Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Luedeka Neely, P.C.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

16 pending office actions • 13 clients • 16 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

LUEDEKA NEELY, P.C. works in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and has 2,696 career applications. The profile includes 16 pending office actions, indicating ongoing examination activity across a substantial application base.

The resolved allowance rate is 85.65%, and allowances have required an average of 2.56 office actions. The rate provides a historical outcome measure, while the action average indicates that successful cases typically require more than one response. Practitioners evaluating medical device representation can use these figures to balance recorded prosecution results against the continuing workload shown in the docket.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=2696 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.6%
Allowance Rate
n=2696
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2696
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=1856
-0.60σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1856
951 days
Time to Allowance
n=1856
-0.5pp
Interview Lift
n=2696
14.4%
RCE Rate
n=2696
3.5%
Appeal Rate
n=2696

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

89.4%
§101 Overcome
n=123
77.8%
§102 Overcome
n=617
77.7%
§103 Overcome
n=974
84.1%
§112 Overcome
n=703

Specialization & Scale

A61F, Y10T, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2696
0
Practitioners
n=2696
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=2696 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

12
Hard (75%)
4
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only3 (19%)
§102 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (69%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
19% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
81% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LO, ANDREW S 1 72.2% +27.7%
LONG, DONNELL ALAN 1 75.8% +15.1%
MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1 22.2% +93.3%
BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E 1 54.9% +32.1%
FOSTER, NICHOLAS L 1 75.5% +24.6%
RAMSEY, JEREMY C 1 52.6% +46.6%
MURPHY, KEVIN F 1 67.9% +27.9%
HICKS, ANGELISA 1 63.4% +22.0%
ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 1 63.5% +24.6%
HOLMES, JUSTIN 1 88.9% +9.9%

Hard Cases (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18760797 Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Tank RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 146d overdue
19229910 Spring Ankle Torque Device LO, ANDREW S —
19213390 Metered Dose Topical Applicator LONG, DONNELL ALAN —
19032773 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE —
18982566 Tension Control Fastener & Verification System FOSTER, NICHOLAS L —
18980742 Motorized Retractable Screen System RAMSEY, JEREMY C —
18874237 OPTIMIZED GAS DELIVERY SYSTEM MURPHY, KEVIN F —
18814925 VALVE STRUCTURE, BOTTLE CAP, AND BOTTLE HICKS, ANGELISA —

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19229910 Spring Ankle Torque Device LO, ANDREW S —
19213390 Metered Dose Topical Applicator LONG, DONNELL ALAN —
19032773 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE —
19033009 METERED DOSE TOPICAL APPLICATOR BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E —
18982566 Tension Control Fastener & Verification System FOSTER, NICHOLAS L —
18980742 Motorized Retractable Screen System RAMSEY, JEREMY C —
18874237 OPTIMIZED GAS DELIVERY SYSTEM MURPHY, KEVIN F —
18814925 VALVE STRUCTURE, BOTTLE CAP, AND BOTTLE HICKS, ANGELISA —

Client Portfolio (13 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37812
37532
37841
37541
16171
36751
36341
37361
36551
36421

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19229910 Spring Ankle Torque Device Triphasic Xiathlete Institute, Inc. LO, ANDREW S 3784 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2025
19213390 Metered Dose Topical Applicator Team Technologies Inc. LONG, DONNELL ALAN 3754 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 20, 2025
19032773 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION Midlab, Inc. MEYERS, ELIZABETH ANNE 1617 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2025
19033009 METERED DOSE TOPICAL APPLICATOR Team Technologies, Inc. BURNETTE, GABRIELLA E 3781 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2025
18982566 Tension Control Fastener & Verification System Allfasteners Usa, LLC FOSTER, NICHOLAS L 3675 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18980742 Motorized Retractable Screen System Four Season Industries, LLC RAMSEY, JEREMY C 3634 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18874237 OPTIMIZED GAS DELIVERY SYSTEM Gasokay Aps MURPHY, KEVIN F 3753 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18814925 VALVE STRUCTURE, BOTTLE CAP, AND BOTTLE Technical Response, Inc. HICKS, ANGELISA 3753 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18798902 T-Bolt Fastening System Allfasteners Usa, LLC ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 3736 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 09, 2024
18833948 PALLETIZING/DE-PALLETIZING SYSTEM Körber Supply Chain Dk A/S HOLMES, JUSTIN 3655 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18782773 Door Threshold Clayton Supply, Inc. MUDD, HENRY HOOPER 3642 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 24, 2024
18760797 Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Tank Nationwide Tanks, Inc. RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1746 §102§103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Jul 01, 2024
18676547 Folding Knife Yangjiang Zeth Trading Co., Ltd. MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 3724 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 29, 2024
18368277 CANISTER CONNECTION SYSTEM FOR DISPOSABLE NEGATIVE PRESSURE WOUND THERAPY SYSTEM Deroyal Industries, Inc. RASSAVONG, ERIC 3781 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 14, 2023
17984660 Method and Device for Protein-Protein Docking Based on Identification of Low-Entropy Hydration Layer on Protein Surface Harbin Institute of Technology VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1686 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 10, 2022
16256585 COMPLIANCE SYSTEM FOR USE WITH JANITORIAL AND CLEANING PRODUCTS Midlab, Inc. GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A 3715 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Jan 24, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Luedeka Neely, P.C.'s patent allowance rate?

85.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Luedeka Neely, P.C. were allowed, across 2,696 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Luedeka Neely, P.C. average before allowance?

2.56 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Luedeka Neely, P.C. have?

16 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 13 clients, before 16 examiners in 14 art units.

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