Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
102 pending office actions • 54 clients • 96 examiners • 80 art units • 0 of 102 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
This profile covers Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and includes 17609 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 89.14%, and the average is 3.17 office actions per allowance. The large application record provides substantial historical context, showing favorable reported allowance outcomes with several examination events commonly preceding allowance.
There are 104 pending office actions, which represents a substantial active docket requiring structured prosecution management. The combination of application volume and pending workload makes consistency in amendment practice, response timing, and issue tracking especially important. The historical allowance rate and action average can inform expectations, but each unresolved medical-device matter still requires claim-specific assessment.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 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. 29 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 only | 2 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 15 (15%) |
| §103 only | 23 (23%) |
| §102 only | 4 (4%) |
| §112 only | 4 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 8 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 9 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 36 (35%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3 | 75.2% | +11.2% |
| AWAD, AMR A | 2 | 36.4% | +20.4% |
| HERRING, LISA L | 2 | 72.9% | +17.2% |
| PATEL, NIKETA I | 2 | 39.6% | +7.7% |
| RICCI, CRAIG D | 2 | 53.7% | +52.6% |
| HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | 1 | 80.7% | +17.8% |
| GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 1 | 62.1% | +29.1% |
| RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 1 | 72.4% | +39.2% |
| KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE | 1 | 56.3% | +38.3% |
| JEANTY, ROMAIN | 1 | 75.8% | +19.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17726015 | CONTENT DISTRIBUTION VIA USAGE TRACKING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 105d overdue |
| 18600859 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARGING A MOBILE PHONE AND A MOBILE PHONE COVER | SAMS, MATTHEW C | 87d overdue |
| 19014924 | WELD TRAINING SIMULATIONS USING MOBILE DEVICES, MODULAR WORKPIECES, AND SIMULATED WELDING EQUIPMENT | FRENCH, CORRELL T | 42d overdue |
| 18038950 | A Trephine Blade For Preparation Of Corneal Tissue For Endothelial Keratoplasty | BYRD, BRIGID K | 28d overdue |
| 18468971 | Methods for Microbial Identification in Clinical Specimens by Differential Ribosomal RNA Probe Hybridization | WILDER, CYNTHIA B | 26d overdue |
| 19320801 | HAIR BRUSH | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 22d overdue |
| 18065224 | METHOD OF USING HARDWARE IDENTIFIERS TO DETECT IoT SECURITY INCIDENTS | WEBB, MARGARET G | 17d overdue |
| 18799239 | ADJUSTABLE, VARIABLE STEP CAMPUS BOARD | DICUIA, JONATHAN ANGELO | 6d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19243428 | PIPE COUPLINGS HAVING INSTALLATION INDICATORS | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 30d overdue |
| 19320801 | HAIR BRUSH | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 22d overdue |
| 19252113 | FITTING WITH POSITIVE INSTALLATION INDICATOR ASSEMBLY | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 4d overdue |
| 19051571 | PIPE COUPLING WITH INSTALLATION INDICATOR | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 29d |
| 19349474 | HAIR BRUSH | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | — |
| 19276638 | BALLOON CATHETER AND METHOD OF USE FOR DELIVERING A STENT TO THE VENOUS SINUSES | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | — |
| 19266293 | SALES PROMOTION USING PRODUCT COMPARISON | KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE | — |
| 19229049 | CUSTOMER CLUSTERING USING INTEGER PROGRAMMING | JEANTY, ROMAIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 5 |
| 3679 | 4 |
| 3621 | 3 |
| 3715 | 3 |
| 1611 | 3 |
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3711 | 2 |
| 2695 | 2 |
| 2692 | 2 |
