Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Moore & Van Allen Pllc

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

65 pending office actions • 27 clients • 65 examiners • 38 art units • 0 of 65 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

MOORE & VAN ALLEN PLLC is a patent law firm specializing in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has handled 4889 career applications and achieved a resolved allowance rate of 84.94 percent. Prosecution averages 3.54 office actions per allowance.

There are 47 pending office actions currently under management. The 3.54 average office actions per allowance reflects a standard level of engagement with patent examiners in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. This data is supported by a large portfolio of 4889 career applications.

The 84.94 percent allowance rate indicates a high success rate for resolved matters. Practitioners can use the 3.54 average office actions per allowance to estimate the typical duration of the prosecution process. The 47 pending office actions show the firm's ongoing activity in this technical sector.

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

Quality Metrics (n=4889 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.9%
Allowance Rate
n=4889
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4889
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=3056
-0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=3056
1127 days
Time to Allowance
n=3056
+8.7pp
Interview Lift
n=4889
28.7%
RCE Rate
n=4889
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=4889

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

81.3%
§101 Overcome
n=316
81.2%
§102 Overcome
n=1312
82.9%
§103 Overcome
n=2074
86.0%
§112 Overcome
n=1682

Specialization & Scale

A61K, Y10T, A61P
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4889
9
Practitioners
n=4889
543.2
Apps / Practitioner
n=4889

Portfolio Summary

65
Total Pending OAs
44
Non-Final OAs
19
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
8
Due this month
2
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

34
Hard (52%)
27
Medium (42%)
4
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (8%)
§103 only22 (34%)
§102 only3 (5%)
§112 only3 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other2 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)29 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
9% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
3% of docket
39
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
17
Business / Other
26% 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.

650 h
Manual time on pending OAs
130 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
227 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LOPEZ, MICHELLE 1 81.9% +11.6%
DOUNIS, LAERT 1 67.8% +20.7%
RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 1 74.8% +10.7%
VORCE, AMELIA J.I. 1 73.5% +20.6%
MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 1 60.4% +16.0%
VAZQUEZ, ANA M 1 79.9% +17.8%
HOEY, ALISSA L 1 44.5% +32.0%
KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 1 41.4% +19.2%
WANG, YI-KAI 1 83.7% +9.4%
KELLY, CATHERINE A 1 60.3% +27.7%

Hard Cases (34)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18735841 PREDICTIVE OVERTAKING SUPPORT STECKBAUER, KEVIN R 168d overdue
18682619 SOUND GENERATOR, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOUND INFORMATION, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND NON-VOLATILE DATA CARRIER PIHULIC, DANIEL T 162d overdue
18783060 COLD FORMED BEAM FOR STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF FORMING THE COLD FORMED BEAM KENNY, DANIEL J 30d overdue
18860119 METHOD AND SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR WHEEL TORQUE-BASED VEHICLE OPERATION FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE 9d overdue
17195250 ELASTIC BAND CONSTRUCT WORRELL, KEVIN 4d overdue
18941134 AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PRESCRIPTION FOR ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES KHATTAR, RAJESH 13d
18488181 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIR PILLOW CONVEYANCE AND SEPARATION ALIE, GHASSEM 26d
17909825 COOLANT DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD, PROPULSION BATTERY COOLING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A 27d

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19404576 DETECTING MAINTENANCE INDICATOR OF TIGHTENING TOOL LOPEZ, MICHELLE —
19390029 A HEATING ARRANGEMENT, AN EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING THE HEATING ARRANGEMENT, A VEHICLE COMPRISING THE EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND A METHOD FOR A HEATING ARRANGEMENT DOUNIS, LAERT —
19359337 WATER ACTIVATED TAPE (WAT) CARTON SEALING APPARATUS WITH TOP AND BOTTOM CARTON FEEDING AND METHOD OF CARTON SEALING RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J —
19329899 INCREASING FIELD OF VIEW THROUGH MOTION PATTERNS VORCE, AMELIA J.I. —
19318627 A METHOD OF A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE SPEED, A CONTROL SYSTEM, AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING THE CONTROL SYSTEM MUSTAFA, IMRAN K —
19293680 TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED SYSTEM WITH THERMALLY ISOLATED COMPONENTS VAZQUEZ, ANA M —
19265715 ANTI-SLIP SOCK OR SHOE COVER WITH ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION HOEY, ALISSA L —
19264363 SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING EQUIPMENT TELEMATIC DATA KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD —

Client Portfolio (27 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37633
37473
37312
36682
37322
36642
36352
36632
37461
36661

