Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
29 pending office actions • 18 clients • 29 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days
OFFIT KURMAN has handled 669 career applications, primarily in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 86.87 percent.
The firm is currently addressing 27 pending office actions. Prosecution at the firm averages 3.42 office actions per allowance. This average of 3.42 suggests that the firm often engages in multiple rounds of negotiation to secure a grant for its 669 career applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 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. 18 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 + other | 2 (7%) |
| §103 only | 11 (38%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (48%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | 1 | 80.1% | +21.9% |
| SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 1 | 73.6% | +19.0% |
| IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | 1 | 33.5% | +25.0% |
| LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 1 | 73.7% | +29.9% |
| NGUYEN, UYEN T | 1 | 40.0% | +36.3% |
| CRIBBS, MALCOLM | 1 | 88.9% | +14.7% |
| BATTISTI, DEREK J | 1 | 51.4% | +36.0% |
| FISK, KATHLEEN M | 1 | 63.2% | +44.7% |
| SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 1 | 52.4% | +58.3% |
| JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 1 | 58.8% | +51.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19307753 | HAIR TRANSPLANTATION SURGERY WITH GRAFT-ON-DEMAND PROCESSING OF FOLLICULAR UNITS | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | 43d overdue |
| 18962443 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE | CRIBBS, MALCOLM | 46d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16000001 | Hygro Flat Woven Fabrics, Articles, And Related Processes | HUANG, GRACE | 126d overdue |
| 18202346 | SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR MANAGING BLOOD FLOW DURING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 121d overdue |
| 17854061 | ACL REPAIR METHOD USING FEMORAL ATTACHMENT | BLASS, PARIS MARIE | 49d overdue |
| 18220772 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF CELLS USING OPTICAL FORCES AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 46d overdue |
| 18304811 | IMPLANTATION DEVICE WITH DIRECT-TO-NEEDLE ASPIRATION OF HAIR GRAFT | LONG, SARAH A | 42d overdue |
| 18969960 | TERRY STRUCTURE WITH SELECTIVELY COMPOSITE TWIST IN PILE AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 29d overdue |
| 17298314 | DEVICE FOR ASSESSING MECHANICAL STRAIN INDUCED IN OR BY CELLS | DAUNER, JOSEPH G | 10d overdue |
| 18379390 | SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 13d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19307753 | HAIR TRANSPLANTATION SURGERY WITH GRAFT-ON-DEMAND PROCESSING OF FOLLICULAR UNITS | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | 43d overdue |
| 18969960 | TERRY STRUCTURE WITH SELECTIVELY COMPOSITE TWIST IN PILE AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 29d overdue |
| 18379390 | SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 13d |
| 18962443 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE | CRIBBS, MALCOLM | 46d |
| 18793688 | RUCKING ARTICLE | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 72d |
| 19203592 | SYSTEM FOR JOINT FIXATION OF EXTREMITY BONE AND RELATED METHODS | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | — |
| 19096127 | NEEDLE-PUNCHED NON-WOVEN FABRIC STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID ABSORPTION APPLICATION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | — |
| 18879691 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 5 |
| 3774 | 4 |
| 3732 | 2 |
| 3775 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 2497 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| 3784 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19307753 | HAIR TRANSPLANTATION SURGERY WITH GRAFT-ON-DEMAND PROCESSING OF FOLLICULAR UNITS | Engraft Technologies, Inc. | FISHBACK, ASHLEY LAUREN | 3771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 19203592 | SYSTEM FOR JOINT FIXATION OF EXTREMITY BONE AND RELATED METHODS | Forma Medical, Inc. | SHIRSAT, MARCELA | 3775 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19096127 | NEEDLE-PUNCHED NON-WOVEN FABRIC STRUCTURE FOR LIQUID ABSORPTION APPLICATION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | Welspun Living Limited | IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| 18879691 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY | Forma Medical, Inc. | LAWSON, MATTHEW JAMES | 3619 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18969960 | TERRY STRUCTURE WITH SELECTIVELY COMPOSITE TWIST IN PILE AND PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING | Welspun India Limited | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18962443 