System ZADEH, BOB —
18905362 Baseball Grip Training Device LEGESSE, NINI F —
18513534 COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF T2R AND/OR T1R PHENOTYPE IN INDIVIDUALS TO PREDICT WINE TASTING PREFERENCES, CHARACTERIZATION OF WINE IN RELATION TO INDIVIDUAL TASTING PREFERENCES, AND SELECTION OF WINE AIRAPETIAN, MILA —

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37453
37713
36721
37461
36321
36881

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19325815 Tri-Axial Shock Absorber Sub Stabil Drill Specialties, LLC ANDREWS, DAVID L 3672 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2025
19217944 WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADE WITH MULTI-ELEMENT AIRFOIL (MEA) Gulf Wind Technology REITZ, MICHAEL K. 3745 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2025
19184315 PASSIVE TRAILING EDGE INCLUDING LOAD-SHEDDING ASSEMBLY Gulf Wind Technology RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 3745 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 21, 2025
19097467 PASSIVE TRAILING EDGE INCLUDING COMPOSITE HINGE Gulf Wind Technology REITZ, MICHAEL K. 3745 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2025
19087349 Beverage Machine with Integrated Air-to-Water Generation System Kara Water, Inc. ZADEH, BOB §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19009615 PARTICLE ADJUSTING DRILLING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD Workover Solutions, Inc. DAVIS, MARY ALICE 3746 §103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Jan 03, 2025
18906259 Adjustable Support Arm Humanscale Corporation EPPS, TODD MICHAEL 3632 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18905362 Baseball Grip Training Device Rip Grip Pro, LLC LEGESSE, NINI F §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 2024
18513534 COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DETERMINATION OF T2R AND/OR T1R PHENOTYPE IN INDIVIDUALS TO PREDICT WINE TASTING PREFERENCES, CHARACTERIZATION OF WINE IN RELATION TO INDIVIDUAL TASTING PREFERENCES, AND SELECTION OF WINE Phenomune, LLC AIRAPETIAN, MILA 3688 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2023
18379710 PACKAGING FOR SURGICAL IMPLANT Kent Holdings, LLC TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 §101§102 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18238570 VASCULAR IMPLANT Kfnt Holdings, LLC RODJOM, KATHERINE MARIE 3771 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18091462 PACKAGING FOR SURGICAL IMPLANT Kfnt Holdings, LLC TON, MARTIN TRUYEN 3771 §102 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022

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