Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
151 pending office actions • 36 clients • 131 examiners • 80 art units • 0 of 151 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
KINNEY & LANGE, P.A. has a practice in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, with 9535 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 90.51. Currently, there are 108 pending office actions. The 90.51 resolved allowance rate pct across 9535 applications demonstrates a successful long-term prosecution strategy. The 108 pending office actions are fewer than the career applications.
The avg office actions per allowance is 3.14. This metric suggests that the firm typically requires interaction with the USPTO to secure a grant. The 3.14 avg office actions per allowance is a benchmark for the firm's prosecution efficiency. With 9535 career applications, these statistics represent a data set for evaluating the firm's performance in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. Practitioners can use the resolved allowance rate pct and the avg office actions per allowance to set expectations for the prosecution cycle.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 38 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. 38 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 | 13 (9%) |
| §101 + other | 14 (9%) |
| §103 only | 56 (37%) |
| §102 only | 5 (3%) |
| §112 only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 59 (39%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | 6 | 49.1% | +50.6% |
| KANG, EDWIN G | 4 | 64.3% | +66.9% |
| PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | 3 | 58.8% | +30.5% |
| GORMAN, DARREN W | 3 | 79.1% | +24.9% |
| BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 2 | 78.2% | +8.4% |
| DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | 2 | 65.8% | +35.5% |
| CHEIN, ALLEN C | 2 | 45.1% | +40.2% |
| SHAH, PARAS D | 2 | 73.7% | +30.6% |
| RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2 | 83.3% | +15.3% |
| LEE, CHEE-CHONG | 2 | 64.4% | +52.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18899675 | ENVIRONMENTAL GROUNDWATER SAMPLING SYSTEM | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | — |
| 18898353 | FOCUSED ACOUSTIC RADIATION FOR THE EJECTION OF SUBWAVELENGTH DROPLETS | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17924198 | USE OF SYMPATHETIC ACTIVATION INHIBITOR AND/OR ALPHA 1-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR INHIBITOR IN PREPARING MEDICINE FOR TREATING DRY EYES | HUANG, GIGI GEORGIANA | 155d overdue |
| 18225796 | FLAT SPRAY FUEL INJECTORS | KIM, TAE JUN | 73d overdue |
| 18493599 | PRE-SHAPED SPACE FILLERS FOR SMALL CROSS SECTION FEATURES | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 7d |
| 18938706 | NETWORK PROTOCOL-BASED INTERROGATION FOR NETWORK DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION | PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L | 13d |
| 18760087 | NOVEL HIGH EFFICIENCY LINE INTERACTIVE UPS | ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | 16d |
| 18345848 | MELT POOL PROCESS USING NEUROMORPHIC SENSORS | CAI, CHARLES J | 20d |
| 18692151 | ELECTRIC MOTOR | STOUT, RILEY OWEN | 27d |
| 18821087 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRACKING AND STATUS ANALYSIS | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | 28d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18821087 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRACKING AND STATUS ANALYSIS | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | 28d |
| 18496615 | ADDITIVE CLOCKED FUEL INJECTOR BOLT | KANG, EDWIN G | 41d |
| 19040453 | MUSIC SEGMENT TAGGING, SHARING, AND IMAGE GENERATION | PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | — |
| 19040462 | MUSIC SEGMENT TAGGING, SHARING, AND IMAGE GENERATION | PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | — |
| 19040448 | MUSIC SEGMENT TAGGING, SHARING, AND IMAGE GENERATION | PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | — |
| 18997983 | FLUID SPRAYER HAVING ACTIVE COOLING | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | — |
| 19008912 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRACKING AND STATUS ANALYSIS | CHEIN, ALLEN C | — |
| 19008903 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRACKING AND STATUS ANALYSIS | CHEIN, ALLEN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 8 |
| 3741 | 6 |
| 3746 | 5 |
| 3626 | 5 |
| 3791 | 4 |
| 2169 | 3 |
| 3627 | 3 |
| 4100 | 3 |
| 1754 | 3 |
| 2653 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19480745 | ACTIVE CHECKED MULTIPLE DISPLACER ASSEMBLY | Graco Minnesota Inc. | BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 3746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19476561 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | BOWEN, RICHARD L | 2165 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2025 |
| 19311881 | PUMP DRIVE SYSTEM | Graco Minnesota Inc. | BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 3746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19265985 | ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY RISK ESTIMATOR | BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY | TURCHEN, ROCHELLE DEANNA | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| 19241352 | SIMULATED REALISTIC FLAME MECHANISM FOR ELECTRIC FIREPLACES | Wolf Steel Ltd. | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | 3637 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19125157 | SOLVENT DOSING AND DOSE PISTON FOR A SPRAY APPLICATOR | Graco Minnesota Inc. | SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M | 3752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19065752 | HOLLOW FAN BLADE WITH SOLID STATE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED COVER SKIN | Rtx Corporation | RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | 3745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19043677 | DYNAMIC NETWORK ANALYSIS AND INTERACTIVITY USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | ARMSTRONG, ANGELA A | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 | |
| 19043679 | DYNAMIC NETWORK ANALYSIS AND INTERACTIVITY USING A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | TRUONG, DENNIS | 2152 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19040453 | MUSIC SEGMENT TAGGING, SHARING, AND IMAGE GENERATION | Hook Media, LLC | PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | 2169 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19040462 | MUSIC SEGMENT TAGGING, SHARING, AND IMAGE GENERATION | Hook Media, LLC | PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | 2169 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19040448 | MUSIC SEGMENT TAGGING, SHARING, AND IMAGE GENERATION | Hook Media, LLC | PEREZ-ARROYO, RAQUEL | 2169 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19039573 | AIRCRAFT COLLISION RISK DETERMINATION | Rockwell Collins France S.A.S. | RORIE, ALYSSA N | 3662 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18997983 | FLUID SPRAYER HAVING ACTIVE COOLING | Graco Minnesota Inc. | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 | |