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19404576 DETECTING MAINTENANCE INDICATOR OF TIGHTENING TOOL Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB LOPEZ, MICHELLE 3731 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 01, 2025
19390029 A HEATING ARRANGEMENT, AN EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING THE HEATING ARRANGEMENT, A VEHICLE COMPRISING THE EXHAUST TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND A METHOD FOR A HEATING ARRANGEMENT Traton AB DOUNIS, LAERT 3746 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2025
19359337 WATER ACTIVATED TAPE (WAT) CARTON SEALING APPARATUS WITH TOP AND BOTTOM CARTON FEEDING AND METHOD OF CARTON SEALING Intertape Polymer Corp. RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 3731 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 15, 2025
19329899 INCREASING FIELD OF VIEW THROUGH MOTION PATTERNS Scania Cv AB VORCE, AMELIA J.I. 3666 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2025
19318627 A METHOD OF A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE SPEED, A CONTROL SYSTEM, AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING THE CONTROL SYSTEM Scania Cv AB MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 3668 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 04, 2025
19293680 TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED SYSTEM WITH THERMALLY ISOLATED COMPONENTS Refrigerated Solutions Group, LLC VAZQUEZ, ANA M 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2025
19265715 ANTI-SLIP SOCK OR SHOE COVER WITH ANTIMICROBIAL ACTION Drymax Technologies, Inc. HOEY, ALISSA L 3732 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 10, 2025
19264363 SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING AND ANALYZING EQUIPMENT TELEMATIC DATA Pike Enterprises, LLC KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2025
19145249 METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR ESTIMATING A CRANKCASE VENTILATION FLOW RATE Scania Cv AB WANG, YI-KAI 3747 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2025
19236595 DOOR ASSEMBLY AND COMPONENTS FOR PROVIDING ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (EMC) SHIELDING Aadg, Inc. KELLY, CATHERINE A 3619 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2025
19222378 METHOD OF OUTPUTTING A NOTIFICATION IN A DRIVER ENVIRONMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, CONTROL ARRANGEMENT, AND VEHICLE Scania Cv AB BRUSHABER, FREDERICK M 3661 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2025
19180464 TURNED WELT WITH MOISTURE MANAGEMENT Drymax Technologies, Inc. HUANG, GRACE 3732 §102§103DP Final Rejection — Pending Apr 16, 2025
19114647 CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE SPEED Scania Cv AB PATEL, SHARDUL D 3664 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2025
19113588 VEHICLE ASSEMBLY, TRANSMISSION UNIT, AND VEHICLE Scania Cv AB PATEL, PARESH H 2858 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2025
19075924 METHOD PERFORMED BY A CONTROL ARRANGEMENT Traton AB MOHL, PATRICK DANIEL §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2025
19104290 FASTENING DEVICE AND GAS FUEL STORAGE ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE AND METHOD Scania Cv AB BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 17, 2025
19041930 OUTDOOR REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH AUXILIARY HEATING FEATURE Refrigerated Solutions Group LLC TEITELBAUM, DAVID J §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
19036313 REAR FAIRING ASSEMBLIES FOR A CARGO ENCLOSURE Transtex LLC MORROW, JASON S DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2025
18999989 METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, CONTROL ARRANGEMENT, AND VEHICLE Scania Cv AB HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 3658 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18983992 METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, CONTROL ARRANGEMENT, AND VEHICLE Scania Cv AB HARTMANN, ERIN MARIE 3664 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 17, 2024
18980897 COLLABORATIVE OPERATION METHOD FOR MULTIPLE MOWING ROBOTS, DEVICE AND PRODUCT Jiangsu Artum Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. BROWN, CLAUDE J §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18970254 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR USE WITH INFUSION LIQUID CONTAINER Yukon Medical, LLC HAN, SETH §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18941134 AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PRESCRIPTION FOR ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES Specialty Appliances, LLC KHATTAR, RAJESH 3684 §101§103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 08, 2024
18860785 METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A MODEL OF AN OBJECT BEING PROCESSED BY A MANUALLY OPERATED TOOL Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB SHECHTMAN, SEAN P §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18860119 METHOD AND SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR WHEEL TORQUE-BASED VEHICLE OPERATION Scania Cv AB FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE 3662 §102§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2024
18924070 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESTORATION OF A BATTERY'S ENERGY PARAMETERS Wavetech GmbH ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18922618 VEHICLE SERVICE FACILITY Pavilion Capital, LLC WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3635 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18911393 CONTROL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DEACTIVATING AN ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE Scania Cv AB REIDY, SEAN PATRICK 3663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 10, 2024
18855612 REPULPABLE REINFORCED WATER-ACTIVATED TAPE Intertape Polymer Corp. SHUKLA, KRUPA §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18895609 METHOD FOR REDUCING BACKLASH IN A VEHICLE AND CONTROL ARRANGENT CONFIGURED TO PERFORM THE METHOD Scania Cv AB CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 25, 2024
18850094 BATTERY PACK AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING A BATTERY PACK Scania Cv AB JOHNS, HILARY LYNN §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18845989 METHOD FOR CHARGING A MAINTENANCE BATTERY BY A PROPULSION BATTERY. Scania Cv AB LEE, JUSTIN S 3668 §112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2024
