Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
14 pending office actions • 10 clients • 14 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
MUNCK WILSON MANDALA L.L.P is a patent law firm specializing in Communications. The firm has handled 2981 career applications and achieved a resolved allowance rate of 89.53 percent. Prosecution at the firm averages 3.43 office actions per allowance.
Currently, the firm has 8 pending office actions. The 3.43 average office actions per allowance reflects a standard level of engagement with patent examiners in the Communications technology area. This data is based on 2981 career applications, providing a clear view of the firm's performance.
An 89.53 percent allowance rate shows a high success rate for resolved applications. Practitioners can use the 3.43 average office actions per allowance to set expectations for the duration of the prosecution process. The 8 pending office actions represent the firm's current active matters in the Communications sector.
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 only | 1 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 2 (14%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (21%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (29%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (7%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREI, RADU | 1 | 36.3% | +20.0% |
| ADE, OGER GARCIA | 1 | 75.3% | -2.5% |
| SCHERBEL, TODD J | 1 | 76.2% | +52.3% |
| NGUYEN, NGA X | 1 | 77.4% | +5.4% |
| VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | 1 | 53.1% | +24.1% |
| ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | 1 | 69.8% | +14.2% |
| HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | 1 | 93.4% | +1.3% |
| TODD, GREGORY G | 1 | 38.6% | -2.7% |
| GIERINGER, MELINDA J | 1 | 32.9% | +25.2% |
| ALAM, FAYYAZ | 1 | 83.4% | +11.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18893328 | LIFETIME MIXED LEVEL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM | HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19044789 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES BASED ON ACCRUED BUT UNPAID EARNINGS | ADE, OGER GARCIA | — |
| 19017736 | LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE FOR TUNNELING THROUGH VASCULAR OCCLUSIONS | SCHERBEL, TODD J | — |
| 18961914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CODEC FOR COMBINING DISPARATE CONTENT | ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | — |
| 18329811 | BATTERY LOW-TEMPERATURE HEATING AND CHARGING SYSTEM, VEHICLE-MOUNTED AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK | — |
| 18103928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF BIOLOGIC SAMPLE TEST RESULTS DATA | HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD | — |
| 17502322 | DEXTROSE TABLETS WITH IMPROVED MOUTHFEEL | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18782915 | USE OF LOCALIZED BROADCAST SIGNALS TO MODIFY MOBILE APPLICATION BEHAVIOR | GIERINGER, MELINDA J | 84d overdue |
| 19409908 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ACCRETIVE VALUE STORE LOYALTY CARD PROGRAM | ANDREI, RADU | — |
| 19017736 | LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE FOR TUNNELING THROUGH VASCULAR OCCLUSIONS | SCHERBEL, TODD J | — |
| 18876619 | FLOWPACK WITH COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVED TASTE MASKING OF ACTIVES | VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | — |
| 18961914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CODEC FOR COMBINING DISPARATE CONTENT | ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | — |
| 18735018 | URBAN MOBILE NETWORK SYSTEM | ALAM, FAYYAZ | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Ganart Technologies, Inc. | 3 |
| Fertin Pharma A/S | 2 |
| Beelinx USA, L.L.C. | 2 |
| Ropana Vascular, Inc. | 1 |
| POWER HERO CORP. | 1 |
| C-Hear, Inc. | 1 |
| Vervain, LLC | 1 |
| Damaka | 1 |
| Huizhou Roypow Technology Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Reliant Immune Diagnostics, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3697 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 2447 | 1 |
| 2827 | 1 |
| 3622 | 1 |
| 2646 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19409908 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ACCRETIVE VALUE STORE LOYALTY CARD PROGRAM | Ganart Technologies, Inc. | ANDREI, RADU | 3697 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19044789 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES BASED ON ACCRUED BUT UNPAID EARNINGS | Ganart Technologies, Inc. | ADE, OGER GARCIA | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 | |
| 19017736 | LITHOTRIPSY DEVICE FOR TUNNELING THROUGH VASCULAR OCCLUSIONS | Ropana Vascular, Inc. | SCHERBEL, TODD J | 3771 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2025 |
| 19010935 | UNIVERSAL AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING, REGISTERING AND VERIFYING THE EXISTENCE, LOCATION AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ELECTRIC AND OTHER POWER OUTLETS BY RANDOM USERS AND FOR RETRIEVAL AND UTILIZATION OF SUCH PARAMETRIC DATA AND OUTLETS BY ALL USERS | Power Hero Corp. | NGUYEN, NGA X | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18876619 | FLOWPACK WITH COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVED TASTE MASKING OF ACTIVES | Fertin Pharma A/S | VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 | |
| 18961914 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CODEC FOR COMBINING DISPARATE CONTENT | C-Hear, Inc. | ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | 2447 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18893328 | LIFETIME MIXED LEVEL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY SYSTEM | Vervain, LLC | HIDALGO, FERNANDO N | 2827 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18800238 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HARDWARE AND SERVICES | Ganart Technologies, Inc. | TODD, GREGORY G | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 | |
| 18782915 | USE OF LOCALIZED BROADCAST SIGNALS TO MODIFY MOBILE APPLICATION BEHAVIOR | Beelinx Usa, LLC | GIERINGER, MELINDA J | 3622 | §112Other | Final Rejection | 84d overdue | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18735018 | URBAN MOBILE NETWORK SYSTEM | Beelinx Usa, LLC | ALAM, FAYYAZ | 2646 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18431168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGHLY SCALABLE BROWSER-BASED AUDIO/VIDEO CONFERENCING | Damaka, Inc. | ZENATI, AMAL S | 2693 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 169d overdue | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18329811 | BATTERY LOW-TEMPERATURE HEATING AND CHARGING SYSTEM, VEHICLE-MOUNTED AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | Huizhou Roypow Technology Co., Ltd. | MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK | 1727 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18103928 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTION AND DISSEMINATION OF BIOLOGIC SAMPLE TEST RESULTS DATA | Reliant Immune Diagnostics, Inc. | HAYES, JONATHAN EDWARD | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2023 | |
| 17502322 | DEXTROSE TABLETS WITH IMPROVED MOUTHFEEL | Fertin Pharma A/S | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2021 |
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