| 18994536 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE | BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD. | HALEY, JOSEPH R | 2621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19019397 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED MEASUREMENT OF PULMONARY CAPILLARY WEDGE PRESSURE | BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY | SHAH, JAY B | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| 19019055 | Systems and Methods for Identifying and Managing Stress Conditions, Risk State or Aging State Associated with Capacitors | Schneider Electric | LE, THANG XUAN | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 | |
| 18992050 | PUMP AND FLUID DISPLACER FOR A PUMP | Graco Minnesota Inc. | PLAKKOOTTAM, DOMINICK L | 3746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19008912 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRACKING AND STATUS ANALYSIS | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | CHEIN, ALLEN C | 3627 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19008903 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRACKING AND STATUS ANALYSIS | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | CHEIN, ALLEN C | 3627 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19008879 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRACKING AND STATUS ANALYSIS | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | 3626 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19008895 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRACKING AND STATUS ANALYSIS | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | 3626 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 19008888 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRACKING AND STATUS ANALYSIS | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | 3626 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18987467 | HANDHELD FLUID SPRAYER | Graco Minnesota Inc. | GORMAN, DARREN W | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 | |
| 18988147 | ALIGNMENT TOOL FOR A SPRAY GUN AIR CAP | Graco Minnesota Inc. | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 | |
| 18965546 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EDGE CACHING | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | 2441 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18962494 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNIFIED POWER FLOW CONTROLLER IMPLEMENTATION | Schneider Electric It Corporation | GANNON, LEVI | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 | |
| 18868842 | CONTINUOUS FLOW MULTI-PISTON PUMP | Schwing Bioset, Inc. | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3746 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18938706 | NETWORK PROTOCOL-BASED INTERROGATION FOR NETWORK DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L | 2451 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18937866 | VARIABLE DAMPING IN COMPOSITE MATERIAL | Rtx Corporation | GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 | |
| 18927261 | WINDSHIELD WIPER ASSEMBLY | Rosemount Aerospace Inc. | JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 | |
| 18923015 | HYDROGEN ASSISTED COMBUSTION AND ENGINE COOLING | Rtx Corporation | KANG, EDWIN G | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 35527001 | Voltage detector | Schneider Electric Industries SAS | ARNTZEN, MARY ANNE ELIZABETH | 2951 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18911815 | LAYERED DATABASE QUERIES FOR CONTEXT INJECTION | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | SHAH, PARAS D | 2653 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18911903 | USER AND OPERATOR PREFERENCE RECONCILIATION FOR PRE-PROMPT ENGINEERING | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | KIM, JONATHAN C | 4100 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18911882 | USER- AND OPERATOR-SPECIFIC SYSTEM PROMPTS FOR LANGUAGE GENERATION | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | ALBERTALLI, BRIAN LOUIS | 2656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18911895 | PRE-PROMPT AND PROMPT ENGINEERING FOR LANGUAGE GENERATION | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | FANG-WU, JOHN HONG | 4100 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18911868 | USER-SPECIFIC SYSTEM PROMPTS FOR LANGUAGE GENERATION | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | SHAH, PARAS D | 2653 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18910903 | PISTON RING | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation | LEE, GILBERT Y | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18909294 | METHODS FOR CONFIGURING A MOTOR DRIVE AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME | Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS | ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 | |
| 18905239 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRACKING AND STATUS ANALYSIS | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | 3626 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18902382 | ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED HEAT EXCHANGER SUPPORTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | Rtx Corporation | RUPPERT, ERIC S | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18899675 | ENVIRONMENTAL GROUNDWATER SAMPLING SYSTEM | Q.E.D. Environmental Systems, Inc. | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18898353 | FOCUSED ACOUSTIC RADIATION FOR THE EJECTION OF SUBWAVELENGTH DROPLETS | Labcyte Inc. | RAEVIS, ROBERT R | 2855 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18848057 | CELL CULTURE APPLICATION METHODS OF USING A SEPARATION WELL MICROPLATE | Molecular Devices LLC | TINSLEY, BRENDAN THOMAS | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 | |
| 18884474 | CONNECTION SLEEVE AND SWITCH CABINET | Schneider Electric Industries SAS | MISHLER, ROBIN J | 2841 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18825470 | PORTABLE AIRLESS SPRAYER | Graco Minnesota Inc. | GORMAN, DARREN W | 3752 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18821066 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE TRACKING AND STATUS ANALYSIS | Insight Direct Usa, Inc. | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | 3626 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18821274 | SPILL RETURN FUEL NOZZLES FOR USAGE AS START NOZZLES | Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. | KANG, EDWIN G | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18821744 | Mobile Tower For Transportation And Remote Deployment | Tower Solutions, LLC | TRIGGS, ANDREW J | 3635 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial90.5% of resolved applications prosecuted by Kinney & Lange, P.A. were allowed, across 9,544 applications in USPTO records.
3.14 office actions per allowed application on average.
151 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 36 clients, before 131 examiners in 80 art units.