Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Mccormick, Paulding & Huber, Pllc

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

70 pending office actions • 25 clients • 65 examiners • 41 art units • 0 of 70 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

This profile covers Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and includes 4528 career applications. The resolved allowance rate is 87.98%, and the average is 3.41 office actions per allowance. The historical record reflects a substantial prosecution base, favorable reported allowance outcomes, and multiple examination events before allowance.

There are 68 pending office actions, indicating a significant current workload. Practitioners can use the allowance rate and action average to support portfolio planning, but should assess each unresolved device matter separately. Structured tracking of claim amendments, examiner positions, and response deadlines will help manage the active docket without assuming that historical outcomes will repeat.

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

Quality Metrics (n=4528 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.0%
Allowance Rate
n=4528
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4528
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=3301
-0.01σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3301
1092 days
Time to Allowance
n=3301
+6.4pp
Interview Lift
n=4528
24.4%
RCE Rate
n=4528
3.1%
Appeal Rate
n=4528

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.4%
§101 Overcome
n=237
82.0%
§102 Overcome
n=1573
83.0%
§103 Overcome
n=2148
85.7%
§112 Overcome
n=1718

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, F04B, F25B
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4528
3
Practitioners
n=4528
1509.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=4528

Portfolio Summary

70
Total Pending OAs
46
Non-Final OAs
23
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
12
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (12)Due later (1)

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.

43
Hard (61%)
23
Medium (33%)
4
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (3%)
§103 only21 (30%)
§102 only2 (3%)
§112 only4 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)41 (59%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
17% of docket
4
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
16
Semiconductors
23% of docket
37
Mechanical / Eng
53% of docket
1
Business / Other
1% 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.

700 h
Manual time on pending OAs
140 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
245 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAVIS, MARY ALICE 3 77.4% +31.8%
YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2 85.4% -8.1%
BOECKMANN, JASON J 2 49.0% +28.7%
SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 2 78.5% +21.0%
DOYLE, BENJAMIN C 1 68.3% +40.2%
FINK, THOMAS ANDREW 1 65.0% +32.6%
REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 1 79.0% +19.2%
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 32.5% +41.1%
QUINN, RICHALE LEE 1 51.4% +30.3%
DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T 1 79.7% +4.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19318882 SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S —

Hard Cases (43)

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
19077695 FEMALE FLUID CONNECTOR FOR A QUICK CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING FLUID COUPLING HEWITT, JAMES M 60d overdue
19086640 ADJUSTABLE HEADWEAR SUSPENSION AND HEADWEAR HAVING ADJUSTABLE HEADWEAR SUSPENSION QUINN, RICHALE LEE 46d overdue
18040668 STERILIZING DEVICE AND STERILIZING METHOD STOFFA, WYATT A 17d overdue
18505565 GAS SENSING LEAK MITIGATION UNIT LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN 12d
18753330 METHOD OF MANAGING OIL IN A MULTI-COMPRESSOR REFRIGERATION SYSTEM USING OIL LEVEL DETECTION DEVICES FURDGE, LARRY L 29d
18193691 ATOMIZING NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 33d
18725449 COMPRESSOR HARRIS, WESLEY G 36d
18461003 ELECTRIC MOTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A MOTOR WITH A DRIVE JOHNSON, ERIC 42d

Interview Candidates (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19086640 ADJUSTABLE HEADWEAR SUSPENSION AND HEADWEAR HAVING ADJUSTABLE HEADWEAR SUSPENSION QUINN, RICHALE LEE 46d overdue
18551082 ATOMIZING NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT BOECKMANN, JASON J 47d
19099069 SCROLL COMPRESSOR DAVIS, MARY ALICE 48d
19099074 SCROLL FOR SCROLL COMPRESSOR AND SCROLL COMPRESSOR DAVIS, MARY ALICE 55d
18725937 DRIVE MEMBER FOR A DUAL ROTATING SCROLL COMPRESSOR DAVIS, MARY ALICE 55d
18499135 CHECK VALVE AND HYDRAULIC GEROTOR OR GEROLER MACHINE SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 56d
19363959 COMPRESSION RING FOR A PISTON SLIPPER ARRANGEMENT, PISTON SLIPPER ARRANGEMENT, AND AXIAL PISTON MACHINE DOYLE, BENJAMIN C —
19251216 PRESSURE WAVE GENERATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PRESSURE WAVE GENERATOR FINK, THOMAS ANDREW —

