Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kriegsman & Kriegsman

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

15 pending office actions • 11 clients • 15 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

KRIEGSMAN & KRIEGSMAN focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and has 1328 career applications. The firm currently shows 17 pending office actions, indicating continuing activity in the technology area.

The resolved allowance rate is 77.77%. The average of 3.81 office actions per allowance indicates that successful matters commonly required sustained examination interaction. These figures allow practitioners to review both the reported allowance outcome and the likely response burden.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1328 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

77.8%
Allowance Rate
n=1328
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1328
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=724
+0.21σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=724
1278 days
Time to Allowance
n=724
+11.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1328
33.0%
RCE Rate
n=1328
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=1328

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.6%
§101 Overcome
n=78
75.7%
§102 Overcome
n=333
78.2%
§103 Overcome
n=538
79.3%
§112 Overcome
n=363

Specialization & Scale

G01N, Y10T, C12Q
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1328
2
Practitioners
n=1328
664.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1328

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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.

11
Hard (73%)
4
Medium (27%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (20%)
§103 only4 (27%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
3
Semiconductors
20% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 1 65.1% +35.7%
CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY 1 75.8% +22.9%
PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 1 85.3% +10.2%
BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR 1 74.1% +19.1%
KHARE, ATUL P 1 54.8% +72.3%
MARSH, OWEN LEWIS 1 66.7% +50.0%
GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M 1 80.6% +12.9%
ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 1 63.5% +24.6%
MARTIN, ANGELA J 1 67.3% -31.4%
HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1 57.4% +69.8%

Hard Cases (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17887347 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE DRUGS AND/OR DRUG METABOLITES IN WASTEWATER ALABI, OYELEYE A 78d overdue
19222039 SHIPPING SYSTEM FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J —
19086602 SURGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY —
19104611 MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A STICK OF AN EXCAVATOR PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC —
18872820 INTERCHANGEABLE CONTAINER AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT KHARE, ATUL P —
18870508 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSESSMENT OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY MARSH, OWEN LEWIS —
18846314 ADJUSTING UNIT FOR AN X-RAY OPTICAL ELEMENT IN AN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM, AND X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M —
18286863 ELECTROLYTES OF RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES AND LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES INCLUDING THE SAME MARTIN, ANGELA J —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
19222039 SHIPPING SYSTEM FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J —
19086602 SURGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY —
19104611 MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A STICK OF AN EXCAVATOR PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC —
19013154 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING TO A UBIQUITOUS WIRELESS NETWORK BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR —
18872820 INTERCHANGEABLE CONTAINER AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT KHARE, ATUL P —
18870508 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSESSMENT OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY MARSH, OWEN LEWIS —
18846314 ADJUSTING UNIT FOR AN X-RAY OPTICAL ELEMENT IN AN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM, AND X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M —
18628646 SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA —

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28842
37331
28381
36711
26431
17421
37961
37361
17271
16231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19222039 SHIPPING SYSTEM FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS Cold Chain Technologies, LLC CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 3733 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2025
19086602 SURGE PROTECTION CIRCUIT Nextek, LLC CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2025
19104611 MOUNTING DEVICE FOR A STICK OF AN EXCAVATOR Kiesel Technology GmbH PEZZUTO, ROBERT ERIC 3671 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19013154 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING TO A UBIQUITOUS WIRELESS NETWORK 5321 Innovation Labs LLC BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR 2643 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2025
18872820 INTERCHANGEABLE CONTAINER AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT One Click Metal GmbH KHARE, ATUL P 1742 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 07, 2024
18870508 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSESSMENT OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY Otto-Von-Guericke-Universitaet Magdeburg MARSH, OWEN LEWIS 3796 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2024
18846314 ADJUSTING UNIT FOR AN X-RAY OPTICAL ELEMENT IN AN X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM, AND X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM Helmut Fischer GmbH Institut Fuer Elektronik Und Messtechnik GUTIERREZ, GISSELLE M 2884 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18628646 SYSTEM SUITABLE FOR STORING AND/OR TRANSPORTING TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE MATERIALS Cold Chain Technologies, LLC ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 3736 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18286863 ELECTROLYTES OF RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES AND LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES INCLUDING THE SAME Giner, Inc. MARTIN, ANGELA J 1727 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2023
18272845 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATING MALARIA The United States Department of Health and Human Services HIRAKIS, SOPHIA P 1623 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2023
18268934 X-RAY SOURCE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR Helmut Fischer GmbH Institut Fuer Elektronik Und Messtechnik KAO, CHIH CHENG G 2884 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 21, 2023
18295613 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FUNGAL GENES AND KIT FOR USE WITH SAME Giner, Inc. SCHLOOP, ALLISON ELIZABETH 1683 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2023
17767197 MACHING TOOL AND METHOD FOR MACHINING ROTATING WORKPIECE Muri Invest & Management Ug RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2022
17887347 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE DRUGS AND/OR DRUG METABOLITES IN WASTEWATER Giner, Inc. ALABI, OYELEYE A 1797 §102§103 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2022
17884640 ELECTRIC SURFACE TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM AND A LAYING DEVICE FOR A HEATING CABLE OF THE ELECTRIC SURFACE TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM Infinex Holding GmbH AMIN, HAMZEH HICHAM 3761 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Kriegsman & Kriegsman's patent allowance rate?

77.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Kriegsman & Kriegsman were allowed, across 1,328 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Kriegsman & Kriegsman average before allowance?

3.81 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Kriegsman & Kriegsman have?

15 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 11 clients, before 15 examiners in 14 art units.

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