Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 7 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Messner Reeves LLP has managed 488 career applications with a focus on the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm currently has 7 pending office actions. Its historical performance includes a resolved allowance rate of 75.28 percent. This rate is based on the firm's total career applications within the patent office.
On average, the firm receives 2.92 office actions per allowance. This metric of 2.92 office actions per allowance provides a baseline for expected prosecution cycles in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The resolved allowance rate of 75.28 percent across 488 career applications demonstrates the firm's success in securing patent grants for its clients.
With 7 pending office actions, the firm continues its work in this technical field. This ongoing activity reflects the firm's commitment to its practice area. The combination of career applications and the allowance rate highlights the firm's experience in navigating the patent examination process.
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 (14%) |
| §103 only | 3 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 1 | 55.1% | +3.6% |
| LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 1 | 78.4% | +9.4% |
| APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 1 | 63.2% | +20.9% |
| BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HOEY, ALISSA L | 1 | 44.5% | +32.0% |
| OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | 1 | 54.5% | +19.4% |
| ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 1 | 55.4% | +25.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18410656 | POCKET CUFF | HOEY, ALISSA L | 28d |
| 19042950 | MOTORIZED POLE MOUNT FOR SONAR TRANSDUCERS | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | — |
| 18718351 | ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROOF BASED CHILD KEY AUTHENTICITY | BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM | — |
| 17848189 | DISPLAY SIGN HEATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA 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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18410656 | POCKET CUFF | HOEY, ALISSA L | 28d |
| 18198585 | MUFFLER SYSTEM WITH PNEUMATICALLY ACTUATED BYPASS VALVE | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | 28d |
| 18887954 | JAW PROP DEVICE FOR MEDICAL IMAGING | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | — |
| 17848189 | DISPLAY SIGN HEATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Innovative Fishing Concepts, LLC | 1 |
| Alexander Dental Group | 1 |
| Cranio Mandibular Rehab, Inc. | 1 |
| NCHAIN LICENSING AG | 1 |
| Code of Silence, LLC | 1 |
| Austin From Boston | 1 |
| Skyline Products, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 2 |
| 2434 | 1 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19042950 | MOTORIZED POLE MOUNT FOR SONAR TRANSDUCERS | Innovative Fishing Concepts, LLC | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 | |
| 18921981 | DENTAL TOOL | Alexander Dental Group | LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18887954 | JAW PROP DEVICE FOR MEDICAL IMAGING | Cranio Mandibular Rehab, Inc. | APONTE, MIRAYDA ARLENE | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18718351 | ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROOF BASED CHILD KEY AUTHENTICITY | NCHAIN LICENSING AG | BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM | 2434 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18410656 | POCKET CUFF | Code Of Silence, LLC | HOEY, ALISSA L | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18198585 | MUFFLER SYSTEM WITH PNEUMATICALLY ACTUATED BYPASS VALVE | Austin From Boston LLC | OLSON, JENNIFER MAR B | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 17848189 | DISPLAY SIGN HEATING APPARATUS, METHOD OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | Skyline Products, Inc. | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 3761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2022 |
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