Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
21 pending office actions • 10 clients • 19 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
LAUBSCHER & FRETWELL, P.C. has 20 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics, alongside 1113 career applications. The profile therefore combines an active current docket with a substantial historical application record in a specialized technology area.
Its resolved allowance rate is 86.16%, indicating that the recorded resolved matters have frequently reached allowance. The average is 2.73 office actions per allowance, which gives practitioners a separate measure of examination effort. Together, these figures support planning around recurring prosecution activity, while the pending-action total signals that current response management remains important.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 (5%) |
| §103 only | 5 (24%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 2 (10%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (52%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, HARSHAD C | 2 | 82.9% | +8.6% |
| DONG, LIANG | 2 | 53.2% | +32.7% |
| WADDY, JONATHAN J | 1 | 71.8% | +36.6% |
| RODGERS, ARIEL M | 1 | 15.4% | +26.9% |
| PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | 1 | 87.4% | +5.9% |
| LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 1 | 37.9% | +15.2% |
| LE, THANH TAM T | 1 | 86.5% | +13.8% |
| DINH, PHUONG K | 1 | 87.3% | +8.9% |
| NGUYEN, TRUC T | 1 | 87.3% | +7.3% |
| TSO, EDWARD H | 1 | 87.0% | +6.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19019240 | ANIMAL CARCASS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING BEEF WITH THE APPARATUS | PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | — |
| 18756239 | HOUSING ARRANGEMENT FOR ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS | PATEL, HARSHAD C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19249624 | FOOD PREPARATION METHOD | RODGERS, ARIEL M | 19d overdue |
| 18178221 | SYSTEM AND EXCHANGE FOR MANAGING RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY | ZHOU, YINGYING | 3d overdue |
| 18294007 | FUSE HOLDER | NGUYEN, TRUC T | 2d overdue |
| 18247533 | APPARATUS FOR CENTERING, GUIDING AND ADVANCING BARS TO BE FED TO MACHINE TOOLS | HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT | 27d |
| 18863118 | Biomedical Parameters Monitoring System for the Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | — |
| 18804538 | Electrical connection system | LE, THANH TAM T | — |
| 18754408 | SPRING-LOADED TERMINAL FOR CONDUCTOR | PATEL, HARSHAD C | — |
| 18679398 | SPE PLUG-IN CONNECTOR | DINH, PHUONG K | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19249624 | FOOD PREPARATION METHOD | RODGERS, ARIEL M | 19d overdue |
| 18159979 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING CAPS AND RELATIVE ASSEMBLY METHOD | DONG, LIANG | 8d |
| 18551622 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING CAPSULES | DONG, LIANG | 39d |
| 19155645 | MODULAR ANTIFREEZE VALVE | WADDY, JONATHAN J | — |
| 18863118 | Biomedical Parameters Monitoring System for the Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | — |
| 18804538 | Electrical connection system | LE, THANH TAM T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 5 |
| 3724 | 3 |
| 3637 | 2 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 3643 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 3652 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19155645 | MODULAR ANTIFREEZE VALVE | Caleffi S.p.A. | WADDY, JONATHAN J | 3753 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19249624 | FOOD PREPARATION METHOD | Cuisine Solutions, Inc. | RODGERS, ARIEL M | 1792 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19019240 | ANIMAL CARCASS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING BEEF WITH THE APPARATUS | Nsc Beef Processing, LLC | PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS | 3643 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18863118 | Biomedical Parameters Monitoring System for the Diagnosis of Sleep Disorders | Oxama Medical Corp. | LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN | 3794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18804538 | Electrical connection system | Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg | LE, THANH TAM T | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18756239 | HOUSING ARRANGEMENT FOR ELECTRICAL OR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS | Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg | PATEL, HARSHAD C | 2831 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18754408 | SPRING-LOADED TERMINAL FOR CONDUCTOR | Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg | PATEL, HARSHAD C | 2831 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18679398 | SPE PLUG-IN CONNECTOR | Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg | DINH, PHUONG K | 2831 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18294007 | FUSE HOLDER | Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg | NGUYEN, TRUC T | 2834 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18561212 | CONNECTION DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg | TSO, EDWARD H | 2859 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18557515 | CONNECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SUCH A CONNECTION DEVICE | Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg | FIGUEROA, FELIX O | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18551622 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING CAPSULES | Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa’ Cooperativa | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18546646 | CUTTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAPSULES | Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa’ Cooperativa | CORNETT, ROBERT D | 3724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18253843 | Guide device for bars | Cucchi Giovanni & C. S.r.l. | RODRIGUEZ, SAUL | 3652 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18307916 | Marker strip and a series of electrical appliances with a marker strip | Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3637 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18247533 | APPARATUS FOR CENTERING, GUIDING AND ADVANCING BARS TO BE FED TO MACHINE TOOLS | Cucchi Giovanni & C. S.r.l. | HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18178221 | SYSTEM AND EXCHANGE FOR MANAGING RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY | Hex Holdings 2022, LLC | ZHOU, YINGYING | 3697 | §101 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2023 |
| 18159979 | CUTTING DEVICE FOR CUTTING CAPS AND RELATIVE ASSEMBLY METHOD | Sacmi Cooperativa Meccanici Imola Societa' Cooperativa | DONG, LIANG | 3724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jan 26, 2023 |
| 17821621 | HOUSING SYSTEM | Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg | WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S | 3637 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2022 |
| 17629925 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING A FOOD PRODUCT WITH A HIGH FIBRE CONTENT AND FOOD PRODUCT OBTAINABLE WITH THIS METHOD | Circular Food Srl | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1791 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2022 |
| 17593725 | APPARATUS FOR MARKING ELECTRIC DEVICES WHICH CAN BE LINED UP NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER | Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. Kg | MILLS JR., JOE E | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2021 |
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Start Free Trial86.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Laubscher & Fretwell, P.C. were allowed, across 1,113 applications in USPTO records.
2.73 office actions per allowed application on average.
21 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 10 clients, before 19 examiners in 14 art units.
