Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days
LAMBERT SHORTELL & CONNAUGHTON operates in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, having managed 1229 career applications. The firm has established a resolved allowance rate of 85.66 percent, which reflects the proportion of its applications that reach a grant. This record of 1229 career applications serves as the basis for the firm's experience in the mechanical and medical device sectors.
The firm's prosecution process involves an average of 2.35 office actions per allowance. This metric indicates the typical number of interactions between the firm and patent examiners before an application reaches an allowance. Currently, the firm has 3 pending office actions, which represent a focused workload within its Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering practice. These 3 pending office actions are fewer than the 1229 career applications on record.
The 1229 career applications and 85.66 percent allowance rate establish the firm's historical performance. The 2.35 office actions per allowance provide a benchmark for the expected duration of the prosecution process. The 3 pending office actions show the firm's ongoing activity in securing patent rights for its clients.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 1 | 61.2% | +35.2% |
| DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 1 | 65.0% | +31.5% |
| SHIPMAN, KYLE HARRISON | 1 | — | — |
| NICHOLS, CHARLES W | 1 | 56.0% | +54.1% |
| FANG, PAKEE | 1 | 67.7% | +36.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18339332 | DRUG INJECTION DEVICE BASED ON ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR DRUG INJECTION PUMP | NICHOLS, CHARLES W | 30d overdue |
| 19063976 | CHILD-SAFE CANNABIS PACKAGING | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 19d overdue |
| 19053605 | Refrigeration Unit | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | — |
| 18904549 | Water Treatment Systems | SHIPMAN, KYLE HARRISON | — |
| 18059709 | SMARTPHONE SIDE LIGHT | FANG, PAKEE | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18339332 | DRUG INJECTION DEVICE BASED ON ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR DRUG INJECTION PUMP | NICHOLS, CHARLES W | 30d overdue |
| 19063976 | CHILD-SAFE CANNABIS PACKAGING | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 19d overdue |
| 19053605 | Refrigeration Unit | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | — |
| 18059709 | SMARTPHONE SIDE LIGHT | FANG, PAKEE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| SUPERIOR BINDERY INC. | 1 |
| Nick Planson, LLC Dba Shred Electric, LLC | 1 |
| Prescott Holdings, LLC | 1 |
| Peking University | 1 |
| Alva Arts, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 2409 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19063976 | CHILD-SAFE CANNABIS PACKAGING | Superior Bindery Inc. | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 3736 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19053605 | Refrigeration Unit | Nick Planson, LLC Dba Shred Electric, LLC | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 18904549 | Water Treatment Systems | Prescott Holdings, LLC | SHIPMAN, KYLE HARRISON | 1771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18339332 | DRUG INJECTION DEVICE BASED ON ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTION AND FABRICATION METHOD FOR DRUG INJECTION PUMP | Peking University | NICHOLS, CHARLES W | 3783 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 22, 2023 |
| 18059709 | SMARTPHONE SIDE LIGHT | Alva Arts, Inc. | FANG, PAKEE | 2409 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2022 |
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