Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1,261 pending office actions • 396 clients • 1098 examiners • 357 art units • 73 of 1,261 (6%) have an AI response strategy ready
NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC manages a massive volume of 77137 career applications, primarily in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm maintains a high resolved allowance rate of 95.21 percent. This success is achieved with an average of 3.48 office actions per allowance. The firm currently has 849 pending office actions.
With 77137 career applications, the firm demonstrates extensive experience in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. The resolved allowance rate of 95.21 percent and the average of 3.48 office actions per allowance provide a clear performance profile for large-scale patent prosecution. The 849 pending office actions indicate a high level of current activity. Practitioners can view the high allowance rate as a sign of consistent success across a vast portfolio. The average office actions per allowance suggests that while the firm is highly successful, the process involves a standard amount of back and forth with the patent office for these career applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 313 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. 313 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 21 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 136 (11%) |
| §103 only | 403 (32%) |
| §102 only | 64 (5%) |
| §112 only | 61 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 17 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 52 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 502 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 5 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 12 | 74.3% | +26.1% |
| SHOMER, ISAAC | 5 | 63.1% | +30.5% |
| LIM, SENG HENG | 4 | 65.7% | +29.4% |
| ANTOINE, LISA HOPE | 4 | 16.1% | +67.6% |
| DANG, HUNG Q | 4 | 68.2% | +18.8% |
| GREIG, THOMAS W | 4 | 74.7% | +23.9% |
| TSWEI, YU-JANG | 4 | 83.7% | +15.9% |
| PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER | 3 | 80.6% | +18.0% |
| CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D | 3 | 80.9% | +23.2% |
| BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N | 3 | 55.6% | +36.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17689929 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY FOR STADIUM SEATS | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 142d overdue |
| 17689920 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY FOR POSTERS | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 72d overdue |
| 18087588 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 59d overdue |
| 19089976 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY IN DISPLAY | PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER | — |
| 19049590 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AMBIENCE SUGGESTIONS FOR AN ENVIRONMENT | PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER | — |
| 19040451 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COMPRISING DISPLAY | CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D | — |
| 18917183 | WEARABLE DEVICE FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL OBJECT GUIDING SHOOTING OF IMAGE OR VIDEO AND METHOD THEREOF | PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17286220 | A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF MALADIES FROM PATIENT SOUNDS | MELHUS, BENJAMIN S | 308d overdue |
| 18437308 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING PIN-INCLUSIVE TRANSACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | HEWITT II, CALVIN L | 188d overdue |
| 18000242 | RNA MOLECULES FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER | ALLEN, MICHAEL D | 183d overdue |
| 17794907 | A LASER DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) DEVICE | NGUYEN, RACHEL NICOLE | 163d overdue |
| 18253175 | NEW SYNTHESIS OF L-PHENYLALANINE AMIDE | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 153d overdue |
| 18253178 | NEW SYNTHESIS OF L-PHENYLALANINE BUTYRAMIDE | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 147d overdue |
| 18182511 | METHOD OF PREVENTING COCHLEAR DISEASE, DISORDER OR CONDITION USING (+)-AZASETRON | DRAPER, LESLIE A ROYDS | 131d overdue |
| 18256310 | IMPROVE THE WATER RESISTANCE OF COSMETIC COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BISOCTRIZOLE | HOLLOMAN, NANNETTE | 126d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17689929 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY FOR STADIUM SEATS | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 142d overdue |
| 17689920 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY FOR POSTERS | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 72d overdue |
| 18087588 | AUGMENTED, VIRTUAL AND MIXED-REALITY CONTENT SELECTION & DISPLAY | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 59d overdue |
| 18008852 | PATIENT INTERFACE | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 28d overdue |
| 18312295 | ELECTRICALLY STIMULATED RESPIRATORY ASSISTANCE COMPONENTS | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 15d overdue |
| 18502467 | COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | LIM, SENG HENG | 9d overdue |
| 18263955 | IONIZABLE LIPID MOLECULE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN PREPARATION OF LIPID NANOPARTICLE | SHOMER, ISAAC | 5d overdue |
| 18353965 | HUMIDIFIER | DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA | 5d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 37 |
| 3715 | 19 |
| 3791 | 13 |
| 2183 | 9 |
| 2872 | 9 |
| 2841 | 9 |
| 3642 | 8 |
| 1615 | 8 |
| 1793 | 8 |
| 1612 | 8 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18990691 | Untitled | Nvidia Corporation | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19366173 | Untitled | Airbus Operations SAS | BADAWI, MEDHAT | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 19538327 | WIRELINE CLEANING TOOL | Welltec A/S | HALL, KRISTYN A | 3672 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2026 |
| 19447648 | HEADGEAR FOR MASKS | ResMed | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 3799 | §102§103§112DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2026 |
| 19410741 | ENCLOSURE DEVICE | Airbus Operations Limited | BADAWI, MEDHAT | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2025 |
| 19394401 | A HARD STOP ARRANGEMENT FOR A FOLDING WING TIP | Airbus Operations Limited | GORDON, ANNA L | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2025 |
| 19390607 | RING-TYPE WEARABLE DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | LIU, CHU CHUAN | 3791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2025 |
| 19482653 | VISUALLY CONVEYING FUTURE STATE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE OF PATIENT | UNIVERSITAET ZUERICH | PATEL, JAY M | 3681 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2025 |
| 19478097 | AN ELECTROHYDRODYNAMIC PUMP FOR PUMPING A DIELECTRIC FLUID | Apr Technologies AB | TRAN, BINH Q | 3746 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 19367222 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | CHOWDHURY, AFROZA Y | 2628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2025 |
| 19360760 | REFUELING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF A TANKER AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A BOOM HOSE ADAPTOR | Airbus Defence And Space S.A.U. | ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2025 |
