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Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 5 clients • 11 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
PATENT CENTRAL LLC has a history in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, with 1354 career applications. The firm's resolved allowance rate is 81.57 percent. Prosecution typically involves an average of 3.67 office actions per allowance.
The firm currently has 6 pending office actions. This figure is part of the ongoing management of a portfolio that includes 1354 career applications. The 81.57 percent resolved allowance rate is a metric for the firm's performance in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The 3.67 average office actions per allowance indicates the number of interactions with examiners before an allowance is granted. This data reflects a firm with experience, as evidenced by the 1354 career applications. The 81.57 percent resolved allowance rate provides a picture of the firm's success in its primary technical field. With 6 pending office actions, the firm continues to apply its established prosecution methods to new and ongoing matters in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 3 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 2 | 75.7% | +17.9% |
| LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN | 1 | 73.6% | +21.9% |
| JOHNSON, ERIC | 1 | 62.3% | +22.7% |
| FORD, RENE D | 1 | 80.1% | +22.2% |
| AMAR, MARC J | 1 | 75.1% | +37.8% |
| MULLINS, BURTON S | 1 | 68.8% | +1.5% |
| LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1 | 75.4% | +26.5% |
| MAC, GARY | 1 | 40.9% | +38.3% |
| ALVARE, PAUL | 1 | 57.6% | +37.0% |
| PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 1 | 55.2% | +35.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18745358 | CARTRIDGE FOR PULSE-SEPARATED VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGERS | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 85d overdue |
| 18971321 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM | FORD, RENE D | 5d overdue |
| 18288698 | COMPOSITE POLYMER STRUCTURE HAVING AN ALUMINUM POLYMER ANCHORING LAYER, AND ETCHING METHOD | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 21d |
| 19105811 | INSULATION COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD AND FLOW-TIGHT, LIGHT-WEIGHT INSULATION COMPONENT FOR VEHICLES | LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN | — |
| 18866510 | MICROWAVE-CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE PLASMA THRUSTER AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD, AND USE | AMAR, MARC J | — |
| 18771955 | STATOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A RADIAL FLUX MOTOR | MULLINS, BURTON S | — |
| 18708661 | QUANTUM CONTROLLED OPERATIONS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS | MAC, GARY | — |
| 18282752 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN ITEM TO BE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED | ALVARE, PAUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18745358 | CARTRIDGE FOR PULSE-SEPARATED VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGERS | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 85d overdue |
| 18288477 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE MADE OF TITANIUM AND/OR A TITANIUM ALLOY AND/OR NITI AND A POLYMER, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 30d overdue |
| 18277636 | AUXETIC WEB STRUCTURE OR FIELD STRUCTURE, AND USE | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 11d overdue |
| 18971321 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM | FORD, RENE D | 5d overdue |
| 18288698 | COMPOSITE POLYMER STRUCTURE HAVING AN ALUMINUM POLYMER ANCHORING LAYER, AND ETCHING METHOD | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 21d |
| 19105811 | INSULATION COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD AND FLOW-TIGHT, LIGHT-WEIGHT INSULATION COMPONENT FOR VEHICLES | LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN | — |
| 18975636 | MOTOR HOUSING FOR AN AXIAL FLUX MOTOR | JOHNSON, ERIC | — |
| 18866510 | MICROWAVE-CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE PLASMA THRUSTER AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD, AND USE | AMAR, MARC J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| BorgWarner | 4 |
| Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 4 |
| Barkey | 2 |
| Nvh Czech S.R.O. | 1 |
| BASF | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 2 |
| 1784 | 2 |
| 3711 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19105811 | INSULATION COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD AND FLOW-TIGHT, LIGHT-WEIGHT INSULATION COMPONENT FOR VEHICLES | Nvh Czech S.R.O. | LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2025 | |
| 18975636 | MOTOR HOUSING FOR AN AXIAL FLUX MOTOR | BORGWARNER, INC. | JOHNSON, ERIC | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 | |
| 18971321 | FUEL SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM | BORGWARNER, INC. | FORD, RENE D | 3741 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18866510 | MICROWAVE-CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE PLASMA THRUSTER AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD, AND USE | Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu Kiel | AMAR, MARC J | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18771955 | STATOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A RADIAL FLUX MOTOR | BORGWARNER, INC. | MULLINS, BURTON S | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 | |
| 18745358 | CARTRIDGE FOR PULSE-SEPARATED VARIABLE TURBINE GEOMETRY TURBOCHARGERS | BORGWARNER, INC. | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18708661 | QUANTUM CONTROLLED OPERATIONS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS | BASF Corporation | MAC, GARY | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 | |
| 18288698 | COMPOSITE POLYMER STRUCTURE HAVING AN ALUMINUM POLYMER ANCHORING LAYER, AND ETCHING METHOD | Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu Kiel | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 1784 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18288477 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE MADE OF TITANIUM AND/OR A TITANIUM ALLOY AND/OR NITI AND A POLYMER, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu Kiel | LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE | 1784 | §112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18282752 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN ITEM TO BE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED | Barkey GmbH & Co. Kg | ALVARE, PAUL | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18277636 | AUXETIC WEB STRUCTURE OR FIELD STRUCTURE, AND USE | Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu Kiel | PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E | 3799 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 17825107 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED MATERIAL IN A CYLINDRICAL CONTAINER | Barkey GmbH & Co. Kg | MILLS JR., JOE E | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
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