Client Portfolio (25 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
376311
37466
37533
36793
37523
21173
28932
28382
28582
28342

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19363959 COMPRESSION RING FOR A PISTON SLIPPER ARRANGEMENT, PISTON SLIPPER ARRANGEMENT, AND AXIAL PISTON MACHINE Danfoss A/S DOYLE, BENJAMIN C 3746 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2025
19318882 SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE Semikron Danfoss GmbH YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2893 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2025
19251216 PRESSURE WAVE GENERATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PRESSURE WAVE GENERATOR P-Wave AG FINK, THOMAS ANDREW 3746 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 26, 2025
19133929 VALVE WITH IMPROVED PISTON BALANCING Danfoss A/S REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 29, 2025
19089726 WASH-OFF LABEL Specialty Printing, LLC GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2025
19086640 ADJUSTABLE HEADWEAR SUSPENSION AND HEADWEAR HAVING ADJUSTABLE HEADWEAR SUSPENSION Ragtop Fire Helmets & Restoration LLC QUINN, RICHALE LEE 3732 §102§103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2025
19077358 QUICK CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING FLUID COUPLING Danfoss A/S DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T 3679 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Mar 12, 2025
19077695 FEMALE FLUID CONNECTOR FOR A QUICK CONNECTING AND DISCONNECTING FLUID COUPLING Danfoss A/S HEWITT, JAMES M 3679 §102§103Other Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2025
19105228 MOTOR DRIVE DEVICE Ijtt Co., Ltd. NEYZARI, OMID 3613 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2025
19057473 HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Danfoss A/S HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2025
19039987 STEER BY WIRE SYSTEM Danfoss Power Solutions Aps BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2025
19099069 SCROLL COMPRESSOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. DAVIS, MARY ALICE 3746 §102§103 Final Rejection 48d Pending Jan 28, 2025
19099074 SCROLL FOR SCROLL COMPRESSOR AND SCROLL COMPRESSOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. DAVIS, MARY ALICE 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jan 28, 2025
19020271 POWER CONVERTER FOR CONVERTING MULTI-PHASE AC GRID INPUT POWER TO DC OUTPUT POWER AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION FACILITY Danfoss Power Electronics A/S JACKSON, LAKAISHA 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
19020380 PRE-CHARGING ARRANGEMENT, POWER CONVERTER SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRE-CHARGING POLY-PHASE POWER CONVERTER Vacon OY BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND 2838 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
18993794 EJECTOR HAVING AN ACTUATION MECHANISM WITH A PILOT VALVE AND AN EQUALIZATION PASSAGE BETWEEN TWO CYLINDER CHAMBERS Danfoss A/S BOECKMANN, JASON J 3752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
18989803 ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER Vacon OY NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18978255 FOUR-TERMINAL CURRENT MEASUREMENT SHUNT RESISTOR ASSEMBLY Vacon OY LE, THANG XUAN 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18873054 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SOLAR CELL, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology CANNON, RYAN SMITH 1726 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18956796 HEAT EXCHANGER, AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM Danfoss A/S CIRIC, LJILJANA V 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18852703 HYDRAULIC AXIAL PISTON UNIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OF A HYDRAULIC AXIAL PISTON UNIT Danfoss Power Solutions Inc. COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 3746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18850634 A METHOD AND A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING PARALLEL CONNECTED POWER CONVERTERS Danfoss A/S OGG, DAVID EARL 2119 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18888274 HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Danfoss A/S AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI 3763 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18888299 HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Danfoss A/S ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18888289 HEAT EXCHANGER, BENT HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Danfoss A/S ALVARE, PAUL 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2024
