Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Murgitroyd-Advent, LLP

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

14 pending office actions • 6 clients • 14 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Murgitroyd-Advent, LLP has 14 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 2529 career applications. The profile reflects an established prosecution practice with continuing activity in a device and engineering-focused field.

The resolved allowance rate is 94.98%, and the average is 3.18 office actions per allowance. The reported outcome is favorable, while the action average indicates that allowance typically follows multiple examination interactions.

For practitioners, the record supports assessing both historical resolution and the work likely required to reach it. The pending docket adds a current workload perspective, and the application history gives scale to the outcome measures.

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

Quality Metrics (n=2529 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.0%
Allowance Rate
n=2529
+0.68σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2529
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=1797
-0.29σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1797
1034 days
Time to Allowance
n=1797
+1.8pp
Interview Lift
n=2529
28.3%
RCE Rate
n=2529
2.6%
Appeal Rate
n=2529

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

86.1%
§101 Overcome
n=101
89.4%
§102 Overcome
n=613
88.3%
§103 Overcome
n=1050
89.2%
§112 Overcome
n=796

Specialization & Scale

G01N, F04C, H01J
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2529
8
Practitioners
n=2529
316.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=2529

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

7
Hard (50%)
5
Medium (36%)
2
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (21%)
§102 only1 (7%)
§112 only2 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
7% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
79% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1 72.3% +20.4%
MICHENER, BLAKE E 1 77.3% +25.2%
IMAM, TANZIM 1 71.2% +27.2%
MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 1 78.8% +20.7%
LAMBE, PATRICK F 1 62.5% +29.0%
ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE 1 25.0% +100.0%
DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 1 25.0% +0.0%
CHANG, MINKI 1 71.9% +10.6%
PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 1 69.0% +22.0%
BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH 1 56.5% -0.4%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18121099 MACHINE LEARNING BASED DETECTION OF COMPRESSED AIR LEAKS ALI, NAYMUR RAHMAN 8d overdue
19162759 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BARRIER TESTING INJECTION XMAS TREE MICHENER, BLAKE E —
19075006 RIVET TOOL HAVING AN ASYMMETRIC RIVET PIN COLLECTOR ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE —
19075023 CORDLESS RIVET TOOL WITH RING LIGHT DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS —
19046182 LIQUID COOLED MOTOR FOR COMPRESSOR AIR END CHANG, MINKI —
18763588 ANGLED BATTERY ORIENTATION FOR A TIRE BUFFER ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R —
18615476 MULTIPLE POSITION NON-CONTACT TRIGGER SYSTEM FOR A POWER TOOL FRY, PATRICK B —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19111518 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SUBSEA TEMPLATE SYSTEM WITH A TAIL PIPE AND A SUBSEA TEMPLATE SYSTEM LAMBE, PATRICK F 36d
19329549 IMPACT WRENCH HAVING DYNAMICALLY TUNED DRIVE COMPONENTS AND METHOD THEREOF LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN —
19162759 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BARRIER TESTING INJECTION XMAS TREE MICHENER, BLAKE E —
19306280 IMPACT TOOL WITH FRONT LUBRICATION ASSEMBLY IMAM, TANZIM —
19170828 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCING OPERATION OF COMPRESSED AIR DRYERS MARTIN, ELIZABETH J —
19075006 RIVET TOOL HAVING AN ASYMMETRIC RIVET PIN COLLECTOR ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE —
19046182 LIQUID COOLED MOTOR FOR COMPRESSOR AIR END CHANG, MINKI —
18998683 LOCKING NUT AND ASSEMBLY THEREFOR PRICE, CRAIG JAMES —

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37313
36762
37252
37631
28341
37531
36541
37231
17791
21231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19329549 IMPACT WRENCH HAVING DYNAMICALLY TUNED DRIVE COMPONENTS AND METHOD THEREOF Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2025
19162759 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BARRIER TESTING INJECTION XMAS TREE Technip UK Limited MICHENER, BLAKE E 3676 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2025
19306280 IMPACT TOOL WITH FRONT LUBRICATION ASSEMBLY Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. IMAM, TANZIM 3731 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 21, 2025
19170828 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEQUENCING OPERATION OF COMPRESSED AIR DRYERS Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 3763 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2025
19111518 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SUBSEA TEMPLATE SYSTEM WITH A TAIL PIPE AND A SUBSEA TEMPLATE SYSTEM Technipfmc Norge AS LAMBE, PATRICK F 3676 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Mar 13, 2025
19075006 RIVET TOOL HAVING AN ASYMMETRIC RIVET PIN COLLECTOR Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. ORTIZ-ORTIZ, ALONDRA MICHELLE 3725 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
19075023 CORDLESS RIVET TOOL WITH RING LIGHT Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 3725 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2025
19046182 LIQUID COOLED MOTOR FOR COMPRESSOR AIR END Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. CHANG, MINKI 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2025
18998683 LOCKING NUT AND ASSEMBLY THEREFOR Technipfmc Norge AS PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 3753 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
18807620 METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING A TAIL END IN A FIBER WEB MACHINE FROM ONE STRUCTURAL SECTION TO ANOTHER, AND ALSO AN APPARATUS AND THE USE OF IT Runtech Systems OY BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH 3654 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18763588 ANGLED BATTERY ORIENTATION FOR A TIRE BUFFER Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2024
18615476 MULTIPLE POSITION NON-CONTACT TRIGGER SYSTEM FOR A POWER TOOL Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. FRY, PATRICK B 3731 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 25, 2024
18607451 DIFFUSER ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT Ssi Aeration, Inc. ROTONDI, CONNOR JON 1779 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 16, 2024
18121099 MACHINE LEARNING BASED DETECTION OF COMPRESSED AIR LEAKS Ecoplant Technological Innovation Ltd. ALI, NAYMUR RAHMAN 2123 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Murgitroyd-Advent, LLP's patent allowance rate?

95.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Murgitroyd-Advent, LLP were allowed, across 2,529 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Murgitroyd-Advent, LLP average before allowance?

3.18 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Murgitroyd-Advent, LLP have?

14 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 6 clients, before 14 examiners in 10 art units.

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