Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 9 clients • 10 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
LARKIN HOFFMAN DALY & LINDGREN, LTD. operates in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area, having managed 1434 career applications. The firm has established a resolved allowance rate of 89.82 percent, which reflects the proportion of its applications that reach a grant. This record of 1434 career applications serves as the basis for the firm's experience in the mechanical and commercial sectors.
The firm's prosecution process involves an average of 3.0 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 is handling 7 pending office actions, which represent its active workload in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. These 7 pending office actions are fewer than the 1434 career applications on record.
With 1434 career applications and an 89.82 percent allowance rate, the firm has a historical record of performance. The 3.0 office actions per allowance provide a benchmark for the expected duration of the prosecution cycle. The 7 pending office actions show the firm's ongoing commitment to its clients' intellectual property goals.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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%) |
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (70%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBLES, EILEEN | 1 | — | — |
| GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | 1 | 71.7% | +11.5% |
| KEASEL, ERIC S | 1 | 79.7% | +14.7% |
| PATEL, OM | 1 | 58.6% | +54.6% |
| NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA | 1 | 30.2% | +39.8% |
| WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 1 | 77.6% | +26.5% |
| LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | 1 | 82.6% | +8.0% |
| MILLER, DANIEL A | 1 | 34.3% | +57.8% |
| OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA | 1 | 45.9% | +8.5% |
| BROWN, SETH RICHARD | 1 | 48.9% | +44.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18190944 | EWALLET PLATFORM TO FACILITATE FLEXIBILITY IN USER TRANSACTIONS | OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA | 140d overdue |
| 18414420 | TUNING KIT AND RELATED METHOD FOR TUNING ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS | MILLER, DANIEL A | 46d overdue |
| 18444163 | CONFIGURABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE CART | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 2d overdue |
| 19092731 | LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR OPERATION IN WET ENVIRONMENTS | ROBLES, EILEEN | — |
| 18652489 | CROP INPUT APPLICATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KEASEL, ERIC S | — |
| 18641174 | BLOOD COLLECTION ASSEMBLY | PATEL, OM | — |
| 18623896 | PAPER-BASED BAKEABLE TRAY WITH DIECUTS | NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA | — |
| 18431781 | FLUID COLLECTION WORKSTATION | LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18414420 | TUNING KIT AND RELATED METHOD FOR TUNING ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS | MILLER, DANIEL A | 46d overdue |
| 18444163 | CONFIGURABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE CART | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 2d overdue |
| 18189063 | STIRRUP FOR USE IN AN ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | 16d |
| 18858605 | ZERO METHANE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION FACILITY DESIGN | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | — |
| 18652489 | CROP INPUT APPLICATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KEASEL, ERIC S | — |
| 18641174 | BLOOD COLLECTION ASSEMBLY | PATEL, OM | — |
| 18623896 | PAPER-BASED BAKEABLE TRAY WITH DIECUTS | NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Launchpad O & P | 2 |
| Alexander Gerard | 1 |
| Synergy Thermogen, Inc. | 1 |
| Ma Industries, LLC | 1 |
| The Monarch Company, LLC | 1 |
| Smart Packaging, LLC | 1 |
| TechMaster Carts, LLC | 1 |
| Getty Box Gizmo LLC | 1 |
| Craig Potts | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3786 | 2 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 3613 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19092731 | LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR OPERATION IN WET ENVIRONMENTS | Alexander Gerard | ROBLES, EILEEN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 | |
| 18858605 | ZERO METHANE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION FACILITY DESIGN | Synergy Thermogen, Inc. | GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 | |
| 18652489 | CROP INPUT APPLICATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Ma Industries, LLC | KEASEL, ERIC S | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18641174 | BLOOD COLLECTION ASSEMBLY | The Monarch Company, LLC | PATEL, OM | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 | |
| 18623896 | PAPER-BASED BAKEABLE TRAY WITH DIECUTS | Smart Packaging, LLC | NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA | 3735 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18444163 | CONFIGURABLE AND CUSTOMIZABLE CART | Techmaster Carts, LLC | WALSH, MICHAEL THOMAS | 3613 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18431781 | FLUID COLLECTION WORKSTATION | Getty Box Gizmo LLC | LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18414420 | TUNING KIT AND RELATED METHOD FOR TUNING ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS | Launchpad O & P LLC | MILLER, DANIEL A | 3786 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18190944 | EWALLET PLATFORM TO FACILITATE FLEXIBILITY IN USER TRANSACTIONS | Craig Potts | OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA | 3692 | §101 | Final Rejection | 140d overdue | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18189063 | STIRRUP FOR USE IN AN ANKLE FOOT ORTHOSIS | Launchpad O &P LLC | BROWN, SETH RICHARD | 3786 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
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