| 3632 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19349474 | HAIR BRUSH | Bounce Curl, LLC | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19320801 | HAIR BRUSH | Bounce Curl, LLC | GUIDOTTI, LAURA COLE | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19276638 | BALLOON CATHETER AND METHOD OF USE FOR DELIVERING A STENT TO THE VENOUS SINUSES | Serenity Medical, Inc. | RESTAINO, ANDREW PETER | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19266293 | SALES PROMOTION USING PRODUCT COMPARISON | Transform SR Brands LLC | KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE | 3689 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19252113 | FITTING WITH POSITIVE INSTALLATION INDICATOR ASSEMBLY | Asc Engineered Solutions, LLC | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19243428 | PIPE COUPLINGS HAVING INSTALLATION INDICATORS | Asc Engineered Solutions, LLC | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19229049 | CUSTOMER CLUSTERING USING INTEGER PROGRAMMING | Transform SR Brands LLC | JEANTY, ROMAIN | 3624 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19212090 | SWING DESIGNED TO PROMOTE ATTUNEMENT BETWEEN CHILD AND CARETAKER | Playcore Wisconsin, Inc. | AWAD, AMR A | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19198853 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SERVICE POLICY ORCHESTRATION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | Swisscom AG | SALL, EL HADJI MALICK | 2457 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19193882 | PLAYGROUND APPARATUS COMPRISING A CAMERA SUPPORT | Playcore Wisconsin, Inc. | AWAD, AMR A | 3711 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19123000 | HIGH-SPEED ROTOR | Rockwool A/S | HERRING, LISA L | 1741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19098626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING DATA POINTS COLLECTED FROM A CUSTOMER TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SPECIFIC OFFERINGS | Transform SR Brands LLC | HAIDER, FAWAAD | 3627 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19098229 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS | Transform SR Brands LLC | ELCHANTI, TAREK | 3621 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19095301 | ORAL CARE COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING RHAMNOLIPIDS | Stepan Company | GEMBEH, SHIRLEY V | 1615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19074661 | ACOUSTIC STIMULATION | Global Post Graystone Inc. | SKAIST, AVI T. | 3674 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19064113 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING CUSTOMIZABLE AND SHAREABLE TIERED OFFERS | Transform SR Brands LLC | DAGNEW, SABA | 3621 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19063797 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED TARGETED POLLING VIA AN E-COMMERCE PROMOTIONS PLATFORM | Transform SR Brands LLC | ANDERSON, SCOTT C | 3694 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19059381 | Distributed Erasure Coded Virtual File System | Weka.Io Ltd. | JACKSON, JAYLUN ARMAN | 2112 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19059626 | Method and System for Surround Sound Processing in an Audio Device | Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. | TRAN, CON P | 2695 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19051571 | PIPE COUPLING WITH INSTALLATION INDICATOR | Asc Engineered Solutions, LLC | DUNWOODY, AARON M | 3679 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19044237 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ULTRASONIC EMITTER SYSTEM FLOOR AUDIO UNIT | Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. | ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN | 2693 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19038360 | Eyewear Accommodating Headset With Audio Compensation | Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. | ANWAH, OLISA | 2692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19014924 | WELD TRAINING SIMULATIONS USING MOBILE DEVICES, MODULAR WORKPIECES, AND SIMULATED WELDING EQUIPMENT | Seabery North America, Inc. | FRENCH, CORRELL T | 3715 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18968543 | NOVEL CONDUCTIVE POLYMER RIVETS FOR GROUNDING A SHOE | Primal Footing, Inc. | PATEL, VISHAL A | 3675 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18868994 | METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING DOWNLINK OTFDM SYMBOL AND TRANSMITTERS THEREOF | Wisig Networks Private Limited | SUGDEN, NOAH JAMES | 2475 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18928054 | EYEWEAR ACCOMMODATING HEADSET | Voyetra Turtle Beach, Inc. | BLAIR, KILE O | 2691 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2024 |