18810872 METHOD OF MONITORING A ROTATING MACHINE CONFIGURED FOR ENERGY TRANSFER HAVING A PLURALITY OF SUBSYSTEMS Danfoss A/S QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 2857 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18838395 PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE FROM COTTON OR COTTON BLENDS Eeden GmbH MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2024
18837987 A MULTI-COMPRESSOR SYSTEM HAVING INDIVIDUAL OIL BALANCING LINES Danfoss Commercial Compressors NORMAN, MARC E 3763 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 13, 2024
18833534 MOTOR, SCROLL COMPRESSOR AND PROCESSING METHOD OF MOTOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. PHAM, LEDA T 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18782600 VENEER TYPE TUBE OR HOSE WITH DIFFUSION BARRIER Danfoss A/S DUNWOODY, AARON M 3679 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2024
18782625 ABRASION RESISTANT TUBE OR HOSE Danfoss A/S LAN, YAN 1782 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2024
18774409 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PARAMETERS OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND A POWER FILTER Danfoss Power Electronics A/S OBEID, FAHD A 3627 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18725937 DRIVE MEMBER FOR A DUAL ROTATING SCROLL COMPRESSOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. DAVIS, MARY ALICE 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18725449 COMPRESSOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. HARRIS, WESLEY G 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18753330 METHOD OF MANAGING OIL IN A MULTI-COMPRESSOR REFRIGERATION SYSTEM USING OIL LEVEL DETECTION DEVICES Danfoss Commercial Compressors FURDGE, LARRY L 3763 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jun 25, 2024
18722866 PLATE HEAT EXCHANGER Danfoss A/S JONES, GORDON A 3763 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18662121 HEAT EXCHANGER Danfoss A/S LING, FOR K. 3763 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 13, 2024
18662019 SEPARATING PLATE Danfoss A/S LANE, DEVON 3763 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 13, 2024
18654313 POWER MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A POWER MODULE Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 2858 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18625482 SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2893 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2024
18615677 Microfluidic Assay Assemblies and Methods of Manufacture Cyvek, Inc. SMITH JR., JIMMY R 1700 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2024
18687456 GAS-FIRED BURNER, IN PARTICULAR FOR A DRYING DRUM OF AN ASPHALT MIXING PLANT Ammann Schweiz AG SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 3762 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2024
18685688 VALVE METERING FLOW SENSOR INTEGRATION Danfoss A/S SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J 2117 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 22, 2024
18577508 LEADFRAME Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH CHOWDHARY, NIMARTA KAUR 2898 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2024
18517131 LAYERED PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH LAYERED PRODUCT Meneta Holding A/S SAHNI, VISHAL R 3616 §102 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18505565 GAS SENSING LEAK MITIGATION UNIT Danfoss A/S LOPEZ ALVAREZ, OLVIN 2117 §102§103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18558804 AQUEOUS DISPERSIONS OF MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS FOR USE IN PRESERVATION OF HARVESTED PRODUCTS Dead Sea Bromine Company Ltd. LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 03, 2023
18499135 CHECK VALVE AND HYDRAULIC GEROTOR OR GEROLER MACHINE Danfoss A/S SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18555751 POWER MODULE WITH IMPROVED ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 2812 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 17, 2023
18555048 METHOD FOR PRODUCING PEPTONES COMPRISING PROTEINS AND AMINO ACIDS FROM MUCOUS MEMBRANES OF ANIMALS TO BE SLAUGHTERED, AND THE PEPTONES THEMSELVES Cremer Oleo GmbH & Co. Kg MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1655 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 12, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Mccormick, Paulding & Huber, Pllc's patent allowance rate?

88.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Mccormick, Paulding & Huber, Pllc were allowed, across 4,528 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Mccormick, Paulding & Huber, Pllc average before allowance?

3.41 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Mccormick, Paulding & Huber, Pllc have?

70 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 25 clients, before 65 examiners in 41 art units.

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