Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 7 clients • 9 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
KERR IP GROUP, LLC operates in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, with 441 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 91.78. There are 9 pending office actions currently active. The 91.78 resolved allowance rate pct is an indicator of the firm's success in securing patents. The 9 pending office actions are fewer than the 441 career applications.
The prosecution process averages 4.16 office actions per allowance. This indicates that the firm is persistent in its efforts to achieve its 91.78 resolved allowance rate pct. This 4.16 avg office actions per allowance suggests a negotiation process with the USPTO. With 441 career applications, the firm has established a pattern of persistence and success in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Practitioners can use these metrics to set expectations for the prosecution cycle.
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 (10%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (10%) |
| §102 only | 2 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (10%) |
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-STEWART, DEMETRA R | 2 | 89.7% | +7.8% |
| CHANG, KENNETH W | 1 | 86.4% | +1.0% |
| HUI, SAN MING R | 1 | 59.5% | +20.1% |
| TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | 1 | 55.4% | +46.2% |
| CUFF, MICHAEL A | 1 | 82.2% | +12.6% |
| KIM, KEVIN Y | 1 | 78.2% | +15.9% |
| LEICHLITER, CHASE E | 1 | 64.5% | +23.3% |
| ROSSI, VY BUI | 1 | 29.5% | +36.4% |
| SHAH, NILAY J | 1 | 76.3% | +46.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18797321 | ROW-BASED WORLD MODEL FOR PERCEPTIVE NAVIGATION | SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | 147d overdue |
| 18797330 | GENERATING A MISSION PLAN WITH A ROW-BASED WORLD MODEL | SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | 147d overdue |
| 19066073 | NETWORK BASED HYPERLOCAL AUTHENTICATION | CHANG, KENNETH W | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18764851 | Overlaid Feature Electronic Pull-tab System And Method | LEICHLITER, CHASE E | 84d |
| 19059219 | MICROSPHERE PRODUCTION METHOD | TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | — |
| 19043171 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAMING OR AMUSEMENT CREDIT PURCHASES | CUFF, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18265611 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUDIOMETRIC EARLY DETECTION, PREDICTION AND AGGREGATE TREND ANALYSIS OF NOISE-INDUCED AND OTHER PROGRESSIVE HEARING LOSS | ROSSI, VY BUI | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18764851 | Overlaid Feature Electronic Pull-tab System And Method | LEICHLITER, CHASE E | 84d |
| 19059201 | HORMONE REPLENISHMENT METHOD WITH A HYDROGEL POLYMER | HUI, SAN MING R | — |
| 19059219 | MICROSPHERE PRODUCTION METHOD | TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | — |
| 19043171 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAMING OR AMUSEMENT CREDIT PURCHASES | CUFF, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18970879 | MOBILE PROMOTIONAL BINGO GAME FOR PERSONAL MOBILE DEVICES | KIM, KEVIN Y | — |
| 18265611 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUDIOMETRIC EARLY DETECTION, PREDICTION AND AGGREGATE TREND ANALYSIS OF NOISE-INDUCED AND OTHER PROGRESSIVE HEARING LOSS | ROSSI, VY BUI | — |
| 17588147 | MINIMALLY TRAUMATIC TROCAR APPARATUS AND KIT FOR SUBCUTANEOUS MEDICATION DELIVERY | SHAH, NILAY J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| VITALTE LIFESCIENCES INC. | 3 |
| FARMX Inc. | 2 |
| Loyalty Iot, Inc. | 1 |
| Automated Cashless Systems, Inc. | 1 |
| Pilot Games, Inc. | 1 |
| Pilot Gaming Systems, Inc. | 1 |
| Verdi Technology, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 2 |
| 3661 | 2 |
| 2438 | 1 |
| 1627 | 1 |
| 1615 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19066073 | NETWORK BASED HYPERLOCAL AUTHENTICATION | Loyalty Iot, Inc. | CHANG, KENNETH W | 2438 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19059201 | HORMONE REPLENISHMENT METHOD WITH A HYDROGEL POLYMER | VITALTE LIFESCIENCES INC. | HUI, SAN MING R | 1627 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19059219 | MICROSPHERE PRODUCTION METHOD | VITALTE LIFESCIENCES INC. | TCHERKASSKAYA, OLGA V | 1615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19043171 | ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GAMING OR AMUSEMENT CREDIT PURCHASES | Automated Cashless Systems, Inc. | CUFF, MICHAEL A | 3715 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18970879 | MOBILE PROMOTIONAL BINGO GAME FOR PERSONAL MOBILE DEVICES | Pilot Games, Inc. | KIM, KEVIN Y | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 | |
| 18797321 | ROW-BASED WORLD MODEL FOR PERCEPTIVE NAVIGATION | Farmx Inc. | SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | 3661 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18797330 | GENERATING A MISSION PLAN WITH A ROW-BASED WORLD MODEL | Farmx Inc. | SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R | 3661 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18764851 | Overlaid Feature Electronic Pull-tab System And Method | Pilot Gaming Systems, Inc. | LEICHLITER, CHASE E | 3715 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18265611 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUDIOMETRIC EARLY DETECTION, PREDICTION AND AGGREGATE TREND ANALYSIS OF NOISE-INDUCED AND OTHER PROGRESSIVE HEARING LOSS | Verdi Technology, Inc. | ROSSI, VY BUI | 3791 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 17588147 | MINIMALLY TRAUMATIC TROCAR APPARATUS AND KIT FOR SUBCUTANEOUS MEDICATION DELIVERY | VITALTE LIFESCIENCES INC. | SHAH, NILAY J | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2022 |
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