Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 clients • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
O'Rourke IP Law P.L.L.C. focuses on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, where it has handled 958 career applications. The firm has secured a resolved allowance rate of 86.81 percent.
The firm currently has 4 pending office actions and averages 3.25 office actions per allowance. This average of 3.25 reflects the typical level of engagement required with the USPTO to reach an allowance for its 958 career applications.
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 | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD, JAMES F | 1 | 59.1% | +42.8% |
| SYED, NABIL H | 1 | 60.4% | +30.2% |
| MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | 1 | 84.0% | +11.0% |
| WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 1 | 14.3% | +100.0% |
| NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | 1 | 23.8% | +30.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18938220 | USE OF WINCH FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING PUSH/PULL CARTS | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442195 | Long-Handled Nail Groomer with a Stand Configured to Cradle a Toe for Initial Centering of a Filing Bit on the Toenail | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 104d overdue |
| 19097999 | Security and Public Safety Application for a Mobile Device with Audio/Video Analytics and Access Control Authentication | SYED, NABIL H | — |
| 18449756 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVING MICROPLASTIC FROM DRINKING WATER, AND FOR RE-MINERALIZING AND BOTTLING OF THE MICROPLASTIC FREE WATER | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18442195 | Long-Handled Nail Groomer with a Stand Configured to Cradle a Toe for Initial Centering of a Filing Bit on the Toenail | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 104d overdue |
| 19344074 | Vein Imager with Scan Mirror Configured to Reduce Dust Build-up | MCDONALD, JAMES F | — |
| 19097999 | Security and Public Safety Application for a Mobile Device with Audio/Video Analytics and Access Control Authentication | SYED, NABIL H | — |
| 18938220 | USE OF WINCH FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING PUSH/PULL CARTS | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | — |
| 18449756 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVING MICROPLASTIC FROM DRINKING WATER, AND FOR RE-MINERALIZING AND BOTTLING OF THE MICROPLASTIC FREE WATER | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| AccuVein Inc. | 1 |
| Mr. Daniel Kerning | 1 |
| Allpillars, Inc. | 1 |
| Pedicure, Inc. | 1 |
| Remedion LLC | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 3772 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19344074 | Vein Imager with Scan Mirror Configured to Reduce Dust Build-up | Accuvein Inc. | MCDONALD, JAMES F | 3797 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19097999 | Security and Public Safety Application for a Mobile Device with Audio/Video Analytics and Access Control Authentication | Mr. Daniel Kerning | SYED, NABIL H | 2686 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 18938220 | USE OF WINCH FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING PUSH/PULL CARTS | Allpillars, Inc. | MATTHEWS, TERRELL HOWARD | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 | |
| 18442195 | Long-Handled Nail Groomer with a Stand Configured to Cradle a Toe for Initial Centering of a Filing Bit on the Toenail | Pedicure, Inc. | WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE | 3772 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 104d overdue | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18449756 | SYSTEM FOR REMOVING MICROPLASTIC FROM DRINKING WATER, AND FOR RE-MINERALIZING AND BOTTLING OF THE MICROPLASTIC FREE WATER | Remedion LLC | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | 1779 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
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