| 19341815 | HEAD-WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SUPPORTING MEMBER | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | EARLES, BRYAN E | 2625 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19338687 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN CORRESPONDING TO SIZE OF EXTERNAL OBJECT ON DISPLAY | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | ANDERSON II, JAMES M | 2425 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19166421 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PREDICTION FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF PATIENT | ETH ZÜRICH | WASEEM, HUMA | 3686 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2025 |
| 19164076 | PACKAGING WITH LEAK-TIGHT SNAP-FITTED CAP HOLDER | Aisapack Holding SA | WEINERTH, GIDEON R | 3736 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19322225 | STRIKER FOR DOOR LATCH | Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation | BOSWELL, CHRISTOPHER J | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2025 |
| 19320695 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EXTERNAL IMAGE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | BEASLEY, DEIRDRE L | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2025 |
| 19311752 | ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, MOTORIZED DRIVE DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND ASSOCIATED CONCEALMENT DEVICE | Somfy Activites SA | BUCK, LINDSEY A | 1728 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19302456 | System for Tightening an Orthopedic Set Screw at Two Different Torque Levels | Neo Medical SA | CARTER, TARA ROSE E | 3773 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19299878 | ACCELERATOR DEVICE | DENSO CORPORATION | JOHNSON, VICKY A | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 | |
| 19298925 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING, BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CHARACTER STRING DATA OF WHICH PRIVACY IS SECURED | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | CHEUNG, HENRY WING SING | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 | |
| 19155680 | METHOD FOR MANAGING AN ENGINE OF A VEHICLE TO AVOID OVER-ACCELERATION | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | HOLMAN, JOHN D | 3667 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19297075 | MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Honor Device Co., Ltd. | VANG, MENG | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| 19289461 | SUNSCREEN COMPOSITION BASED ON BEMT AND TWO OR MORE PIGMENTARY UV-FILTERS | DSM IP ASSETS B.V. | ALAWADI, SARAH | 1619 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19288225 | STATIONARY DEVICE | Nintendo Co., Ltd. | LU, WILLIAM | 2624 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19285127 | METHOD FOR DETECTING BACKUP FILE AND RELATED DEVICE | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | AHSAN, SYED M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 | |
| 19283433 | MAC MIGRATION METHOD AND DEVICE | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | HUANG, KAYLEE J | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 | |
| 19279784 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | SALEH, ZAID MUHAMMAD | 2668 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19271984 | PARAMETER ADVERTISEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | PATEL, DHAIRYA A | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 | |
| 19266219 | VACUUM INSULATED PANEL WITH SEAL MATERIAL THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY AND/OR CONDUCTIVITY | Luxwall, Inc. | SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM | 1785 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19147565 | DEVICE FOR OSTEOSYNTHESIS | Tsq Global S.r.l. | SIPP, AMY R. | 3775 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19265068 | METHOD OF MAKING VACUUM INSULATED PANEL | Luxwall, Inc. | KONVES, ADRIANNA N | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| 19265927 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EDITING IMAGE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN | 2159 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19264423 | ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR ATTACHING AN ACCESSORY TO THE SHELL OF A PROTECTIVE HELMET | U-POWER GROUP S.P.A. | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3732 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19264452 | PROTECTIVE HELMET | U-POWER GROUP S.P.A. | MORAN, KATHERINE M | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19262496 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER AUTHENTICATION | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | SIDDIQUI, MD SAIFUL A | 2626 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19259880 | FRICTION STIR WELDING METHOD AND DEVICE, AS WELL AS WORKPIECE COMPRISING A BUTT WELD SEAM | Airbus (S.A.S) | PATEL, DEVANG R | 1735 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19258190 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING CIRCUIT CONNECTED TO DISPLAY PANEL | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | LAMB, CHRISTOPHER RAY | 2622 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | AI Ready | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19258470 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CONFIGURING NETWORK LOCK FUNCTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | FARROW, FELICIA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 | |
| 19252071 | GATING APPARATUS AND GATING METHOD | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 | |
| 19253173 | PROTECTION DEVICE FOR THE NECK, PROCESS OF MAKING THE SAME, GARMENT COMPRISING SAID PROTECTION DEVICE | D-Air Lab S.r.l. | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 3732 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19250716 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CHANGEABLE SHAPE ON BASIS OF USER'S GESTURE ON SCREEN AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. | MERCEDES, DISMERY E | 2627 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19248536 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM OF DISTRIBUTED TRANSACTION PROCESSING | Nasdaq, Inc. | KANG, TIMOTHY J | 3688 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19247816 | FLUID CONTROL VALVE | DENSO CORPORATION | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 | |
| 19246136 | FLUID CONTROL VALVE | DENSO CORPORATION | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19241624 | LTCC MICROWAVE PASSIVE DEVICE | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | GLENN, KIMBERLY E | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 | |
| 19241817 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS | Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. | PERRY, VICTOR NICHOLAS | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 | |
| 19242814 | CONVEYANCE SYSTEM | DENSO CORPORATION | HESS, DOUGLAS A | 3651 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19241058 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ENDOVASCULAR ABLATION OF A SPLANCHNIC NERVE | Axon Vascular, Inc. | MOHAMMED, SHAHDEEP | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| 19239257 | Top-Entry Ball Valve with Pressure Seal Bonnet for Power and Nuclear Applications | Velan Inc. | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial95.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc were allowed, across 6,565 applications in USPTO records.
3.48 office actions per allowed application on average.
1,261 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 396 clients, before 1098 examiners in 357 art units.