Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
11 pending office actions • 5 clients • 11 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 133 patents granted in the last 365 days
NATH, GOLDBERG & MEYER is a patent law firm focusing on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm has managed 7431 career applications and achieved a resolved allowance rate of 77.66 percent. Prosecution is notably efficient, averaging only 1.93 office actions per allowance.
There are 12 pending office actions currently active. The 1.93 average office actions per allowance suggests a highly direct path to grant, indicating that the firm often reaches an allowance with minimal rounds of rejection. This performance is documented across 7431 career applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
A 77.66 percent allowance rate demonstrates a consistent ability to secure patent grants. Practitioners can expect a very efficient prosecution process given the 1.93 average office actions per allowance. The 12 pending office actions represent the firm's current active matters in this technical area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 6 (55%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | 1 | 66.1% | +21.1% |
| BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | 1 | 80.0% | +33.3% |
| PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1 | 45.9% | +35.9% |
| QIAN, SHIZHI | 1 | 61.8% | +47.9% |
| MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 1 | 41.8% | +61.1% |
| LANE, DANIEL E | 1 | 3.9% | +8.3% |
| BYRD, BRIGID K | 1 | 71.4% | +46.4% |
| RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 1 | 73.4% | +33.8% |
| HUTTER, GILLIAN A | 1 | 54.5% | +46.2% |
| RHEE, KELSEY | 1 | 38.2% | +41.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18732306 | ULTRASENSITIVE AND SELECTIVE SENSORS FOR GLUCOSE DETECTION BASED ON THIOL-FUNCTIONALIZED HETEROGENOUS GOLD/GRAPHENE/COPPER FILM | QIAN, SHIZHI | 28d |
| 17536370 | VENTILATOR AND INFLATION BAG OPERATION OF VENTILATOR | RHEE, KELSEY | 62d |
| 19074171 | METHOD OF ANALYZING DERMOSCOPY IMAGES | BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | — |
| 18414304 | MOTION SENSITIVE LED GLASSES | LANE, DANIEL E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18482606 | DOUBLE-HEADED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | BYRD, BRIGID K | 147d overdue |
| 18669848 | DENTAL POST KIT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 28d overdue |
| 18732306 | ULTRASENSITIVE AND SELECTIVE SENSORS FOR GLUCOSE DETECTION BASED ON THIOL-FUNCTIONALIZED HETEROGENOUS GOLD/GRAPHENE/COPPER FILM | QIAN, SHIZHI | 28d |
| 17536370 | VENTILATOR AND INFLATION BAG OPERATION OF VENTILATOR | RHEE, KELSEY | 62d |
| 19271977 | TIO2 PHOTOANODES DOPED WITH Zr-Fe2O3 | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | — |
| 19074171 | METHOD OF ANALYZING DERMOSCOPY IMAGES | BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | — |
| 19070784 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING COPPER FERRITE NANOPARTICLES USING METAL CANS | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | — |
| 18204557 | SAFETY NEEDLE FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICATION AND WITHDRAWING BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| King Saud University | 4 |
| King Faisal University | 3 |
| Kuwait University | 2 |
| Sklip Inc. | 1 |
| Takeda | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 3783 | 1 |
| 1625 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 1644 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19271977 | TIO2 PHOTOANODES DOPED WITH Zr-Fe2O3 | King Saud University | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | 1794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19074171 | METHOD OF ANALYZING DERMOSCOPY IMAGES | Sklip Inc. | BONANSINGA, AARON TIMOTHY | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 | |
| 19070784 | METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING COPPER FERRITE NANOPARTICLES USING METAL CANS | King Saud University | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1738 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18732306 | ULTRASENSITIVE AND SELECTIVE SENSORS FOR GLUCOSE DETECTION BASED ON THIOL-FUNCTIONALIZED HETEROGENOUS GOLD/GRAPHENE/COPPER FILM | King Faisal University | QIAN, SHIZHI | 1795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18669848 | DENTAL POST KIT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | King Saud University | MORAN, EDWARD JOHN | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18414304 | MOTION SENSITIVE LED GLASSES | King Faisal University | LANE, DANIEL E | 3715 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18482606 | DOUBLE-HEADED SURGICAL INSTRUMENT | King Faisal University | BYRD, BRIGID K | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18204557 | SAFETY NEEDLE FOR ADMINISTERING MEDICATION AND WITHDRAWING BIOLOGICAL FLUIDS | King Saud University | RITCHIE, HADEN MATTHEW | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 17859609 | EXTRACTION OF SHIKONIN FROM ARNEBIA DECUMBENS ROOTS AND USE OF SHIKONIN DERIVATIVES FOR TREATING ULCERS | Kuwait University | HUTTER, GILLIAN A | 1625 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2022 |
| 17536370 | VENTILATOR AND INFLATION BAG OPERATION OF VENTILATOR | Kuwait University | RHEE, KELSEY | 3785 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Nov 29, 2021 |
| 14437902 | METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF A HIGH CONCENTRATION LIQUID FORMULATION OF AN ANTIBODY | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited | JUEDES, AMY E | 1644 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2015 |
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