Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Mccormick, Paulding & Huber, Pllc

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

70 pending office actions • 27 clients • 62 examiners • 33 art units • 0 of 70 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=4519 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.1%
Allowance Rate
n=4519
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4519
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=3288
-0.01σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3288
1091 days
Time to Allowance
n=3288
+6.6pp
Interview Lift
n=4519
24.4%
RCE Rate
n=4519
3.1%
Appeal Rate
n=4519

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.8%
§101 Overcome
n=236
82.0%
§102 Overcome
n=1568
83.3%
§103 Overcome
n=2140
85.8%
§112 Overcome
n=1715

Specialization & Scale

Y10T, F04B, F25B
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4519
3
Practitioners
n=4519
1506.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=4519

Portfolio Summary

70
Total Pending OAs
43
Non-Final OAs
24
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
14
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. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (14)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.

40
Hard (57%)
22
Medium (31%)
8
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (4%)
§103 only20 (29%)
§102 only2 (3%)
§112 only8 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)37 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
17% of docket
2
Information Tech
3% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
9
Semiconductors
13% of docket
33
Mechanical / Eng
47% of docket
14
Business / Other
20% 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 85.6% -8.4%
DUNWOODY, AARON M 2 75.2% +11.4%
BOECKMANN, JASON J 2 49.1% +28.4%
LANE, DEVON 2 55.8% +14.1%
SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 2 78.5% +21.0%
MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 2 54.1% +21.3%
FINK, THOMAS ANDREW 1 65.0% +32.4%
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 32.3% +41.8%
DRAGICEVICH, ZACHARY T 1 79.6% +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 (40)

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
18040668 STERILIZING DEVICE AND STERILIZING METHOD STOFFA, WYATT A 17d overdue
17234200 Wearable Pulse Waveform Measurement System and Method AGAHI, PUYA 15d overdue
17698290 PHYSICAL QUANTITY ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY ESTIMATING METHOD DESTA, ELIAS 4d overdue
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
18251489 HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAVING SAME LANE, DEVON 36d

Interview Candidates (15)

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
18246453 METHOD FOR FEEDING A MATERIAL STRIP TO THE MACHINING ZONE OF A MACHINE TOOL MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 30d
18251489 HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAVING SAME LANE, DEVON 36d
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
19251216 PRESSURE WAVE GENERATOR AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PRESSURE WAVE GENERATOR FINK, THOMAS ANDREW —

