Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Morriss Obryant Compagni Cannon, Pllc

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

24 pending office actions • 15 clients • 23 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

MORRISS OBRYANT COMPAGNI CANNON, PLLC has 23 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 1800 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 74.96%, with an average of 2.95 office actions per allowance.

The profile combines active docket information with a broad historical application record. The allowance rate provides resolved-outcome context, and the office-action average indicates examination activity associated with allowances.

Practitioners can use these figures to evaluate medical device and mechanical engineering prosecution across current workload and recorded history. The aggregate data does not identify the claim issues or strategies behind individual outcomes.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1800 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

75.0%
Allowance Rate
n=1800
+0.45σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1800
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=916
-0.25σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=916
1044 days
Time to Allowance
n=916
+14.3pp
Interview Lift
n=1800
20.1%
RCE Rate
n=1800
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1800

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.9%
§101 Overcome
n=52
71.1%
§102 Overcome
n=332
73.2%
§103 Overcome
n=612
79.1%
§112 Overcome
n=488

Specialization & Scale

F04D, Y10T, A61B
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1800
0
Practitioners
n=1800
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=1800 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

16
Hard (67%)
5
Medium (21%)
3
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (21%)
§112 only3 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)16 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
25% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARLOW, ADAM G 2 70.8% +19.6%
WADDY, JONATHAN J 1 71.8% +36.6%
DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER 1 84.3% +21.8%
MOUBRY, JAMES G 1 79.5% +13.0%
DRODGE, JOSEPH W 1 78.3% +38.0%
WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH 1 75.7% +26.2%
LEE, TING ZHOU 1 75.0% +46.6%
ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 1 59.2% -34.5%
STEVENS, ALLAN D 1 41.5% +50.3%
GRUBY, RANDALL A 1 62.4% +43.2%

Hard Cases (16)

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
18784669 INJECTOR CUP FOR ENGINES APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE MOUBRY, JAMES G 18d overdue
17295043 DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AN INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHOD FOR FOLDING AN INTRAOCULAR LENS MANNAN, MIKAIL A 8d overdue
16815341 PROFILE ELEMENT AND FACADE SYSTEM WITH PROFILE ELEMENT WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 23d
18885318 Drive Side Liner For A Centrifugal Pump DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER 41d
18959365 WATERSHED WALL SYSTEM BARLOW, ADAM G —
18951632 SELF-FRAMING INTERLOCKING WALL PANELS WITH EMBEDDED NUTS BARLOW, ADAM G —
18660103 FRACTIONATOR ANNULAR DRAIN APPARATUS AND METHOD DRODGE, JOSEPH W —
18686852 METHOD FOR BURNING A LIQUID OR GASEOUS FUEL IN A BOILER, BOILER FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD AND THERMAL BATH HAVING A BOILER WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH —

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18784669 INJECTOR CUP FOR ENGINES APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE MOUBRY, JAMES G 18d overdue
18885318 Drive Side Liner For A Centrifugal Pump DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER 41d
19153300 SLEEVE SEAL LUBRICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GATE VALVE WADDY, JONATHAN J —
18959365 WATERSHED WALL SYSTEM BARLOW, ADAM G —
18951632 SELF-FRAMING INTERLOCKING WALL PANELS WITH EMBEDDED NUTS BARLOW, ADAM G —
18660103 FRACTIONATOR ANNULAR DRAIN APPARATUS AND METHOD DRODGE, JOSEPH W —
18686852 METHOD FOR BURNING A LIQUID OR GASEOUS FUEL IN A BOILER, BOILER FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD AND THERMAL BATH HAVING A BOILER WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH —
18429375 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND DISPLAYING ASSOCIATIONS AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIGITAL MEDIA OBJECTS LEE, TING ZHOU —

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36332
37362
37531
37451
37471
17731
37621
21711
17661
37541