18844813 CONTROLLER FOR MODULAR POWER SYSTEMS Direct Energy Partners International Corporation XU, PETER §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18817180 CONVEX MALE FITTING AND SYSTEMS Controls Southeast, Inc. LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT 3679 §103 Final Rejection 104d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2024
18800536 DOOR HOLDER AND RELEASE SYSTEM Assa Abloy Accessories And Door Controls Group, Inc. SIDKY, YAHYA I 3675 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Aug 12, 2024
18794213 METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR TRANSFERRING A POWER BETWEEN ELECTRIC MACHINES IN A VEHICLE Traton AB MCPHERSON, JAMES M 3663 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2024
18794313 WATERPROOF ELEVATOR PIT FLOOR AND METHOD OF INSTALLING SAME Independence Materials Group, LLC ADAMOS, THEODORE V 3635 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 05, 2024
18783060 COLD FORMED BEAM FOR STRUCTURES AND METHOD OF FORMING THE COLD FORMED BEAM Nucor Corporation KENNY, DANIEL J 3633 §103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2024
18750094 JIB ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF Two Harbors Machine Shop Inc. MAYO, TARA LEIGH 3654 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18735841 PREDICTIVE OVERTAKING SUPPORT Scania Cv AB STECKBAUER, KEVIN R 3747 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 168d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2024
18677362 TAPE MONITORING SYSTEM Intertape Polymer Corp. SURYAWANSHI, SURESH §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2024
18647849 ML ESTIMATION OF TIGHTENING CLASSES UTILIZING NORMALIZATION Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB COTEY, PHILIP L §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18647829 ML ESTIMATION OF TIGHTENING CLASSES Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB YOUNG, MONICA S 2855 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18618713 PANEL TRACER SYSTEM USING A PANEL TRACER AND HEAT TRANSFER ELEMENTS, AND METHOD OF INSTALLING Controls Southeast, Inc. LING, FOR K. 3763 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18688349 METHODOLOGY FOR OBTAINING ROLLABLE AND SHELF STABLE PURE MILLET FLOUR Tata Consumer Products Limited AXTELL, ASHLEY 1792 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 29, 2024
18682898 HYPOCHLOROUS ACID WATER SPRAY DEVICE Nipro Corporation ZHOU, QINGZHANG 3752 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Feb 10, 2024
18682619 SOUND GENERATOR, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOUND INFORMATION, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND NON-VOLATILE DATA CARRIER Myvox AB PIHULIC, DANIEL T 3645 §102§103 Non-Final OA 162d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2024
18421532 PROBE DISINFECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE Cs Medical, LLC BARR, MICHAEL E 1711 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2024
18566702 METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR LIMITING A SPEED REDUCTION OF A VEHICLE; VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RELATED TO THE METHOD Scania Cv AB REINBOLD, SCOTT A 3747 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18520732 DOOR CLOSER AND ASSIST SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Assa Abloy Accessories And Door Controls Group, Inc. STRIMBU, GREGORY J 3634 §103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18509986 ANTIMICROBIAL ARTICLES FOR TEXTILES Drymax Technologies, Inc. LAN, YAN 1782 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 15, 2023
18385513 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REDUCING NON-FERROUS METAL CONTENT OF SCRAP STEEL Nucor Corporation PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA 1733 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 31, 2023
18488766 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM Everatechnologies Inc. SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2023
18488181 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIR PILLOW CONVEYANCE AND SEPARATION Intertape Polymer Corp. ALIE, GHASSEM 3724 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Oct 17, 2023
18380047 PRE-FILLED DILUENT SYRINGE VIAL ADAPTER Yukon Medical, LLC SU, SUSAN SHAN 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18281254 SYSTEM, METHOD, PROCESS, AND MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING ORDER PLACEMENT, CONSOLIDATION, AND FULFILLMENT OF MULTI-VENDOR ORDERS VIA A DRIVE-THROUGH COMPLEX Pavilion Capital, LLC BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE 3627 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18280465 METHOD FOR SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF MODULAR POWER SYSTEMS Direct Energy Partners International Corporation CAMPBELL, SHANNON S §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2023
18279910 AN ELECTRIC BATTERY JUNCTION ARRANGEMENT AND AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Scania Cv AB KOUSAR, SADIA §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 01, 2023
18130758 PICK-UP STATION Pavilion Capital, LLC MOLNAR, HUNTER A 3628 §112 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
17921513 BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK BASED LICENSE MANAGEMENT Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB ZAIDI, SYED A 2432 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Oct 26, 2022
17909825 COOLANT DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD, PROPULSION BATTERY COOLING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE Scania Cv AB HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 07, 2022
17627063 POWER TOOL ATTACHMENT PART Atlas Copco Industrial Technique AB SHUM, KENT N 3723 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2022
17195250 ELASTIC BAND CONSTRUCT Drymax Technologies, Inc. WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 §102§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2021
17168977 MULTIPHASE, COLD-ROLLED ULTRA-HIGH STRENGTH STEEL Nucor Corporation YANG, JIE 1734 §103DP Final Rejection 20d Pending Feb 05, 2021
15532859 DISPENSER 623 Medical, LLC EKRAMI, YASAMIN 3794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2017

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