Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 6 clients • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP has a history of 1295 career applications. The firm reports a resolved allowance rate of 90.75 percent. This rate is achieved with an average of 3.57 office actions per allowance. These figures summarize the firm's historical performance in patent prosecution.
The firm is currently managing 6 pending office actions. These matters are focused in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The 1295 career applications show the firm's experience level in the patent system. The 90.75 percent resolved allowance rate provides a measure of their results in securing allowances.
The 3.57 average office actions per allowance indicates the length of the prosecution process for this firm. With 6 pending office actions, the firm continues to represent clients in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This data set offers a clear picture of the firm's prosecution profile.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (10%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 2 | 61.2% | +35.2% |
| WOLFF, ARIELLE R | 2 | 47.1% | +34.7% |
| COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 1 | 69.4% | +31.9% |
| KIM, SHIN H | 1 | 64.4% | +11.5% |
| CHIANG, JENNIFER C | 1 | 70.5% | +30.0% |
| LEE, JOHN | 1 | 30.0% | +39.6% |
| HUYNH, NAM TRUNG | 1 | 74.7% | +11.8% |
| TROOST, AARON L | 1 | 74.7% | +10.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19418633 | PATIENT-POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-CONTROL AND DATA-INTEGRATION SYSTEM, SURGICAL COMPONENTRY, AND SURGICAL METHODS OF USING SAME | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — |
| 19324691 | BOOKLET PACKAGING | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
| 18951520 | DEODORANT CONTAINER | CHIANG, JENNIFER C | — |
| 18512004 | Mobile Control Unit, Facility Management System, Mobile Unit Control System, Facility Management Method, and Mobile Unit Control Method | TROOST, AARON L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18537720 | ULTRASONIC MIST INHALER | WOLFF, ARIELLE R | 89d overdue |
| 16959940 | ULTRASONIC MIST INHALER | WOLFF, ARIELLE R | 89d overdue |
| 18807857 | CELL LYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | LEE, JOHN | 3d overdue |
| 19418633 | PATIENT-POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-CONTROL AND DATA-INTEGRATION SYSTEM, SURGICAL COMPONENTRY, AND SURGICAL METHODS OF USING SAME | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | — |
| 19337580 | BOOKLET PACKAGING | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
| 19324691 | BOOKLET PACKAGING | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | — |
| 19200010 | PLANT STAKE AND DISPLAY TAG HOLDER | KIM, SHIN H | — |
| 18951520 | DEODORANT CONTAINER | CHIANG, JENNIFER C | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| SHAHEEN INNOVATIONS HOLDING LIMITED | 5 |
| Emplase Medical Technologies, LLC | 1 |
| Orora Visual LLC | 1 |
| ORORA PACKAGING SOLUTIONS | 1 |
| Flypsi, Inc. | 1 |
| Concorde Asia Pte.Ltd. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3736 | 2 |
| 3785 | 2 |
| 3773 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19418633 | PATIENT-POSITIONING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-CONTROL AND DATA-INTEGRATION SYSTEM, SURGICAL COMPONENTRY, AND SURGICAL METHODS OF USING SAME | Emplase Medical Technologies, LLC | COTRONEO, STEVEN J | 3773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2025 |
| 19337580 | BOOKLET PACKAGING | Shaheen Innovations Holding Limited | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 3736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19324691 | BOOKLET PACKAGING | Shaheen Innovations Holding Limited | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 3736 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19200010 | PLANT STAKE AND DISPLAY TAG HOLDER | Orora Visual LLC | KIM, SHIN H | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 | |
| 18951520 | DEODORANT CONTAINER | Orora Packaging Solutions | CHIANG, JENNIFER C | 3754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18807857 | CELL LYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Shaheen Innovations Holding Limited | LEE, JOHN | 1794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18804491 | TELEPHONE NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD | Flypsi, Inc. | HUYNH, NAM TRUNG | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 | |
| 18537720 | ULTRASONIC MIST INHALER | Shaheen Innovations Holding Limited | WOLFF, ARIELLE R | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18512004 | Mobile Control Unit, Facility Management System, Mobile Unit Control System, Facility Management Method, and Mobile Unit Control Method | Concorde Asia Pte.Ltd. | TROOST, AARON L | 3666 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 16959940 | ULTRASONIC MIST INHALER | Shaheen Innovations Holding Limited | WOLFF, ARIELLE R | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 89d overdue | Pending | Jul 02, 2020 |
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