Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Mackey Law Firm Pllc

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

14 pending office actions • 6 clients • 14 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Mackey Law Firm PLLC reports 14 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 257 career applications. The resolved allowance rate is 89.62%, and the average is 3.18 office actions per allowance.

The profile shows current docket activity supported by a recorded application base. The allowance rate is a measure of resolved results, while the office-action average provides context for the prosecution activity preceding allowances. Practitioners can consider all four figures when evaluating workload and prosecution history.

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

Quality Metrics (n=257 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.6%
Allowance Rate
n=257
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=257
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=95
-0.20σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=95
1037 days
Time to Allowance
n=95
+6.6pp
Interview Lift
n=257
27.4%
RCE Rate
n=257
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=257

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)
67.7%
§102 Overcome
n=62
67.5%
§103 Overcome
n=80
85.1%
§112 Overcome
n=47

Specialization & Scale

H05K, F16K, F25B
Top CPC Subclasses
29%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=257
1
Practitioners
n=257
257.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=257

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

10
Hard (71%)
4
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only4 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (64%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
7% of docket
2
Information Tech
14% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
3
Semiconductors
21% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MURPHY, KEVIN F 1 67.9% +27.9%
SMITH, COURTNEY L 1 85.5% +11.9%
ERDMAN, CHAD G 1 80.2% +17.7%
ALUNKAL, THOMAS D 1 72.3% +14.9%
CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL 1 53.1% +41.2%
PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN 1 93.7% -6.6%
SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 1 70.7% +39.3%
BABAA, NAEL N 1 77.1% +3.9%
FAULKNER, RYAN L 1 67.7% +16.8%
LE, THANG XUAN 1 88.4% +8.7%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18942154 POWER CONVERTER WITH INTEGRATED HEAT PIPE SMITH, COURTNEY L —
18750596 DISPLAY MOUNT PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN —

Hard Cases (10)

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
18642782 CORROSION MONITOR LE, THANG XUAN 36d overdue
18409754 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TWO-PHASE COLD PLATE COOLING TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN 55d
19066116 SOLENOID VALVE POPPET AFFIXMENT MURPHY, KEVIN F —
18907449 MACHINE MONITORING SYSTEM ERDMAN, CHAD G —
18888124 FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM ALUNKAL, THOMAS D —
18823680 CABINET WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL —
18679172 AIR FILTER REMAINING LIFE PREDICTION SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE —
18670716 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PUMPED TWO-PHASE REFRIGERANT TEMPERATURE BABAA, NAEL N —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19066116 SOLENOID VALVE POPPET AFFIXMENT MURPHY, KEVIN F —
18942154 POWER CONVERTER WITH INTEGRATED HEAT PIPE SMITH, COURTNEY L —
18907449 MACHINE MONITORING SYSTEM ERDMAN, CHAD G —
18888124 FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM ALUNKAL, THOMAS D —
18823680 CABINET WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL —
18679172 AIR FILTER REMAINING LIFE PREDICTION SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE —
18665542 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER CABINET COOLING FAULKNER, RYAN L —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37632
37531
28411
21161
26861
37521
21751
17761
37621
28581

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19066116 SOLENOID VALVE POPPET AFFIXMENT Asco, L.P. MURPHY, KEVIN F 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
18942154 POWER CONVERTER WITH INTEGRATED HEAT PIPE VERTIV CORPORATION SMITH, COURTNEY L 2841 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2024
18907449 MACHINE MONITORING SYSTEM Emerson Process Management Chennai Private Limited ERDMAN, CHAD G 2116 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18888124 FLOOD WARNING SYSTEM J. M. Torres & Associates, LLC ALUNKAL, THOMAS D 2686 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18823680 CABINET WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER VERTIV CORPORATION CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL 3752 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 04, 2024
18750596 DISPLAY MOUNT VERTIV CORPORATION PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN 2175 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18679172 AIR FILTER REMAINING LIFE PREDICTION VERTIV CORPORATION SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 1776 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18670716 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING PUMPED TWO-PHASE REFRIGERANT TEMPERATURE VERTIV CORPORATION BABAA, NAEL N 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 21, 2024
18665542 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTER CABINET COOLING VERTIV CORPORATION FAULKNER, RYAN L 3762 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18642782 CORROSION MONITOR Mopeka Products LLC LE, THANG XUAN 2858 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18409754 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TWO-PHASE COLD PLATE COOLING VERTIV CORPORATION TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18351341 TWO-PHASE IMMERSION COOLING SYSTEM VERTIV CORPORATION OXENKNECHT, KYLE 2835 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2023
17893144 ORTHOTIC DEVICE Denneroll Holdings Pty Ltd. ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 3679 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 22, 2022
17705234 BOTTLE WITH SEPARABLE PORTIONS Denneroll Holdings Pty Ltd. PARKER, LAURA EBERT 3733 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Mackey Law Firm Pllc's patent allowance rate?

89.6% of resolved applications prosecuted by Mackey Law Firm Pllc were allowed, across 257 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Mackey Law Firm Pllc average before allowance?

3.18 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Mackey Law Firm Pllc have?

14 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 14 examiners in 13 art units.

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