Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Melcher Patent Law PLLC has handled 1263 career applications primarily within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 82.71 percent, establishing a strong baseline for success in this technical field. Prosecution typically involves 3.23 average office actions per allowance, providing a clear expectation for the duration of the examination process for these matters.
With only 3 pending office actions currently on the docket, the firm appears to be in a maintenance phase. The 82.71 percent allowance rate suggests that while the Chemistry & Materials field presents challenges, the firm successfully overcomes them through its 3.23 average office actions. These metrics offer a predictable outlook for future filings in similar material science disciplines, despite the currently low volume of 3 pending actions. The 1263 career applications provide a robust foundation for the firm's expertise in material science.
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 | 1 (14%) |
| §102 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMINO, EVA L | 1 | 70.4% | +32.3% |
| SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 1 | 65.5% | +38.3% |
| BROCKMAN, ELDON T | 1 | 85.0% | +5.7% |
| JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING | 1 | 63.1% | +23.0% |
| PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1 | 45.9% | +35.9% |
| BURGESS, MARC R | 1 | 33.9% | +24.1% |
| SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1 | 61.0% | +26.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18702045 | A THRUST GENERATING ASSEMBLY | BROCKMAN, ELDON T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18433921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEALTH DATA FROM INDIVIDUALS IN REAL TIME | JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING | 42d overdue |
| 17741689 | FERTILIZER CONTAINING A SEED GRIND AND A METHOD OF USING THE FERTILIZER TO ENHANCE PLANT GROWTH | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 62d |
| 18863682 | ANTI-SKID DEVICE | COMINO, EVA L | — |
| 18702348 | A SYRINGE | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18433921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEALTH DATA FROM INDIVIDUALS IN REAL TIME | JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING | 42d overdue |
| 17989024 | YACHT PRESERVER AND METHOD OF THE USING THE YACHT PRESERVER TO REDUCE WATER FLOW INTO A YACHT | BURGESS, MARC R | 23d |
| 17741689 | FERTILIZER CONTAINING A SEED GRIND AND A METHOD OF USING THE FERTILIZER TO ENHANCE PLANT GROWTH | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 62d |
| 18863682 | ANTI-SKID DEVICE | COMINO, EVA L | — |
| 18702348 | A SYRINGE | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | — |
| 18568296 | TITANIUM OXIDE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| AFFIN AS | 1 |
| Medtech Concept LLC | 1 |
| Kongsberg Maritime Sweden AB | 1 |
| Family Mednet, Inc. | 1 |
| ISHIHARA SANGYO KAISHA, LTD. | 1 |
| Yacht Preserver | 1 |
| Innovations for World Nutrition | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3792 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18863682 | ANTI-SKID DEVICE | Affin AS | COMINO, EVA L | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 | |
| 18702348 | A SYRINGE | Medtech Concept LLC | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 | |
| 18702045 | A THRUST GENERATING ASSEMBLY | Kongsberg Maritime Sweden AB | BROCKMAN, ELDON T | 3799 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18433921 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEALTH DATA FROM INDIVIDUALS IN REAL TIME | Family Mednet, Inc. | JIAN, SHIRLEY XUEYING | 3792 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18568296 | TITANIUM OXIDE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd. | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 | |
| 17989024 | YACHT PRESERVER AND METHOD OF THE USING THE YACHT PRESERVER TO REDUCE WATER FLOW INTO A YACHT | Yacht Preserver, LLC | BURGESS, MARC R | 3615 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17741689 | FERTILIZER CONTAINING A SEED GRIND AND A METHOD OF USING THE FERTILIZER TO ENHANCE PLANT GROWTH | Innovations For World Nutrition, LLC | SMITH, JENNIFER A | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | May 11, 2022 |
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