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19153300 SLEEVE SEAL LUBRICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GATE VALVE Weir Minerals U.S. Inc. WADDY, JONATHAN J 3753 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 01, 2025
18959365 WATERSHED WALL SYSTEM Quality Electrical Systems, Inc. BARLOW, ADAM G 3633 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18951632 SELF-FRAMING INTERLOCKING WALL PANELS WITH EMBEDDED NUTS Quality Electrical Systems, Inc. BARLOW, ADAM G 3633 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18885318 Drive Side Liner For A Centrifugal Pump Weir Slurry Group, Inc. DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER 3745 §102§103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Sep 13, 2024
18784669 INJECTOR CUP FOR ENGINES APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USE Industrial Injection Services, Inc. MOUBRY, JAMES G 3747 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2024
18660103 FRACTIONATOR ANNULAR DRAIN APPARATUS AND METHOD Snorkels Ip, LLC DRODGE, JOSEPH W 1773 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2024
18686852 METHOD FOR BURNING A LIQUID OR GASEOUS FUEL IN A BOILER, BOILER FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD AND THERMAL BATH HAVING A BOILER Swiss E-Futurtec AG WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH 3762 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2024
18429375 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND DISPLAYING ASSOCIATIONS AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DIGITAL MEDIA OBJECTS Helper Systems, LLC LEE, TING ZHOU 2171 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18567000 RECYCLING METHOD Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. Kg ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 1766 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 04, 2023
18264220 CONTAINER CLOSURE Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. Kg STEVENS, ALLAN D 3736 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 03, 2023
18259073 PUMP DISPENSER Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. Kg GRUBY, RANDALL A 3754 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 22, 2023
18266797 Primary Carbide Refinement In Hypereutectic High Chromium Cast Irons Weir Minerals Australia Ltd. KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1759 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 12, 2023
18256420 CONTAINER CLOSURE Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. Kg WEINERTH, GIDEON R 3736 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 07, 2023
18321662 WATER MONITORING SYSTEM USING AN IN-LINE T-SEGMENT ATTACHMENT TO ATTACH TO A PIPE HAVING FLUID TO BE MONITORED Amano Technologies, Inc. SINES, BRIAN J 1796 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2023
18248229 METHOD FOR RECYCLING TRAYS AND BLISTERS Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. Kg ROY, DEBJANI 1741 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 06, 2023
18173738 ADJUSTABLE DESK CHAIR Beech Enterprises, LLC WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT 3636 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2023
18058572 WATER MONITORING SYSTEM USING AN OPTIMIZED CIRCULAR FLUID FLOW PATH Amano Technologies, Inc. LARKIN, DANIEL SEAN 2855 §103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Nov 23, 2022
17862406 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VENTILATORY DEPRESSION AND FOR PROMPTING A PATIENT TO BREATHE Respiration AI, LLC ROANE, AARON F 3792 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2022
17778592 CONTAINER CLOSURE Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. Kg ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 20, 2022
17420822 Apparatus, System And Method For Comminution Comre Ip Pty Ltd. STEPHENS, MATTHEW 3725 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 06, 2021
17295043 DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AN INTRAOCULAR LENS AND METHOD FOR FOLDING AN INTRAOCULAR LENS Medicel AG MANNAN, MIKAIL A 3774 §102§103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending May 19, 2021
17290227 CLOSING CAP FOR CLOSING A CONTAINER Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. Kg AVILES BOSQUES, ORLANDO E 3700 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 29, 2021
17265518 PREFORM MADE OF POLYESTER Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. Kg YAGER, JAMES C 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 751d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2021
16815341 PROFILE ELEMENT AND FACADE SYSTEM WITH PROFILE ELEMENT Gft Fassaden AG WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3635 §103§112 Final Rejection 23d Pending Mar 11, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Morriss Obryant Compagni Cannon, Pllc's patent allowance rate?

75.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Morriss Obryant Compagni Cannon, Pllc were allowed, across 1,800 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Morriss Obryant Compagni Cannon, Pllc average before allowance?

2.95 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Morriss Obryant Compagni Cannon, Pllc have?

24 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 15 clients, before 23 examiners in 22 art units.

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