Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Onello & Mello P.C.

40 pending office actions • 16 clients • 38 examiners • 23 art units • 0 of 40 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=3259 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.2%
Allowance Rate
n=3259
+0.45σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3259
3.1
OAs to Allowance
n=2363
-0.11σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2363
989 days
Time to Allowance
n=2363
+7.2pp
Interview Lift
n=3259
22.0%
RCE Rate
n=3259
0.6%
Appeal Rate
n=3259

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.3%
§101 Overcome
n=157
81.7%
§102 Overcome
n=1076
81.9%
§103 Overcome
n=1599
84.0%
§112 Overcome
n=769

Specialization & Scale

H01L, H10D, H10W
Top CPC Subclasses
26%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3259
0
Practitioners
n=3259
Apps / Practitioner
n=3259 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

40
Total Pending OAs
26
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

19
Hard (48%)
20
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (2%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (8%)
§103 only14 (35%)
§102 only5 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)16 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
5% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
2% of docket
29
Mechanical / Eng
72% of docket
7
Business / Other
18% 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.

400 h
Manual time on pending OAs
80 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
140 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PEPPER, ANDREW KILLIAN 2
SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 2 65.1% +34.6%
PETERS, BRIAN O 1 72.9% +16.2%
OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE 1 33.3% +100.0%
TEHRANI, DANIEL 1 60.0% +49.3%
KURPLE, KARL 1 51.8% +63.8%
JOHNS, HILARY LYNN 1 81.8% +15.9%
FITZHARRIS, KATHERINE MARIE 1 33.3% -4.4%
RINK, RYAN J 1 78.3% +10.8%
SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE 1 51.7% +55.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18928423 LATERALLY OPERATING PAYLOAD HANDLING DEVICE JOHNS, HILARY LYNN

Hard Cases (19)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18291340 TISSUE TREATMENT SYSTEM SZUMNY, JONATHON A 97d overdue
18560784 SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS DUBOSE, LAUREN 35d overdue
18852369 A SYSTEM FOR AMRS THAT LEVERAGES PRIORS WHEN LOCALIZING AND MANIPULATING INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE RINK, RYAN J 28d overdue
16961809 SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING CARDIAC CONDUCTION PATTERNS SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 19d overdue
18849629 ROBOTIC VEHICLE NAVIGATION WITH DYNAMIC PATH ADJUSTING MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN 17d overdue
18504927 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINITION OF A ZONE OF DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR WITH A CONTINUUM OF POSSIBLE ACTIONS AND LOCATIONS WITHIN THE SAME MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY 8d overdue
18695869 SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS LOUIS, RICHARD G 1d overdue
18579954 IMPLANTABLE ANTENNA AND COEXISTING SENSOR CONFIGURATIONS STICE, PAULA J 9d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18852369 A SYSTEM FOR AMRS THAT LEVERAGES PRIORS WHEN LOCALIZING AND MANIPULATING INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE RINK, RYAN J 28d overdue
18710349 ENTRYWAY PANEL WITH MAGNETIC CLOSURE AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 19d
18813140 SELF-CLOSING ENTRYWAY FOR DOOR-FRAME SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 75d
18881460 TIDAL TURBINE PETERS, BRIAN O
18870807 CARDIAC TREATMENT SYSTEM OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE
18948611 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING PATIENT INFORMATION TEHRANI, DANIEL
18863450 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR CURING A WET COATING APPLIED TO A SUBSTRATE KURPLE, KARL
18928423 LATERALLY OPERATING PAYLOAD HANDLING DEVICE JOHNS, HILARY LYNN

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37966
37713
36632
36572
36342
37111
17171
36191
37981
36621

