Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Michael L. Leetzow, P.A.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

9 pending office actions • 3 clients • 8 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Michael L. Leetzow, P.A. focuses on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and has 331 career applications. Nine pending office actions remain. Its resolved allowance rate is 81.94%, indicating that most resolved applications reached allowance.

The average of 3.63 office actions per allowance suggests that successful cases generally required multiple examination rounds. The record provides a focused basis for evaluating prosecution experience in transportation and mechanical matters, with continuing activity reflected in the pending docket.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=331 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

81.9%
Allowance Rate
n=331
+0.68σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=331
3.6
OAs to Allowance
n=186
+0.06σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=186
1015 days
Time to Allowance
n=186
+8.4pp
Interview Lift
n=331
21.6%
RCE Rate
n=331
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=331

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=18 (min 20)
77.1%
§102 Overcome
n=96
82.1%
§103 Overcome
n=140
80.9%
§112 Overcome
n=110

Specialization & Scale

A01D, A61B, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=331
1
Practitioners
n=331
331.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=331

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

5
Hard (56%)
2
Medium (22%)
2
Easy (22%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only2 (22%)
Double-patenting + other2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE 2 81.9% +23.2%
MENDEZ, KATHERINE H 1 66.8% +33.7%
HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R 1 83.8% +8.1%
WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY 1 21.7% +60.8%
YOUNG, EDWIN 1 91.5% +5.9%
MEDWAY, SCOTT J 1 66.6% +23.0%
RAILEY, JENNIFER A 1 79.6% +7.9%
TANNER, JOCELIN C 1 72.3% +34.7%

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
18612404 Agricultural Working Tool YOUNG, EDWIN 26d

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18460781 Method and control device for operating an agricultural harvester and agricultural harvester RAILEY, JENNIFER A 91d overdue
18044286 DEVICE FOR ACHIEVING HEMOSTASIS TANNER, JOCELIN C 78d overdue
19084374 Pick-up Apparatus for an Agricultural Harvester WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE —
19039178 Mower HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R —
18975355 Mower WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE —
18975650 Mower WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18044286 DEVICE FOR ACHIEVING HEMOSTASIS TANNER, JOCELIN C 78d overdue
19084374 Pick-up Apparatus for an Agricultural Harvester WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE —
19068516 Vessel Sealing Device MENDEZ, KATHERINE H —
18975355 Mower WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE —
18975650 Mower WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY —
18497964 Valve for Regulating the Flow of A Liquid MEDWAY, SCOTT J —

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
CLAAS 6
Cyndrx 2
BioFlo, LLC 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36712
37712
36721
36671
36551
37831
36761

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19084374 Pick-up Apparatus for an Agricultural Harvester Claas Saulgau GmbH WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE 3671 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2025
19068516 Vessel Sealing Device Cyndrx, LLC MENDEZ, KATHERINE H 3771 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2025
19039178 Mower Claas Saulgau GmbH HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R 3672 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 28, 2025
18975355 Mower Claas Saulgau GmbH WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE 3671 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18975650 Mower Claas Saulgau GmbH WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY 3667 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18612404 Agricultural Working Tool Claas Saulgau GmbH YOUNG, EDWIN 3655 §112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18497964 Valve for Regulating the Flow of A Liquid Bioflo, LLC MEDWAY, SCOTT J 3783 §102§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2023
18460781 Method and control device for operating an agricultural harvester and agricultural harvester Claas Saulgau GmbH RAILEY, JENNIFER A 3676 §102§112 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2023
18044286 DEVICE FOR ACHIEVING HEMOSTASIS Cyndrx, LLC TANNER, JOCELIN C 3771 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Michael L. Leetzow, P.A.'s patent allowance rate?

81.9% of resolved applications prosecuted by Michael L. Leetzow, P.A. were allowed, across 331 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Michael L. Leetzow, P.A. average before allowance?

3.63 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Michael L. Leetzow, P.A. have?

9 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 3 clients, before 8 examiners in 7 art units.

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