Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 6 clients • 14 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Mackey Law Firm PLLC focuses on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area, having managed 253 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 90.65 percent. This 90.65 percent allowance rate indicates a high degree of success in obtaining patent grants for medical and mechanical inventions.
The firm's prosecution process involves an average of 3.28 office actions per allowance. This figure of 3.28 office actions suggests a standard level of negotiation with examiners, typically requiring several interactions before an allowance is secured. Currently, the firm is handling 11 pending office actions. These 11 pending office actions are part of the firm's active management of its 253 career applications. The data shows that Mackey Law Firm PLLC maintains a strong success rate while navigating the complexities of medical device and mechanical engineering patent law.
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 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 4 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (64%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURPHY, KEVIN F | 1 | 67.8% | +27.7% |
| SMITH, COURTNEY L | 1 | 85.5% | +12.0% |
| ERDMAN, CHAD G | 1 | 80.1% | +18.0% |
| 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 | 77.0% | +3.8% |
| FAULKNER, RYAN L | 1 | 67.5% | +17.2% |
| LE, THANG XUAN | 1 | 88.3% | +8.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18942154 | POWER CONVERTER WITH INTEGRATED HEAT PIPE | SMITH, COURTNEY L | — |
| 18750596 | DISPLAY MOUNT | PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Vertiv | 8 |
| Denneroll Holdings Pty Ltd. | 2 |
| ASCO | 1 |
| Emerson Process Management Chennai Private Limited | 1 |
| J. M. TORRES & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 1 |
| Mopeka | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 2 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| 2175 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2835 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 | |
| 18907449 | MACHINE MONITORING SYSTEM | Emerson Process Management Chennai Private Limited | ERDMAN, CHAD G | §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 | §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 | §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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