Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
46 pending office actions • 19 clients • 44 examiners • 34 art units • 0 of 46 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days
PDSD LAW focuses on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and has 48 pending office actions. The firm’s career application record includes 1831 applications, placing the current pending docket in the context of a broad prosecution history.
The resolved allowance rate is 87.68%, and the average office actions per allowance is 3.67. The allowance figure describes the outcome of resolved matters, while the action average shows that allowed cases have involved repeated examination activity. For practitioners, the combination of a sizable active docket and historical prosecution measures supports review of both ongoing response demands and the firm’s approach to moving applications through examination.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 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. 17 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 | 3 (7%) |
| §103 only | 11 (24%) |
| §112 only | 5 (11%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 24 (52%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHEN, SHELLEY | 2 | 66.2% | +20.4% |
| WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 2 | 73.5% | +30.4% |
| SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 1 | 32.7% | +40.7% |
| FRY, PATRICK B | 1 | 54.1% | +8.2% |
| WILLIAMS, MARK A | 1 | 77.9% | +13.0% |
| SMITH, JORDAN T | 1 | 67.0% | +9.0% |
| MURPHY, KEVIN F | 1 | 67.9% | +27.9% |
| HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 1 | 74.4% | +27.1% |
| GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | 1 | 67.3% | +53.3% |
| ZHAO, LEI | 1 | 73.7% | +18.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16744160 | FLEXIBLE ARTICULATING INTUBATION TOOL | DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | 240d overdue |
| 18567566 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTORISED FLAP ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH | 89d overdue |
| 18014583 | AUTOMATED CENTRIFUGE SETUP OF A BIOPROCESSING INSTALLATION | HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR | 31d overdue |
| 18853841 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR A CLOSURE ELEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 23d overdue |
| 18572860 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 17d overdue |
| 18399110 | TWO-PIECE FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR FENESTRATION ASSEMBLIES | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 27d |
| 18545380 | FENESTRATION PANEL AND TRIM RETENTION SYSTEM | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 39d |
| 19179488 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING | FRY, PATRICK B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688174 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTORISED FLAP ARRANGEMENT | CHEN, SHELLEY | 28d overdue |
| 18688137 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLAP ASSEMBLY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | CHEN, SHELLEY | 26d overdue |
| 18399110 | TWO-PIECE FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR FENESTRATION ASSEMBLIES | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 27d |
| 18545380 | FENESTRATION PANEL AND TRIM RETENTION SYSTEM | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 39d |
| 19551267 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNE RESPONSES USING BAROREFLEX ACTIVATION THERAPY | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | — |
| 19175361 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | WILLIAMS, MARK A | — |
| 19061599 | SWING CHECK VALVE | MURPHY, KEVIN F | — |
| 18996692 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Brose | 16 |
| Sartorius | 5 |
| Andersen | 4 |
| CVRX | 3 |
| Dornbracht | 2 |
| Campbell Soup | 2 |
| REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA | 2 |
| Relco LLC | 1 |
| Dezurik, Inc. | 1 |
| Cafe Imports, Inc. | 1 |
| SarTec Corporation | 1 |
| Vocxi Health, Inc. | 1 |
| Bruker | 1 |
| Evolve | 1 |
| Metrospec | 1 |
| Natureworks LLC | 1 |
| BatFast Cricket Centres Limited | 1 |
| Post Brands Pet Care, LLC | 1 |
| TJB Medical, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 4 |
| 3796 | 3 |
| 3665 | 3 |
| 3634 | 2 |
| 3635 | 2 |
| 3752 | 2 |
| 1799 | 2 |
| 1793 | 2 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19551267 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNE RESPONSES USING BAROREFLEX ACTIVATION THERAPY | Cvrx, Inc. | SISON, CHRISTINE ANDREA PAN | 3796 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2026 |
| 19179488 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PACKAGING | Relco LLC | FRY, PATRICK B | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19175361 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft | WILLIAMS, MARK A | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19106519 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR-DRIVEN FLAP ASSEMBLY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY MEANS OF OPERATOR GESTURES | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg | SMITH, JORDAN T | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19061599 | SWING CHECK VALVE | Dezurik, Inc. | MURPHY, KEVIN F | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18996692 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft | HOROWITZ, NOAH NMN | 3675 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19008147 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CLOSURE ELEMENT ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg | GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | 3664 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18989973 | ADVANCED MEASURING TOOL FOR FENESTRATION REPLACEMENTS AND INSTALLATION | Andersen Corporation | ZHAO, LEI | 2668 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18981427 | COFFEE FLAVOR EVALUATION SYSTEM AND PROCESS | Cafe Imports, Inc. | ALLADIN, AMBREEN A | 3691 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18975747 | SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUELS | Sartec Corporation | PO, MING CHEUNG | 1771 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18956976 | GRAPHENE SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR CANNABINOID INGESTION ANALYSIS | Vocxi Health, Inc. | PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18943303 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK | Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18925991 | TESTING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A MULTIPLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM STAGE | Bruker Nano, Inc. | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | 2855 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18688174 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTORISED FLAP ARRANGEMENT | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg | CHEN, SHELLEY | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18688137 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLAP ASSEMBLY OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg | CHEN, SHELLEY | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18853997 | CONNECTION JOINT ARRANGEMENT | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg | ANDERSON, AMBER R | 3678 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18853841 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR A CLOSURE ELEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg | PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 3634 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18572860 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM FOR AN INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 3669 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18779263 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERCUTANEOUS ELECTRODE IMPLANT | Cvrx, Inc. | BAIG, RUMAISA RASHID | 3796 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18725357 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM WITH IMAGE-BASED BUILD CONTROLS | Evolve Additive Solutions, Inc. | CORTES, HOWARD | 2118 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18567566 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTORISED FLAP ARRANGEMENT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg | THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH | 3665 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18717351 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMFORT SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, FOOTREST SYSTEM, COMFORT SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | 3636 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18717175 | CONTROL ASSEMBLY FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE CLOSING SYSTEM | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18670033 | INTERCONNECTABLE CIRCUIT BOARDS ADAPTED FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCTIONS AS LIGHTING SOURCES | Metrospec Technology, LLC | BAILLARGEON, PAUL D | 2831 | Other | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18277725 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR ARRANGEMENT | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommandit- Gesellschaft, Bamberg | CODRINGTON, SHANE WRENSFORD | 2667 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18592131 | FENESTRATIONS EXHIBITING REDUCED THERMAL BOWING AND/OR LOCALIZED INCREASED STRENGTH | Andersen Corporation | CAJILIG, CHRISTINE T | 3633 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18685530 | SPINDLE DRIVE | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 3634 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18399110 | TWO-PIECE FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR FENESTRATION ASSEMBLIES | Andersen Corporation | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 3635 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18397289 | SHOWER DEVICE FOR GENERATING AT LEAST TWO WATER JET IMAGES | Dornbracht AG & Co. Kg | ZHOU, QINGZHANG | 3752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18545380 | FENESTRATION PANEL AND TRIM RETENTION SYSTEM | Andersen Corporation | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 3635 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18524995 | DRIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR ADJUSTING A FLAP OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | Brose Fahrzeugteile SE &Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg | BEMKO, TARAS P | 3672 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18283403 | DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUS VIRUS INACTIVATION | Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH | EDWARDS, LYDIA E | 1796 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18550583 | MELT-STABLE POLYLACTIDE RESIN COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING PHOSPHITE ESTERS | Natureworks LLC | MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA | 1767 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18281159 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BIOPROCESS INSTALLATION | Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH | KRCHA, MATTHEW D | 1799 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18265187 | AN IMPACT TARGET | Batfast Cricket Centres Limited | ZHANG, YINGCHUAN | 3711 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18133941 | DUAL TEXTURED ANIMAL FOOD PRODUCT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF | Post Brands Pet Care, LLC | HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18165735 | FOOD PRODUCTS WITH STABLE GREEN COLOR | Campbell Soup Company | MORENO, LARK JULIA | 1793 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Feb 07, 2023 |
| 18014583 | AUTOMATED CENTRIFUGE SETUP OF A BIOPROCESSING INSTALLATION | Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH | HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR | 1758 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
| 18090996 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR BAROREFLEX ACTIVATION | Cvrx, Inc. | LEE, ERICA SHENGKAI | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
| 18089184 | SHOWER DEVICE | Dornbracht AG & Co. Kg | KIM, CHRISTOPHER S | 3752 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Dec 27, 2022 |
| 18068600 | ULTRA-COMPACT, PASSIVE, WIRELESS SENSOR USING QUANTUM CAPACITANCE EFFECT IN GRAPHENE | Regents Of The University Of Minnesota | ROLAND, CHRISTOPHER M | 2893 | DP | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 17922165 | AERATION DEVICE FOR A BIOPROCESSING INSTALLATION | Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH | HENKEL, DANIELLE B | 1799 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17575199 | AIR FRYING OF SNACK FOOD PRODUCTS | Campbell Soup Company | RODGERS, ARIEL M | 1792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2022 |
| 17534108 | BIOPROCESS FILTRATION EXPERIMENT SYSTEM | Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH | GZYBOWSKI, MICHAEL STANLEY | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2021 |
| 17387503 | CHEMICAL SENSORS WITH NON-COVALENT SURFACE MODIFICATION OF GRAPHENE | Regents Of The University Of Minnesota | EOM, ROBERT J | 1797 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2021 |
| 16744160 | FLEXIBLE ARTICULATING INTUBATION TOOL | Tjb Medical, Inc. | DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | 3783 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 240d overdue | Pending | Jan 15, 2020 |
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Start Free Trial87.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Pdsd Law were allowed, across 1,831 applications in USPTO records.
3.67 office actions per allowed application on average.
46 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 19 clients, before 44 examiners in 34 art units.
