Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
74 pending office actions • 19 clients • 67 examiners • 44 art units • 0 of 74 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MARSHALL & MELHORN, LLC operates in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, with 3,741 career applications and 76 pending office actions. Its prosecution record shows an 84.86% resolved allowance rate, indicating that most resolved applications reached allowance.
The average of 3.17 office actions per allowance points to recurring examination activity before successful resolution. Practitioners assessing this profile should account for both the firm’s substantial application history and the continuing workload represented by pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 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. 18 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 (1%) |
| §103 only | 12 (16%) |
| §102 only | 7 (9%) |
| §112 only | 4 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 48 (65%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 4 | 83.4% | +25.0% |
| THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | 2 | 77.3% | +29.4% |
| GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 2 | 58.0% | +25.8% |
| AUNG, SAN M | 2 | 77.7% | +20.4% |
| PATEL, VISHAL A | 2 | 59.1% | +22.6% |
| TRAN, LONG T | 1 | 83.2% | +13.8% |
| RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | 1 | 50.4% | +50.4% |
| LUGO, CARLOS | 1 | 74.9% | +13.6% |
| GRABER, MARIA EILEEN | 1 | 62.0% | +32.5% |
| MILLER, MICHAEL G | 1 | 52.3% | +15.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18485448 | PAD-HOLDING SPRING AND PAD RETURN SPRING ASSEMBLY, PAD ASSEMBLY, BRAKE CALIPER | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 19d overdue |
| 19129953 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE | TRAN, LONG T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18696414 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND CHARACTERIZING, BY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, NOISES GENERATED BY A VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM | LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | 146d overdue |
| 18212744 | Systems and Methods for Sinus Access | WILLIAMS, CATHERINE SERKE | 36d overdue |
| 18590288 | VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 16d overdue |
| 18494182 | PAD AND THRUST DEVICE ASSEMBLY, BRAKE CALIPER | IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW | 9d |
| 18249828 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CERAMIC COATING ON THE SURFACE OF AN ALUMINUM ALLOY SUBSTRATE BY MEANS OF PLASMA ELECTROLYTIC OXIDATION | DOWNES, NATHANAEL JASON | 9d |
| 17906083 | RESISTANCE NETWORK HAVING FOUR CONTACTS PER MEMORY CELL | COON, BRADLEY SCOTT | 15d |
| 18693204 | SEAT COMPONENT, SEAT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEAT COMPONENT | GABLER, PHILIP F | 16d |
| 19186734 | DOOR HANDLE ARRANGEMENT | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18485448 | PAD-HOLDING SPRING AND PAD RETURN SPRING ASSEMBLY, PAD ASSEMBLY, BRAKE CALIPER | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 19d overdue |
| 19129953 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE | TRAN, LONG T | — |
| 19189001 | TORTUOUS PATH FILTER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TRANSFUSION-READY RECONSTITUTED PLASMA | RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | — |
| 19186734 | DOOR HANDLE ARRANGEMENT | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| 19081102 | CUSHION WITH ADJUSTABLE SOFTNESS AND HARDNESS AND AUTOMOTIVE SEAT | GRABER, MARIA EILEEN | — |
| 19108507 | PROCESS FOR DEPOSITING A LAYER | MILLER, MICHAEL G | — |
| 19036178 | SEAT COVER FOR A SEAT AND SEAT WITH A SEAT CUSHION AND SUCH A SEAT COVER | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — |
| 19012411 | OSCILLATING FRAMEWORK FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR AN OSCILLATING SEAT AND/OR UTILITY VEHICLE SEAT, AND A VEHICLE SEAT OF THIS TYPE | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3616 | 8 |
| 3636 | 5 |
| 3655 | 5 |
| 3675 | 4 |
| 3747 | 3 |
| 1712 | 3 |
| 3993 | 3 |
| 1787 | 2 |
| 1718 | 2 |
| 3633 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19129953 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE | Robert Bosch GmbH | TRAN, LONG T | 3747 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19189001 | TORTUOUS PATH FILTER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TRANSFUSION-READY RECONSTITUTED PLASMA | Hemerus Medical, LLC | RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19186734 | DOOR HANDLE ARRANGEMENT | Witte Automotive GmbH | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19081102 | CUSHION WITH ADJUSTABLE SOFTNESS AND HARDNESS AND AUTOMOTIVE SEAT | Adient (Chongqing) Automotive Components Co., Ltd. | GRABER, MARIA EILEEN | 3644 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19108507 | PROCESS FOR DEPOSITING A LAYER | Pilkington Group Limited | MILLER, MICHAEL G | 1712 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19105857 | COVERING DEVICE FOR COVERING A RAIL OF A LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER, LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTER FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT | Adient US LLC | BEMKO, TARAS P | 3672 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18998590 | GLAZING COMPRISING A FIRST AND SECOND CHANNEL-SECTION GLAZING ELEMENT | Bauglasindustrie GmbH | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19036178 | SEAT COVER FOR A SEAT AND SEAT WITH A SEAT CUSHION AND SUCH A SEAT COVER | Adient US LLC | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | 3636 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18997249 | BRAKE-FEEL SIMULATION DEVICE | Brembo S.p.A. | TEKA, ABIY | 3745 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19012411 | OSCILLATING FRAMEWORK FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, IN PARTICULAR AN OSCILLATING SEAT AND/OR UTILITY VEHICLE SEAT, AND A VEHICLE SEAT OF THIS TYPE | Adient US LLC | THOMPSON, JESSICA KATHRYN | 3636 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18989442 | SEAT ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING A VEHICLE SEAT TO A LONGITUDINAL ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM AND/OR VEHICLE FLOOR STRUCTURE, AND VEHICLE SEAT | Adient US LLC | FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD | 3676 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18989600 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING COMPONENTS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPENSATING TOLERANCES | Witte Automotive GmbH | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 3993 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18989707 | Dust boot for a brake caliper and brake caliper | Brembo S.p.A. | IRVIN, THOMAS