Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe manages 361 career applications in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 91.13 percent for these applications. At present, there are 4 pending office actions that the firm is actively prosecuting. The average number of office actions per allowance is 3.77.
This 3.77 average indicates that the firm engages in rounds of communication with examiners to secure a grant. With 361 career applications and a 91.13 percent allowance rate, the firm has shown an ability to navigate the Chemistry & Materials sector. The 4 pending office actions currently on its docket represent the latest phase of this prosecution history. For a practitioner, the 3.77 average and the 4 pending office actions define the current active requirements.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (20%) |
| §102 only | 2 (40%) |
| §112 only | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN | 1 | 63.7% | +24.3% |
| LANE, DANIEL E | 1 | 3.8% | +8.3% |
| GRAY, PHILLIP A | 1 | 74.1% | +10.8% |
| NORRIS, CLAIRE A | 1 | 66.0% | +27.9% |
| RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 1 | 52.6% | +46.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18932765 | COMPACT LUNG SIMULATOR AND SYSTEM | LANE, DANIEL E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17796027 | Rail system | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 138d overdue |
| 19241470 | System and Method for Uniform Ion Milling | MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN | — |
| 18735223 | Adjustable Placket Closure System | GRAY, PHILLIP A | — |
| 18663440 | SUPPLEMENTAL FILTRATION FOR MACHINE FLUID SYSTEMS | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| E.A. Fischione Instruments, Inc. | 1 |
| Ingmar Medical, LLC | 1 |
| Gus Gear, Inc. | 1 |
| Rpm Industries, LLC | 1 |
| Tractive Motion Technologies Pty Ltd | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1794 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19241470 | System and Method for Uniform Ion Milling | E.A. Fischione Instruments, Inc. | MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN | 1794 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 18932765 | COMPACT LUNG SIMULATOR AND SYSTEM | Ingmar Medical, LLC | LANE, DANIEL E | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 | |
| 18735223 | Adjustable Placket Closure System | Gus Gear, Inc. | GRAY, PHILLIP A | 3783 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18663440 | SUPPLEMENTAL FILTRATION FOR MACHINE FLUID SYSTEMS | Rpm Industries, LLC | NORRIS, CLAIRE A | 1779 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 17796027 | Rail system | Tractive Motion Technologies Pty Ltd | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 3634 | §112 | Final Rejection | 138d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial91.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Metz Lewis Brodman Must O'Keefe were allowed, across 361 applications in USPTO records.
3.77 office actions per allowed application on average.
5 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 5 clients, before 5 examiners in 4 art units.
