Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 3 clients • 8 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Michael L. Leetzow, P.A. operates primarily within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has managed 329 career applications, demonstrating a consistent presence in this sector. Currently, there are 5 pending office actions requiring attention within their portfolio. This volume of pending work suggests an active engagement with the USPTO on behalf of their clients in the mechanical and commercial fields.
The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 81.94. This success rate is achieved with an avg office actions per allowance of 3.63. These metrics provide a baseline for understanding the firm's efficiency and effectiveness in securing patent grants. For practitioners, the avg office actions per allowance of 3.63 indicates the typical procedural duration expected when working with this firm. The resolved allowance rate pct of 81.94 reflects a strong probability of success for applications that reach a final resolution.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 1 | 66.8% | +33.6% |
| HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | 1 | 83.9% | +7.9% |
| WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | 1 | 82.1% | +23.1% |
| WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | 1 | 23.8% | +94.1% |
| YOUNG, EDWIN | 1 | 91.4% | +5.8% |
| MEDWAY, SCOTT J | 1 | 66.7% | +23.4% |
| RAILEY, JENNIFER A | 1 | 79.5% | +8.1% |
| TANNER, JOCELIN C | 1 | 72.2% | +34.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 |
| 18612404 | Agricultural Working Tool | YOUNG, EDWIN | 26d |
| 19039178 | Mower | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | — |
| 18975355 | Mower | WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | — |
| 18975650 | Mower | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18044286 | DEVICE FOR ACHIEVING HEMOSTASIS | TANNER, JOCELIN C | 78d overdue |
| 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 (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| CLAAS | 5 |
| Cyndrx | 2 |
| BioFlo, LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19068516 | Vessel Sealing Device | Cyndrx, LLC | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 | |
| 19039178 | Mower | Claas Saulgau GmbH | HUTCHINS, CATHLEEN R | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 | |
| 18975355 | Mower | Claas Saulgau GmbH | WEBB, SUNNY DANIELLE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 | |
| 18975650 | Mower | Claas Saulgau GmbH | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 | |
| 18612404 | Agricultural Working Tool | Claas Saulgau GmbH | YOUNG, EDWIN | 3655 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 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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