Client Portfolio (27 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
376311
37466
36793
28342
37832
37532
37522
37242
37912
28931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
19124124 CONNECTOR MODULE FOR FLUIDLY CONNECTING A FLUID SYSTEM TO A FUNCTION MODULE, ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A CONNECTOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR FLUIDLY CONNECTING A FLUID SYSTEM TO A CONNECTOR MODULE Danfoss A/S DUNWOODY, AARON M 3679 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2025
19089726 WASH-OFF LABEL Specialty Printing, LLC GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 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
19102189 FILM FORMING APPARATUS AND FILM FORMING METHOD Jsw Afty Corporation BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 2025
19039987 STEER BY WIRE SYSTEM Danfoss Power Solutions Aps BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 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
19099069 SCROLL COMPRESSOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. DAVIS, MARY ALICE 3746 §102§103 Final Rejection 48d Pending Jan 28, 2025
19099066 SCROLL COMPRESSOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. SINGH, DAPINDER 3746 §112 Non-Final OA — 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 §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 §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 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
18978255 FOUR-TERMINAL CURRENT MEASUREMENT SHUNT RESISTOR ASSEMBLY Vacon OY LE, THANG XUAN §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 §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 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 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
18888274 HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Danfoss A/S AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI 3763 §103 Final Rejection — 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
18844647 PACKAGING MADE OF SHEET METAL MATERIAL WITH TEAR-OFF FOIL LID AND MATERIAL SET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Soudronic AG KMET, LAUREN ELIZABETH 3735 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 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 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2024
18782625 ABRASION RESISTANT TUBE OR HOSE Danfoss A/S LAN, YAN §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 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18761807 METHOD FOR CALCULATION OF A MECHNICAL SPEED OF AN ELECTRIC ROTATIONAL MACHINE Danfoss Power Electronics A/S ZHONG, XIN Y §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 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
18711945 HEAT EXCHANGE ASSEMBLY AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAVING SAME Danfoss A/S DUONG, THO V 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending May 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 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18625482 SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S §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
18294055 IMPROVED TELESCOPIC LOADER Danfoss Power Solutions GmbH & Co. Ohg CONNOLLY, MARK A 2115 §112 Final Rejection 39d Pending Jan 31, 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
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
18476008 ULTRA-LOW TEMPERATURE EMERGENCY STARTING POWER SUPPLY Grepow, Inc. TSO, EDWARD H §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2023
18551082 ATOMIZING NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT Danfoss A/S BOECKMANN, JASON J 3752 §103§112 Final Rejection 47d Pending Sep 18, 2023
18550604 SCINTILLATOR STRUCTURE Proterial, Ltd. KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18263158 TAP-MOUNTED WATER PURIFICATION UNIT Omify AG VARMA, AKASH K 1773 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 27, 2023
18259672 HEAT EXCHANGER Danfoss A/S ARANT, HARRY E 3763 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 28, 2023
18251489 HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HAVING SAME Danfoss A/S LANE, DEVON 3763 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 36d Pending May 02, 2023
18193691 ATOMIZING NOZZLE ARRANGEMENT Danfoss A/S GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 3752 §102§103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18246453 METHOD FOR FEEDING A MATERIAL STRIP TO THE MACHINING ZONE OF A MACHINE TOOL Bruderer AG MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 3724 §112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Mar 23, 2023
18040668 STERILIZING DEVICE AND STERILIZING METHOD Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Technology Research Institute STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
18005995 STATOR FOR DISK MOTOR, STATOR SUPPORTING RING AND COMPRESSOR Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd. SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 2834 §112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18154108 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PREDICTING AND DIAGNOSING SCOLIOSIS AND ITS OPERATING METHOD Ceragem Co., Ltd. BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA 3791 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 13, 2023
18003355 3-DIMENSIONAL MANUFACTURE OF POROUS AND WATERPROOF MEMBRANE Dimpora AG STEELE, JENNIFER A 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Dec 27, 2022
18067898 Portable device assisted commissioning of a drive Danfoss Power Electronics A/S NORTON, JENNIFER L 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Dec 19, 2022
18062037 HYDRAULIC STEERING UNIT Danfoss Power Solutions Aps SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 3753 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2022
17997852 IMPROVED PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF SEMAGLUTIDE Neuland Laboratories Limited KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17960555 CUTTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF CUTTING APPARATUS Horizon Inc. MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 3724 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 05, 2022
17785091 POWER MODULE WITH IMPROVED ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH DINH, TUAN T 2848 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2022
17781407 POWER MODULE Danfoss Silicon Power GmbH STEVENSON, ANDRE C 2899 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 01, 2022
17698290 PHYSICAL QUANTITY ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND PHYSICAL QUANTITY ESTIMATING METHOD Proterial, Ltd. DESTA, ELIAS 2857 §101DP Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2022
17617102 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AQUEOUS NITRATE CONCENTRATION IN SOLUTION CONTAINING DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON B. G. Negev Technologies and Applications Ltd. FRITCHMAN, REBECCA M 1758 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 07, 2021
17234200 Wearable Pulse Waveform Measurement System and Method Vivipulse, LLC AGAHI, PUYA 3791 §101§103§112Other Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2021
17012151 PUMP ASSEMBLY WITH A REMOVABLE COVER ASSEMBLY Deka Products Limited Partnership SCHMIDT, EMILY LOUISE 3783 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Sep 04, 2020
14891767 METHOD OF PRODUCING A PIGMENT CONTAINING, CATIONIC, HIGH SOLIDS AQUEOUS DISPERSION, AQUEOUS DISPERSION CONTAINING PIGMENTS, AND USE THEREOF Fp-Pigments OY ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1731 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 17, 2015

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