Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 9 clients • 9 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Mills IP Law, PLLC is a patent law firm specializing in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has handled 421 career applications and maintains a high resolved allowance rate of 91.17 percent. Prosecution is efficient, with an average of 2.31 office actions per allowance.
Currently, the firm has 4 pending office actions. The 2.31 average office actions per allowance suggests a streamlined prosecution process, often reaching an allowance in fewer cycles than the industry average. This efficiency is documented across 421 career applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
A 91.17 percent allowance rate demonstrates a very high success rate for resolved applications. The 2.31 average office actions per allowance indicates that the firm effectively navigates examiner rejections. With 4 pending office actions, the firm continues to provide focused prosecution services in this technical area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 1 | 75.6% | +14.8% |
| LEFF, STEVEN N | 1 | 41.3% | +7.9% |
| GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | 1 | 65.3% | +47.3% |
| GANAN-SINGH, CHRISTINA MERAIAH | 1 | 66.7% | +50.0% |
| SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 1 | 65.5% | +38.3% |
| BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | 1 | 68.2% | +23.5% |
| FLICK, JASON E | 1 | 80.6% | +13.4% |
| SANTOS, ROBERT G | 1 | 73.0% | +35.0% |
| PRICE, NATHAN R | 1 | 53.4% | +38.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18381535 | EMERGENCY MEDICAL INTERVENTION DEVICE | FLICK, JASON E | 5d |
| 18855853 | CONTAINER WITH INTERNAL PORT | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
| 18815100 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MAKING BREAD | LEFF, STEVEN N | — |
| 18733278 | PORTABLE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF TARGET VIRUSES | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | — |
| 18652653 | TEMPERATURE REGULATED FLUID THERAPY | GANAN-SINGH, CHRISTINA MERAIAH | — |
| 18650596 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING A LYOPHILIZED MEDICAMENT | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18381535 | EMERGENCY MEDICAL INTERVENTION DEVICE | FLICK, JASON E | 5d |
| 17923115 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING BIOMATERIAL IMPLANTS | PRICE, NATHAN R | 6d |
| 18855853 | CONTAINER WITH INTERNAL PORT | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
| 18733278 | PORTABLE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF TARGET VIRUSES | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | — |
| 18652653 | TEMPERATURE REGULATED FLUID THERAPY | GANAN-SINGH, CHRISTINA MERAIAH | — |
| 18650596 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING A LYOPHILIZED MEDICAMENT | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | — |
| 18630240 | IMPLANTS AND METHODS FOR SHOULDER JOINT RECONSTRUCTION | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | — |
| 18370308 | THERAPEUTIC CUSHION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SANTOS, ROBERT G | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Instant Systems | 1 |
| Iyukti LLC | 1 |
| Visby Medical, Inc. | 1 |
| Neurointact, Inc. | 1 |
| kaleo, Inc. | 1 |
| B/G Ortho Innovations, LLC | 1 |
| CORVICTUS, LLC | 1 |
| Amenity Health | 1 |
| Contraline | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3783 | 2 |
| 1792 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| 3673 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18855853 | CONTAINER WITH INTERNAL PORT | Instant Systems, Inc. | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 | |
| 18815100 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MAKING BREAD | Iyukti LLC | LEFF, STEVEN N | 1792 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18733278 | PORTABLE MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR THE DETECTION OF TARGET VIRUSES | Visby Medical, Inc. | GREENE, CAROLYN LEE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 | |
| 18652653 | TEMPERATURE REGULATED FLUID THERAPY | Neurointact, Inc. | GANAN-SINGH, CHRISTINA MERAIAH | 3794 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18650596 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING A LYOPHILIZED MEDICAMENT | Kaleo, Inc. | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 | |
| 18630240 | IMPLANTS AND METHODS FOR SHOULDER JOINT RECONSTRUCTION | B/G Ortho Innovations, LLC | BAHENA, CHRISTIE L. | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 | |
| 18381535 | EMERGENCY MEDICAL INTERVENTION DEVICE | Corvictus, LLC | FLICK, JASON E | 3783 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18370308 | THERAPEUTIC CUSHION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Amenity Health, Inc. | SANTOS, ROBERT G | 3673 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 17923115 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING BIOMATERIAL IMPLANTS | Contraline, Inc. | PRICE, NATHAN R | 3783 | §112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Nov 03, 2022 |
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