Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 4 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MEREK, BLACKMON & VOORHEES, LLC handles Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems matters and has 1,074 career applications. Six pending office actions remain, and the resolved allowance rate is 85.03%, indicating that most resolved applications reached allowance.
The average of 2.83 office actions per allowance suggests that successful cases generally reached allowance after a relatively contained examination process. The substantial application history gives practitioners a meaningful record for assessing prosecution activity in transportation and mechanical matters.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FONSECA, JESSIE T | 1 | 68.2% | +18.6% |
| DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI | 1 | 46.8% | +29.2% |
| MACCHIAROLO, PETER J | 1 | 69.8% | +11.0% |
| FERENCE, JAMES M | 1 | 71.2% | +16.8% |
| MASSAD, ABE L | 1 | 56.7% | +65.7% |
| MARINI, MATTHEW G | 1 | 60.6% | +21.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18026843 | WAVEFORM ANALYSIS DEVICE AND WAVEFORM ANALYSIS METHOD | MARINI, MATTHEW G | 24d overdue |
| 18442183 | Packed flashing assembly for use with a group of roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows | FERENCE, JAMES M | 10d overdue |
| 18594731 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TESTING A FILTER | MACCHIAROLO, PETER J | 8d |
| 18972343 | Cover assembly and a method for interconnecting cover members | FONSECA, JESSIE T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18026843 | WAVEFORM ANALYSIS DEVICE AND WAVEFORM ANALYSIS METHOD | MARINI, MATTHEW G | 24d overdue |
| 18442183 | Packed flashing assembly for use with a group of roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows | FERENCE, JAMES M | 10d overdue |
| 18594731 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TESTING A FILTER | MACCHIAROLO, PETER J | 8d |
| 18972343 | Cover assembly and a method for interconnecting cover members | FONSECA, JESSIE T | — |
| 18610987 | HOOKAH SUBASSEMBLY AND COMPONENTS OF THE SUBASSEMBLY | DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI | — |
| 18544181 | Screening arrangement with a top casing and a bottom element comprising a screening body receiving space | MASSAD, ABE L | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| VKR Holding A/S | 3 |
| 1293473 Ontario Limited | 1 |
| HAMILTON ASSOCIATES, INC. | 1 |
| Rorze Corporation | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3633 | 1 |
| 1755 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18972343 | Cover assembly and a method for interconnecting cover members | Vkr Holding A/S | FONSECA, JESSIE T | 3633 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18610987 | HOOKAH SUBASSEMBLY AND COMPONENTS OF THE SUBASSEMBLY | 1293473 Ontario Limited | DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI | 1755 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18594731 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TESTING A FILTER | Hamilton Associates, Inc. | MACCHIAROLO, PETER J | 2855 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18442183 | Packed flashing assembly for use with a group of roof windows and a method for weatherproofing a group of roof windows | Vkr Holding A/S | FERENCE, JAMES M | 3635 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18544181 | Screening arrangement with a top casing and a bottom element comprising a screening body receiving space | Vkr Holding A/S | MASSAD, ABE L | 3634 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18026843 | WAVEFORM ANALYSIS DEVICE AND WAVEFORM ANALYSIS METHOD | Rorze Corporation | MARINI, MATTHEW G | 2853 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial85.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Merek, Blackmon & Voorhees, LLC were allowed, across 1,074 applications in USPTO records.
2.83 office actions per allowed application on average.
6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 6 examiners in 6 art units.