W | 3616 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18875215 | COATED GLASS ARTICLES | Pilkington Group Limited | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18976415 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | Witte Automotive GmbH | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18951184 | BLOOD STORAGE CONTAINER CONTAINING AQUEOUS COMPOSITION FOR THE STORAGE OF RED BLOOD CELLS | Hemerus Medical, LLC | NGUYEN, NGHI V | 1653 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18865778 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A COATING | Pilkington Group Limited | TUROCY, DAVID P | 1718 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18864152 | GLAZING COMPRISING INTEGRATED SECONDARY GLAZING PANE | Pilkington Group Limited | VAN SELL, NATHAN L | 1783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18937163 | FITTING FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT | Adient US LLC | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 3636 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18862187 | PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE, BRAKING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD | Brembo S.p.A. | SICONOLFI, ROBERT | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18861900 | METHOD OF FORMING A TIN OXIDE COATING | Pilkington Group Limited | CHEN, BRET P | 1718 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18861904 | BRAKING SYSTEM OF THE BRAKE-BY-WIRE TYPE FOR MOTORCYCLES | Brembo S.p.A. | LEWIS, TISHA D | 3619 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18916833 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES | Witte Automotive GmbH | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18856663 | BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR | Brembo S.p.A. | RASHID, MAHBUBUR | 3616 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18894079 | ILLUMINATION ASSEMBLY FOR HANDHELD MEDICAL DEVICES AND INSTRUMENTS | Fiagon GmbH | JAMIALAHMADI, MAJID | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18850112 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A BRAKING SYSTEM AND RELATED BRAKING SYSTEM | Brembo S.p.A. | KRAFT, LOGAN M | 3747 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18848653 | LINEAR ACTUATING DEVICE OF A BRAKE CALIPER AND BRAKE CALIPER WITH SAID DEVICE | Brembo S.p.A. | SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | 3616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18691921 | METHOD FOR RESOLVING ANGLE AMBIGUITIES IN A RADAR NETWORK | Robert Bosch GmbH | GOOD, KENNETH W | 3648 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18845475 | COMPONENT OF A CAR OR MOTORCYCLE COMPRISING A TITANIA-BASED COATING | Brembo S.p.A. | CHRISTY, KATHERINE A | 1712 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18826256 | CONNECTING DOME, IN PARTICULAR SCREW DOME, AND FASTENING ASSEMBLY | Witte Automotive GmbH | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 3993 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18842825 | GLAZING | Bauglasindustrie GmbH | BARLOW, ADAM G | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18843007 | BRAKE CALIPER FOR A DISC BRAKE | Brembo S.p.A. | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 3655 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18818667 | DECOUPLING MODULE | Autoliv Development AB | FLUHART, STACEY A | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18836779 | PROCESS FOR FORMING A COATING | Pilkington Group Limited | TALBOT, BRIAN K | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18783769 | Caliper body and brake pad assembly | Brembo S.p.A. | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 3655 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18730343 | BRAKING DEVICE | Brembo S.p.A. | LANE, NICHOLAS J | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18729939 | BRAKING DEVICE | Brembo S.p.A. | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18727129 | CORROSION-RESISTANT AND/OR CLEANABLE COATED GLASS SUBSTRATE | Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd. | OTT, PATRICK S | 1794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18724220 | GREY CAST IRON, IN PARTICULAR FOR DISC BRAKE COMPONENTS | Brembo S.p.A. | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18722652 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING THE ELECTRIC POWER FLOW IN BATTERY PACKS OF AN ELECTRIC OR HYBRID VEHICLE | Brembo S.p.A. | REINERT, JONATHAN E | 3668 | §112 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18722751 | BRAKE DISC WITH NICKEL-FREE STEEL LAYER AND METHOD FOR MAKING A BRAKE DISC | Brembo S.p.A. | AUNG, SAN M | 3616 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18721698 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING | Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf E.V | INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY | 2818 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18718529 | GLAZING UNIT | Pilkington Group Limited | AUBREY, BETH A | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18736675 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | Witte Automotive GmbH | PATEL, VISHAL A | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18736631 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | Witte Automotive GmbH | BYRD, EUGENE G | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18699991 | FIRE-RESISTANT GLAZING | Pilkington Group Limited | COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON | 1784 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18696414 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND CHARACTERIZING, BY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, NOISES GENERATED BY A VEHICLE BRAKING SYSTEM | Brembo S.p.A. | LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | 3668 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 146d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18695931 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DISTRIBUTION OF BRAKING FORCES IN A BRAKING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE NOISE AND/OR VIBRATIONS GENERATED IN THE SYSTEM | Brembo S.p.A. | CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18693204 | SEAT COMPONENT, SEAT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SEAT COMPONENT | Adient US LLC | GABLER, PHILIP F | 3636 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18599688 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL GLAZING UNIT | Pilkington Group Limited | TRAN, UYEN M | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial84.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Marshall & Melhorn, LLC were allowed, across 3,741 applications in USPTO records.
3.17 office actions per allowed application on average.
74 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 19 clients, before 67 examiners in 44 art units.
