Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 8 clients • 10 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Murphy, Bilak & Homiller, PLLC has 10 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 501 career applications. The profile shows an active practice with a documented application base in its technology area.
The resolved allowance rate is 88.03%, and the average is 2.86 office actions per allowance. Resolved matters show a favorable allowance result, with an average prosecution path involving repeated office-action engagement.
Practitioners can use these figures to consider both likely resolution and response workload. The current docket and application history provide separate views of present activity and accumulated practice experience.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (10%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, ISHFAR | 1 | — | — |
| AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 1 | 78.6% | +23.2% |
| ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1 | 62.1% | +20.4% |
| WILSON, GREGORY A | 1 | 81.9% | +6.9% |
| SHAH, ANTIM G | 1 | 74.3% | +38.6% |
| ABRAHAM, JOSE K | 1 | 83.5% | +32.5% |
| OMAR, AHMED H | 1 | 75.2% | +14.2% |
| ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R | 1 | 52.4% | +26.0% |
| EFTA, ALEX B | 1 | 59.9% | +25.3% |
| POON, DANA LEE | 1 | 55.4% | +41.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19203550 | BACKING PLATE FOR A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL PLACARD | AHMED, ISHFAR | — |
| 18935764 | ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM EQUIPMENT CRITICALITY | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | — |
| 18726468 | Arrangement for Heating a Liquid | WILSON, GREGORY A | — |
| 18227164 | MAGNETIC CORE WITH PROTECTIVE HOUSING | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17424918 | Gel Aerosol-Forming Substrate Cartridge that Can be inserted into Electrically Heated Smoking Article, Electrically Heated Smoking Article Including the Same, and Aerosol Generating Device and System Therefor | EFTA, ALEX B | 22d |
| 18953236 | CONFIGURATION SETTING FOR WIDE AREA SYSTEM PROTECTION | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
| 18935764 | ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM EQUIPMENT CRITICALITY | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | — |
| 18718671 | Sound Amplification Block Made of Air-Permeable Material and Air-Absorbing Material and Having Layered Structure, and Manufacturing Method Thereof | SHAH, ANTIM G | — |
| 18227164 | MAGNETIC CORE WITH PROTECTIVE HOUSING | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | — |
| 18317301 | POWER SUPPLY WITH WATERPROOF COMPONENTS | OMAR, AHMED H | — |
| 17604586 | "manufacturing method of an inductive device" | ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R | — |
| 16980958 | ROTATIONAL SPEED CONTROL IN ROBOT-SUPPORTED GRINDING | POON, DANA LEE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Quanta Technology, LLC | 2 |
| FerRobotics Compliant Robot Technology | 2 |
| International Name Plate Supplies Ltd. | 1 |
| Truma | 1 |
| EM-TECH Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG | 1 |
| Tws Technology (Guangzhou) Limited | 1 |
| INNO-IT CO., LTD. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 2 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| 2113 | 1 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 2693 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19203550 | BACKING PLATE FOR A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL PLACARD | International Name Plate Supplies Ltd. | AHMED, ISHFAR | 3631 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 18953236 | CONFIGURATION SETTING FOR WIDE AREA SYSTEM PROTECTION | Quanta Technology, LLC | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2113 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18935764 | ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM EQUIPMENT CRITICALITY | Quanta Technology, LLC | ROBINSON, MICHAEL | 1744 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18726468 | Arrangement for Heating a Liquid | Truma Gerätetechnik GmbH & Co. KG | WILSON, GREGORY A | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18718671 | Sound Amplification Block Made of Air-Permeable Material and Air-Absorbing Material and Having Layered Structure, and Manufacturing Method Thereof | Em-Tech Co., Ltd. | SHAH, ANTIM G | 2693 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18227164 | MAGNETIC CORE WITH PROTECTIVE HOUSING | Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. Kg | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | 2837 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18317301 | POWER SUPPLY WITH WATERPROOF COMPONENTS | Tws Technology (Guangzhou) Limited | OMAR, AHMED H | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 17604586 | "manufacturing method of an inductive device" | Ferrobotics Compliant Robot Technology GmbH | ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2021 |
| 17424918 | Gel Aerosol-Forming Substrate Cartridge that Can be inserted into Electrically Heated Smoking Article, Electrically Heated Smoking Article Including the Same, and Aerosol Generating Device and System Therefor | Inno-It Co., Ltd. | EFTA, ALEX B | 1745 | §112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jul 22, 2021 |
| 16980958 | ROTATIONAL SPEED CONTROL IN ROBOT-SUPPORTED GRINDING | Ferrobotics Compliant Robot Technology GmbH | POON, DANA LEE | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2020 |
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Start Free Trial88.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Murphy, Bilak & Homiller, Pllc were allowed, across 501 applications in USPTO records.
2.86 office actions per allowed application on average.
10 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 8 clients, before 10 examiners in 9 art units.