| 18921581 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WORKER PROTECTION SYSTEM WITH ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) BASED ANCHOR NETWORK | Metrom Rail, LLC | SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER | 3615 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18858015 | MODULATORS OF INTRACELLULAR CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE DECLINE | Fondazione Telethon Ets | KOSACK, JOSEPH R | 3991 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18858168 | MODULATORS OF INTRACELLULAR CHLORIDE CONCENTRATION FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF COGNITIVE DECLINE | Fondazione Telethon Ets | REILLY, SOPHIA JANE | 1627 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18917003 | VIDEO GAME CONTROLLER WITH SOCIAL NETWORKING | Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc. | THOMAS, ERIC M | 3715 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18907708 | INTERFACING EVENT DETECTORS WITH A NETWORK INTERFACE | Transform SR Brands LLC | CHANG, YU-WEN | 2413 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18906543 | DOOR ALARM SYSTEM AND REFRIGERATION DEVICE | Transform SR Brands LLC | NORMAN, MARC E | 3763 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18907114 | INTEGRATED EXPERIENCE FOR APPLICATIONS WITHIN A MOBILE APPLICATION | Transform SR Brands LLC | TILLERY, RASHAWN N | 2174 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18888985 | BICYCLE HANDLEBAR AND BICYCLE WITH INTEGRATED AERO MEASURING DEVICE | Premierbike, Limited. | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18886896 | METHOD OF ATTACHING A BRACE MEMBER TO A MOUNTING BRACKET | Asc Engineered Solutions, LLC | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18816982 | Foamed Isocyanate-Based Polymer | Proprietect L.P. | RIOJA, MELISSA A | 1764 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18839118 | HEAT TREATMENT OF 3D PRINTED PARTS | CYTIVA SWEDEN AB | SONG, INJA | 1744 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18806396 | RATCHET WRENCH HAVING DISC SPACER | Harbor Freight Tools Usa, Inc. | THOMAS, DAVID B | 3723 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18800439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT ULTRASOUND DATA ACQUISITION WITH WEARABLE ULTRASOUND PROBE HAVING DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONICS | GE Precision Healthcare LLC | AKAR, SERKAN | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18799239 | ADJUSTABLE, VARIABLE STEP CAMPUS BOARD | Everlast Climbing Industries, Inc. | DICUIA, JONATHAN ANGELO | 3784 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18798219 | SUSPENDING SYSTEMS CONSTRUCTED FROM HYDROTROPES | Stepan Company | STEINKE, SEAN JAMES | 1619 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 |
| 18795971 | EXERCISE MAT HAVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE TEXTURE | Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. | DAVIS, ZACHARY M | 1783 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18835927 | CONTAINER FOR AN ELECTRODEPOSITED SOLID TARGET MATERIAL FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A RADIOISOTOPE | Comecer S.p.A. | KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE | 2881 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18779459 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED TOPOLOGY WITH TOPOLOGY BUILDER AND CLIENT SIDE PERSONALIZED TRUSTED OUTPUT | Fantagic Holdings LLC | KASSIM, IMAD MUTEE | 2129 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18779304 | MINERAL WOOL PRODUCT | Rockwool A/S | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18779470 | USER DEVICE WITH TOPOLOGY BUILDER AND GENERATED CLIENT SIDE PERSONALIZED TRUSTED OUTPUT | Fantagic Holdings LLC | WON, MICHAEL YOUNG | 2443 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18730676 | BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER-OIL BLENDS AND USES THEREOF | Polygene Ltd. | MAEWALL, SNIGDHA | 1612 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18778177 | SEGMENT SEQUENCING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOPOLOGY WITH INFLUENCE GENERATION | Fantagic Holdings LLC | HAN, BYUNGKWON | 2121 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18778092 | SEGMENT SEQUENCING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOPOLOGY | Fantagic Holdings LLC | LAU, KAITLYN RENEE | 2148 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18760752 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY | Nu-Rise Lda | COX, THADDEUS B | 3791 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial89.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by McAndrews, Held & Malloy, Ltd. were allowed, across 17,609 applications in USPTO records.
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102 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 54 clients, before 96 examiners in 80 art units.