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ELECTRONIC CONTENT DELIVERY TO A USER DEVICE THROUGH A WIRELESS CAPTIVE AUDIENCE DEVICE | Baker & Taylor, LLC | CRIBBS, MALCOLM | 2497 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18793688 | RUCKING ARTICLE | Goruck Holdings, LLC | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 3734 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18588512 | FILLABLE RUCK PLATE | Goruck Holdings, LLC | FISK, KATHLEEN M | 3784 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18559089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LIMB COMPRESSION | Roger Tsang | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 3785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18379390 | SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE | Aortic Solutions, Inc. | JAFFRI, ZEHRA | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18285764 | EXCISION CATHETER SYSTEM FOR AN AORTIC VALVE | Aortic Solutions, Inc. | LANCASTER, LINDSAY REGAN | 3794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18275997 | DEVICE FOR ENHANCED DETECTION OF CELLULAR RESPONSE | Lumacyte, Inc. | KWAK, DEAN P | 1798 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18220772 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING AND ANALYSIS OF CELLS USING OPTICAL FORCES AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY | Lumacyte, Inc. | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 2877 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18219341 | FLAT WOVEN FABRIC WITH DURABLE DROP AREA, AND RELATED PROCESSES | Welspun India Limited | GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA | 3673 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18202346 | SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR MANAGING BLOOD FLOW DURING A SURGICAL PROCEDURE | Excision Medical, Inc. | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 121d overdue | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18304811 | IMPLANTATION DEVICE WITH DIRECT-TO-NEEDLE ASPIRATION OF HAIR GRAFT | Boudjema-Rassman Partnership | LONG, SARAH A | 3771 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18127428 | SURGICAL SYSTEM FOR EXCISING A VALVE | Excision Medical, Inc. | YABUT, DIANE D | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18080379 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SELF-REGULATED RELEASE OF ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS | Acura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC | 1613 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 17854098 | ARTHROSCOPIC ACL REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD | Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE | 3774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17854061 | ACL REPAIR METHOD USING FEMORAL ATTACHMENT | Miach Orthopaedics, Inc. | BLASS, PARIS MARIE | 3774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
| 17782238 | CATHETER ASSEMBLY AND RELATED METHODS | Aortic Solutions, Inc. | ALEMAN, SARAH WEBB | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | 38d overdue | Pending | Jun 03, 2022 |
| 17719851 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IMPROVING THE SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY OF EXCAVATION ACTIVITIES | One Call Concepts, Inc. | MERCHANT, SHAHID R | 3684 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2022 |
| 17557310 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING SYSTEM DIAGNOSTICS | Pinnacle Intergration Software & Technology, LLC | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 3629 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 79d | Pending | Dec 21, 2021 |
| 17515022 | Controlled Absorption Water-Soluble Pharmaceutically Active Organic Compound Formulation for Once-Daily Administration | Sti Pharma, LLC | PEEBLES, KATHERINE | 1617 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Oct 29, 2021 |
| 17370457 | SAMPLING DEVICE AND SYSTEMS | Lumacyte, Inc. | NGUYEN, HENRY H | 1758 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Jul 08, 2021 |
| 17298314 | DEVICE FOR ASSESSING MECHANICAL STRAIN INDUCED IN OR BY CELLS | Mimetas B.V. | DAUNER, JOSEPH G | 1682 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | May 28, 2021 |
| 16977670 | DEVICE FOR PERFORMING ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENTS | Mimetas B.V. | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 1796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Sep 02, 2020 |
| 16806587 | METHODS AND PROCEDURES FOR LIGAMENT REPAIR | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia | MANNAN, MIKAIL A | 3774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2020 |
| 16000001 | Hygro Flat Woven Fabrics, Articles, And Related Processes | Welspun India Limited | HUANG, GRACE | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 126d overdue | Pending | Jun 05, 2018 |
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