Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 6 clients • 7 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. has handled 420 career applications in the Medical Devices and Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm currently oversees 3 pending office actions. This career volume of 420 applications indicates a foundation in mechanical and medical device prosecution.
The firm's resolved allowance rate is 87.76 percent. On average, it takes 3.03 office actions per allowance to reach a grant. This 3.03 average office actions per allowance reflects the intensity of the examination process for the firm's 420 career applications. The 87.76 percent allowance rate provides a measure of its success in the Medical Devices and Mechanical Engineering sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (29%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSME, NATASHA W | 1 | 80.3% | +13.9% |
| AHMED, SHEEBA | 1 | 80.7% | +14.4% |
| ARMSTRONG, KYLE | 1 | 71.8% | +29.9% |
| TRUONG, THOMAS | 1 | 73.4% | +15.8% |
| HSIEH, PING Y | 1 | 79.1% | +15.4% |
| WEISS, NICHOLAS J | 1 | 59.3% | +43.3% |
| DOWNEY, JOHN R | 1 | 59.7% | +23.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18668867 | MODULAR AIRFOIL SYSTEM | WEISS, NICHOLAS J | 8d |
| 19032437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING MOBILE DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA | COSME, NATASHA W | — |
| 19005920 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM WITH WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE ENERGY SCATTERING LAYER | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
| 18960894 | ARTIFICIAL REEF APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | ARMSTRONG, KYLE | — |
| 18822425 | ELECTRIC MACHINES USING AXIALLY-MAGNETIZED CURVILINEAR PERMANENT MAGNETS | TRUONG, THOMAS | — |
| 18815623 | SECURITY AND TRACKING SYSTEMS INCLUDING ENERGY HARVESTING COMPONENTS FOR PROVIDING AUTONOMOUS ELECTRICAL POWER | HSIEH, PING Y | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17750363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING CONTROLLED DOSAGE LIGHT THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF BODY TISSUE | DOWNEY, JOHN R | 60d overdue |
| 18668867 | MODULAR AIRFOIL SYSTEM | WEISS, NICHOLAS J | 8d |
| 19032437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING MOBILE DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA | COSME, NATASHA W | — |
| 19005920 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM WITH WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE ENERGY SCATTERING LAYER | AHMED, SHEEBA | — |
| 18960894 | ARTIFICIAL REEF APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | ARMSTRONG, KYLE | — |
| 18822425 | ELECTRIC MACHINES USING AXIALLY-MAGNETIZED CURVILINEAR PERMANENT MAGNETS | TRUONG, THOMAS | — |
| 18815623 | SECURITY AND TRACKING SYSTEMS INCLUDING ENERGY HARVESTING COMPONENTS FOR PROVIDING AUTONOMOUS ELECTRICAL POWER | HSIEH, PING Y | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| FACE INTERNATIONAL | 2 |
| Cbros Technologies, LLC | 1 |
| Florida Institute Of Technology, Inc. | 1 |
| Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. | 1 |
| J. Russell Consulting, Inc. | 1 |
| UROSHAPE LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3711 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19032437 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMITING MOBILE DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY IN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA | Cbros Technologies, LLC | COSME, NATASHA W | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2025 | |
| 19005920 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM WITH WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE ENERGY SCATTERING LAYER | Face International Corporation | AHMED, SHEEBA | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 | |
| 18960894 | ARTIFICIAL REEF APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | Florida Institute Of Technology, Inc. | ARMSTRONG, KYLE | 3619 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18822425 | ELECTRIC MACHINES USING AXIALLY-MAGNETIZED CURVILINEAR PERMANENT MAGNETS | Advanced Magnet Lab, Inc. | TRUONG, THOMAS | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2024 | |
| 18815623 | SECURITY AND TRACKING SYSTEMS INCLUDING ENERGY HARVESTING COMPONENTS FOR PROVIDING AUTONOMOUS ELECTRICAL POWER | Face International Corporation | HSIEH, PING Y | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 | |
| 18668867 | MODULAR AIRFOIL SYSTEM | J. Russell Consulting, Inc. | WEISS, NICHOLAS J | 3711 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 17750363 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING CONTROLLED DOSAGE LIGHT THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF BODY TISSUE | UROSHAPE LLC | DOWNEY, JOHN R | 3792 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | May 22, 2022 |
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