Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
15 pending office actions • 13 clients • 15 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 501 patents granted in the last 365 days
Law Offices of Sandy Lipkin manages a portfolio in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering with 1211 career applications. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 93.25 percent for applications that reach a final resolution. Achieving these results involves an average of 1.04 office actions per allowance. Currently, the firm has 9 pending office actions to address.
The 1211 career applications and 93.25 percent allowance rate reflect the firm's practice in its primary technology area. The 1.04 average office actions per allowance provides a benchmark for expected examiner interaction during the patent acquisition process. These figures offer a data-grounded view of the firm's historical performance and current workload for practitioners evaluating the firm's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering experience.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 2 (13%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 4 (27%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| URBIEL GOLDNER, GARY D | 1 | 73.4% | +60.6% |
| KELLY, CATHERINE A | 1 | 60.3% | +27.7% |
| GABLER, PHILIP F | 1 | 72.9% | +23.4% |
| PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 1 | 58.1% | +24.7% |
| VANTERPOOL, LESTER L | 1 | 54.8% | -10.6% |
| NORMAN, MARC E | 1 | 84.1% | +10.7% |
| DAVIS, RICHARD G | 1 | 80.4% | +18.0% |
| JOHNSON, RYAN | 1 | 83.8% | +15.7% |
| DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H | 1 | 24.0% | +25.2% |
| NORRIS, CLAIRE A | 1 | 65.8% | +28.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18900893 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY STARTING UP OR SHUTTING DOWN VEHICLE-MOUNTED HUMIDIFIER | NORMAN, MARC E | — |
| 18827796 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIMING APPARATUS | JOHNSON, RYAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843021 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES THINNING | DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H | 100d overdue |
| 18948232 | Rotating multifunctional handle for cup | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 19d overdue |
| 18921003 | REVERSIBLE VEHICLE TRUNK RACK | VANTERPOOL, LESTER L | 34d |
| 19009998 | FOLDABLE HEIGHT-INCREASING STOOL WITH BACKREST | GABLER, PHILIP F | — |
| 18882755 | ADJUSTABLE EXPANSION ANCHOR BOLT | DAVIS, RICHARD G | — |
| 18760537 | PROCESS FOR EFFICIENTLY RECLAIMING COPPER AND EDTA LIGANDS FROM Cu-EDTA-CONTAINING WASTEWATER | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | — |
| 17908376 | VERTICAL SOFT U-SHAPED OPENING AND CLOSING SEALED AIR-PRESSURE CHAMBER | JANG, JAEICK | — |
| 17784385 | BEVERAGE COMPOSITION | O'HERN, BRENT T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843021 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES THINNING | DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H | 100d overdue |
| 18948232 | Rotating multifunctional handle for cup | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 19d overdue |
| 19193098 | A protective fence with a pet door | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 26d |
| 19151987 | WEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE KETTLEBELL | URBIEL GOLDNER, GARY D | — |
| 19009998 | FOLDABLE HEIGHT-INCREASING STOOL WITH BACKREST | GABLER, PHILIP F | — |
| 18900893 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY STARTING UP OR SHUTTING DOWN VEHICLE-MOUNTED HUMIDIFIER | NORMAN, MARC E | — |
| 18882755 | ADJUSTABLE EXPANSION ANCHOR BOLT | DAVIS, RICHARD G | — |
| 18827796 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIMING APPARATUS | JOHNSON, RYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3784 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19151987 | WEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE KETTLEBELL | Zhejiang Jingling Industry And Trade Co., Ltd. | URBIEL GOLDNER, GARY D | 3784 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19193098 | A protective fence with a pet door | Zhongshan Chenbei Daily Necessities Co., Ltd. | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 3619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19009998 | FOLDABLE HEIGHT-INCREASING STOOL WITH BACKREST | Jinhua Shinetree Household Products Co., Ltd. | GABLER, PHILIP F | 3636 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2025 |
| 18948232 | Rotating multifunctional handle for cup | Wuyi Tachiso Drinkware Corporation | PARKER, LAURA EBERT | 3733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18921003 | REVERSIBLE VEHICLE TRUNK RACK | Guangzhou Issyzone Technology Co., Limited | VANTERPOOL, LESTER L | 3734 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18900893 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY STARTING UP OR SHUTTING DOWN VEHICLE-MOUNTED HUMIDIFIER | Guangzhou Issyzone Technology Co.,Limited | NORMAN, MARC E | 3763 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18882755 | ADJUSTABLE EXPANSION ANCHOR BOLT | Guangzhou Issyzone Technology Co., Limited | DAVIS, RICHARD G | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 | |
| 18827796 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TIMING APPARATUS | Bao Jie Electronics (Shenzhen) Limited | JOHNSON, RYAN | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2024 | |
| 18843021 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PLANT REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES THINNING | Mata Agritech, Ltd. | DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H | 3624 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 100d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18760537 | PROCESS FOR EFFICIENTLY RECLAIMING COPPER AND EDTA LIGANDS FROM Cu-EDTA-CONTAINING WASTEWATER | Nanchang Hangkong University | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 | |
| 18679274 | Cosmetic ceramic massage head formula and preparation technology | Guangzhou Candear Packing Products Co., Ltd. | MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 | |
| 18670825 | POWER CHIP EMBEDDED ENCAPSULATION MODULE | Raytrons Power Limited | ANDERSON, WILLIAM H | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 | |
| 18498409 | MODEL FOR TRAINING HIGH SIMULATION COLONOSCOPY | Preclinic Medtech (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. | FRISBY, KESHA | 3715 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 17908376 | VERTICAL SOFT U-SHAPED OPENING AND CLOSING SEALED AIR-PRESSURE CHAMBER | Shanghai Baobang Medical Equipment Co., Ltd. | JANG, JAEICK | 3785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2022 |
| 17784385 | BEVERAGE COMPOSITION | Moxcha Ltd. | O'HERN, BRENT T | 1793 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
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