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18881460 TIDAL TURBINE Tidal Technologies Limited PETERS, BRIAN O 3711 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2025
18870807 CARDIAC TREATMENT SYSTEM Maxwell Biomedical, Inc. OKONAK, ELIZABETH LOUISE §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18948611 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING PATIENT INFORMATION Enchannel Medical, Ltd. TEHRANI, DANIEL §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18863450 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR CURING A WET COATING APPLIED TO A SUBSTRATE Andrew Legault KURPLE, KARL 1717 §103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18928423 LATERALLY OPERATING PAYLOAD HANDLING DEVICE Seegrid Corporation JOHNS, HILARY LYNN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18928311 VEHICLE OBJECT-ENGAGEMENT SCANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD Seegrid Corporation FITZHARRIS, KATHERINE MARIE DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18852369 A SYSTEM FOR AMRS THAT LEVERAGES PRIORS WHEN LOCALIZING AND MANIPULATING INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE Seegrid Corporation RINK, RYAN J 3619 §102§103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2024
18897407 ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE WITH LOW POWER DATA TRANSMISSION FROM TRANSDUCER TO SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF TRANSMISSION Savord Technologies LLC SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE 3798 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18849629 ROBOTIC VEHICLE NAVIGATION WITH DYNAMIC PATH ADJUSTING Seegrid Corporation MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN 3663 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2024
18849310 LANE GRID SETUP FOR AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT Seegrid Corporation ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2024
18846359 CONTINUOUS AND DISCRETE ESTIMATION OF PAYLOAD ENGAGEMENT/DISENGAGEMENT SENSING Seegrid Corporation RANDAZZO, THOMAS §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18842229 LOCALIZATION OF HORIZONTAL INFRASTRUCTURE USING POINT CLOUDS Seegrid Corporation PEPPER, ANDREW KILLIAN 3657 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 28, 2024
18841016 FORESTRY MULCHING ROTARY CUTTING DEVICE Quadco Inc. RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2024
18813140 SELF-CLOSING ENTRYWAY FOR DOOR-FRAME Zipwall, LLC SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Aug 23, 2024
18839465 SEGMENTATION OF DETECTED OBJECTS INTO OBSTRUCTIONS AND ALLOWED OBJECTS Seegrid Corporation PEPPER, ANDREW KILLIAN 3657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18838795 SAFETY FIELD SWITCHING BASED ON END EFFECTOR CONDITIONS IN VEHICLES Seegrid Corporation GLENN III, FRANK T 3662 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 2024
18723598 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL OBSTRUCTIONS IN A TARGETED DROP ZONE Seegrid Corporation CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN 3665 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18710349 ENTRYWAY PANEL WITH MAGNETIC CLOSURE AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION Zipwall, Llc. SHABLACK, JOHNNIE A 3634 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending May 15, 2024
18695869 SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc. LOUIS, RICHARD G 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2024
18291340 TISSUE TREATMENT SYSTEM Enchannel Medical, Ltd. SZUMNY, JONATHON A 3686 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2024
18579954 IMPLANTABLE ANTENNA AND COEXISTING SENSOR CONFIGURATIONS Oracle Health, Inc. STICE, PAULA J 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jan 17, 2024
18569761 LABEL AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS Karlsruher Institut Für Technologie GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2023
18529109 JUST-IN-TIME DESTINATION AND ROUTE PLANNING Seegrid Corporation JONES, JODI MARIE 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18527715 GENERATION OF "PLAIN LANGUAGE" DESCRIPTIONS SUMMARY OF AUTOMATION LOGIC Seegrid Corporation CULLEN, TANNER L 3656 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18524217 HYBRID AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM AND HUMAN INTEGRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Seegrid Corporation KHATIB, RAMI 3669 §102 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2023
18560784 SKIN TREATMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc. DUBOSE, LAUREN 3771 §102§112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023
18504927 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINITION OF A ZONE OF DYNAMIC BEHAVIOR WITH A CONTINUUM OF POSSIBLE ACTIONS AND LOCATIONS WITHIN THE SAME Seegrid Corporation MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY 3653 §102§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2023
18502221 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZED TRAFFIC FLOW THROUGH INTERSECTIONS WITH CONDITIONAL CONVOYING BASED ON PATH NETWORK ANALYSIS Seegrid Corporation WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW 3658 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18373544 SHARED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD Seegrid Corporation ANYA, CHARLES E 2194 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18277446 A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE HAVING A DESIRED APPEARANCE Alpha Solar Technologies Pty Ltd. MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1726 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
18039978 TISSUE INTERFACE SYSTEM Orchard Ultrasound Innovation LLC SAHAND, SANA 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18038526 SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA THERAPIES Maxwell Biomedical Inc. LEVICKY, WILLIAM J 3796 §102 Non-Final OA 254d overdue Pending May 24, 2023
17785973 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AT LEAST ONE CUTTING PATTERN FOR AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING TO BE PRODUCED INDIVIDUALLY FOR A CUSTOMER Scannery GmbH MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2023
17925821 PACING AND SENSING DEVICES AND CONTROL SYSTEM Maxwell Biomedical, Inc. WU, TONG E 3796 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2022
17921724 SHORT-WAVE INFRARED AND MID-WAVE INFRARED OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Polyvalor, Limited Partnership YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2022
17908002 CARDIAC PACING DEVICE Maxwell Biomedical, Inc. ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 3796 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2022
17887779 EXPANDABLE CATHETER ASSEMBLY WITH FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (PCB) ELECTRICAL PATHWAYS Enchannel Medical, Ltd. PREMRAJ, CATHERINE C 3794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 2022
17601661 SYSTEM FOR CREATING A COMPOSITE MAP Enchannel Medical, Ltd. TRAN, THIEN JASON 3792 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 05, 2021
17291235 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SKIN TREATMENT Cytrellis Biosystems, Inc. HOAG, MITCHELL BRAIN 3771 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 04, 2021
16961809 SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING CARDIAC CONDUCTION PATTERNS Enchannel Medical, Ltd. SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 3796 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2020

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