Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
15 pending office actions • 13 clients • 15 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Miller Johnson is a patent law firm that focuses on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has handled 622 career applications, resulting in a resolved allowance rate of 85.71 percent. Prosecution at the firm averages 3.08 office actions per allowance.
The firm currently manages 11 pending office actions. The 3.08 average office actions per allowance indicates a balanced approach to overcoming examiner rejections in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. This data is derived from 622 career applications, providing a clear view of the firm's prosecution history.
An 85.71 percent allowance rate shows a strong track record of securing patent grants. The 3.08 average office actions per allowance suggests that practitioners can expect a moderate number of prosecution cycles. With 11 pending office actions, the firm continues to represent clients in this technical space.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 only | 1 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (13%) |
| §103 only | 1 (7%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 3 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, PHUOC | 1 | 85.3% | +8.8% |
| ENGLISH, PETER C | 1 | 32.8% | +27.0% |
| AHMAD, FARIA F | 1 | 76.7% | +8.4% |
| OH, HARRY Y | 1 | 85.2% | +17.0% |
| COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | 1 | 84.0% | +11.3% |
| MA, KUN KAI | 1 | 79.3% | +12.9% |
| GABLER, PHILIP F | 1 | 72.9% | +23.4% |
| VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 1 | 66.7% | +18.9% |
| MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 1 | 81.8% | +16.8% |
| O'MALLEY, CONOR AIDAN | 1 | 71.4% | -4.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19447265 | Egg Preparation System in an Intelligent Automated Fertility Platform | TRAN, PHUOC | — |
| 18787014 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT OF RAILROAD TIE PLATE | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18213784 | GRATED RAKE | TC 3600, DOCKET | 13d |
| 18648680 | Method and System for Verification of Persons in Portrait Paintings | O'MALLEY, CONOR AIDAN | 63d |
| 19218745 | Safety Device for Safeguarding a Danger Zone of an Automated Machine, in Particular a Robot | OH, HARRY Y | — |
| 18942867 | Method of Using a Coordinate Measuring Machine to Measure a Workpiece | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | — |
| 18862067 | CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR THERMAL EFFECTORS | MA, KUN KAI | — |
| 18605898 | Animal Waste Collection Apparatus | QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED | — |
| 18481675 | SYSTEM FOR INCREASING AND DISPLAYING EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE | PEO, JONATHAN M | — |
| 18184195 | BIODEGRADABLE WRAPPING FOR CARTRIDGES | DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18799252 | FLIP SPOUT DRINKING CONTAINER | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 14d |
| 19440047 | Organic Rankine Cycle Decompression Heat Engine | ENGLISH, PETER C | — |
| 19218745 | Safety Device for Safeguarding a Danger Zone of an Automated Machine, in Particular a Robot | OH, HARRY Y | — |
| 18942867 | Method of Using a Coordinate Measuring Machine to Measure a Workpiece | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | — |
| 18862067 | CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR THERMAL EFFECTORS | MA, KUN KAI | — |
| 18913246 | COMFORT ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE SEAT | GABLER, PHILIP F | — |
| 18787014 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT OF RAILROAD TIE PLATE | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| GENTHERM INCORPORATED | 2 |
| The Great States Corporation | 2 |
| Conceivable Life Sciences Inc. | 1 |
| Heat Source Energy Corp. | 1 |
| Willo Products Company, LLC | 1 |
| Pilz GmbH & Co. KG | 1 |
| Carl Zeiss | 1 |
| Tomy | 1 |
| Genesis Rail Services Ii, LLC | 1 |
| Fraunhofer | 1 |
| P4 Infrastructure, Inc. | 1 |
| GLYTEC, LLC | 1 |
| Freelander Innovations USA | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2668 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 2675 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 3600 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19447265 | Egg Preparation System in an Intelligent Automated Fertility Platform | Conceivable Life Sciences Inc. | TRAN, PHUOC | 2668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2026 |
| 19440047 | Organic Rankine Cycle Decompression Heat Engine | Heat Source Energy Corp. | ENGLISH, PETER C | 3993 | §112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19294639 | Tamper-Resistant Locking System and Method | Willo Products Company, LLC | AHMAD, FARIA F | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 |
| 19218745 | Safety Device for Safeguarding a Danger Zone of an Automated Machine, in Particular a Robot | Pilz GmbH & Co. Kg | OH, HARRY Y | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 | |
| 18942867 | Method of Using a Coordinate Measuring Machine to Measure a Workpiece | Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH | COLEMAN, STEPHEN P | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 | |
| 18862067 | CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR THERMAL EFFECTORS | Gentherm Incorporated | MA, KUN KAI | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 | |
| 18913246 | COMFORT ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE SEAT | Gentherm Incorporated | GABLER, PHILIP F | 3636 | §112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18799252 | FLIP SPOUT DRINKING CONTAINER | Tomy International, Inc. | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 3733 | §112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18787014 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT OF RAILROAD TIE PLATE | Genesis Rail Services Ii, LLC | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J | 3615 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18648680 | Method and System for Verification of Persons in Portrait Paintings | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | O'MALLEY, CONOR AIDAN | 2675 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18605898 | Animal Waste Collection Apparatus | The Great States Corporation | QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| 18481675 | SYSTEM FOR INCREASING AND DISPLAYING EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE | P4 Infrastructure, Inc. | PEO, JONATHAN M | 1779 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18213784 | GRATED RAKE | The Great States Corporation | TC 3600, DOCKET | 3600 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18329451 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING INSULIN DOSAGES FOR DIABETIC SUBJECTS | Glytec, LLC | WHALEY, PABLO S | 3619 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | 67d overdue | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
| 18184195 | BIODEGRADABLE WRAPPING FOR CARTRIDGES | Freelander Innovations Usa, LLC | DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH | 1755 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2023 |
IP Author helps law firms respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial