Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
58 pending office actions • 28 clients • 54 examiners • 38 art units • 0 of 58 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Pilloff Passino & Cosenza LLP has 57 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 1496 career applications. The application history places the current pending workload within a broad record of prosecution in device and mechanical matters.
The resolved allowance rate is 87.35%, and the average is 3.9 office actions per allowance. The figures show a portfolio where allowance is achieved in a substantial share of resolved matters, but typically after multiple office-action events. Clients can consider this profile when they need experience managing detailed examination records and iterative claim development in medical-device technologies.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 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. 13 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 | 12 (21%) |
| §103 only | 3 (5%) |
| §102 only | 5 (9%) |
| §112 only | 4 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 7 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 26 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAUTHIER, GERALD | 4 | 91.1% | +6.6% |
| JOSHI, SUNITA | 2 | 81.2% | +6.0% |
| FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 1 | 40.7% | +38.3% |
| HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 1 | 68.8% | +17.6% |
| MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 1 | 75.4% | +7.1% |
| EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1 | 60.8% | +43.6% |
| DAILEY, THOMAS J | 1 | 81.0% | +14.9% |
| WARD, PAUL V | 1 | 83.2% | -12.2% |
| KUO, JONATHAN T | 1 | 72.4% | +29.0% |
| ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 48.4% | +55.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18973368 | LINEAR TRANSDUCER IN A FLAPPING AND BENDING APPARATUS | GAUTHIER, GERALD | — |
| 18962149 | INTEGRATED SHOCK AND IMPACT MANAGEMENT OF A TRANSDUCER | GAUTHIER, GERALD | — |
| 18945304 | PLATINUM-BASED AMPHIPHILE PRODRUGS | WARD, PAUL V | — |
| 18935847 | RETENTION MAGNET SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICE | GAUTHIER, GERALD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17296225 | MAGNET MANAGEMENT MRI COMPATIBILITY BY SHAPE | BAYS, PAMELA M | 202d overdue |
| 18856167 | MAPPING ENVIRONMENT WITH SENSORY PROSTHESES | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 49d overdue |
| 18029500 | ADVANCED SURGICALLY IMPLANTABLE TECHNOLOGIES | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 45d overdue |
| 18523500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING FLIGHT STRING FATIGUE GRADE BASED ON TASK INFORMATION | GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE | 22d overdue |
| 18720243 | ADVANCED RETENTION MAGNET SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICE | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 15d overdue |
| 18593418 | SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME, REMOTE ACCESS TO AND ADJUSTMENT OF PATIENT HEARING AID WITH PATIENT IN NORMAL LIFE ENVIRONMENT | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | 3d overdue |
| 18521483 | METHOD FOR DETECTING INFRARED SHIP TARGET BASED ON IMPROVED YOLOV7 | RUSH, ERIC | 33d |
| 18599644 | INTRACUTANEOUS IMPLANTATION TECHNIQUES | DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | 41d |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856167 | MAPPING ENVIRONMENT WITH SENSORY PROSTHESES | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 49d overdue |
| 19197094 | EXTERNAL ANKLE BRACE | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | — |
| 19171835 | ADVANCED ELECTRODE ARRAY INSERTION | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | — |
| 19013153 | Pseudomonas Putida omega-Transaminase Gene with Broad Substrate Spectrum and Application Thereof | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | — |
| 19007818 | NON-REAL-TIME DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DAILEY, THOMAS J | — |
| 18860357 | HEART TISSUE IDENTIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION | KUO, JONATHAN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2692 | 5 |
| 3796 | 5 |
| 3792 | 4 |
| 2694 | 4 |
| 3791 | 4 |
| 1642 | 3 |
| 3786 | 2 |
| 3771 | 1 |
| 1652 | 1 |
| 2458 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19197094 | EXTERNAL ANKLE BRACE | Tayco Brace, Inc. | FISHER, VICTORIA HICKS | 3786 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19171835 | ADVANCED ELECTRODE ARRAY INSERTION | Cochlear Limited | HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT | 3771 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19054258 | PREDICTION AND IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES USED WITH A HEARING PROSTHESIS | Cochlear Limited | MONIKANG, GEORGE C | 2692 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19013153 | Pseudomonas Putida omega-Transaminase Gene with Broad Substrate Spectrum and Application Thereof | Shanxi University | EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW | 1652 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19007818 | NON-REAL-TIME DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Qufu Normal University | DAILEY, THOMAS J | 2458 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18973368 | LINEAR TRANSDUCER IN A FLAPPING AND BENDING APPARATUS | Cochlear Limited | GAUTHIER, GERALD | 2692 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18962149 | INTEGRATED SHOCK AND IMPACT MANAGEMENT OF A TRANSDUCER | Cochlear Limited | GAUTHIER, GERALD | 2692 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18945304 | PLATINUM-BASED AMPHIPHILE PRODRUGS | Nanomed Holdings Pty Ltd. | WARD, PAUL V | 1622 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18939907 | ADVANCED BONE CONDUCTION IMPLANT | Cochlear Limited | GAUTHIER, GERALD | 2692 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18935847 | RETENTION MAGNET SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICE | Cochlear Limited | GAUTHIER, GERALD | 2692 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18860357 | HEART TISSUE IDENTIFICATION IN THE CONTEXT OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION | Auckland UniServices Limited | KUO, JONATHAN T | 3792 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18856167 | MAPPING ENVIRONMENT WITH SENSORY PROSTHESES | Cochlear Limited | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 3798 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18847404 | IMPLANTABLE STIMULATING ASSEMBLY WITH MUSCLE | Cochlear Limited | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 3796 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18842925 | ADVANCED PASSIVE INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT OF AN IMPLANTABLE DEVICE | Cochlear Limited | DEANE JR, WILLIAM J | 2693 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18791827 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL FROM AQUACULTURE TAIL WATER BASED ON AGRICULTURAL WASTE FILLER | Pearl River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy Of Fishery Sciences | MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO | 1772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18779280 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION OF A WEAK ACID DRUG AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION | Pharmosa Biopharm Inc. | PIPIC, ALMA | 1617 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18772647 | MASTOID BONE START DRILL BIT | Cochlear Limited | WOODALL, NICHOLAS W | 3775 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18764689 | OBSERVER-BASED CANCELLATION SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTABLE HEARING INSTRUMENTS | Cochlear Limited | JOSHI, SUNITA | 3646 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18720243 | ADVANCED RETENTION MAGNET SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL DEVICE | Cochlear Limited | HILSMIER, HEIDI ANN | 3796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18737286 | ELECTRICAL FIELD USAGE IN COCHLEAS | Cochlear Limited | DIETRICH, JOSEPH M | 3796 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18675793 | PREPARATION METHOD OF MESOPOROUS CEO2-LOADED AU CATALYST, PRODUCTS THEREOF | Baotou Research Institute Of Rare Earths | RHOADES, DEREK JAMES | 1692 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18665653 | METHOD FOR USING ZMARGOS9 GENE IN DROUGHT RESISTANCE AND HIGH YIELD PRODUCTION OF MAIZE | Sichuan Agricultural University | SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON | 1663 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 82d | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18646378 | GLOVE FOR PREVENTING AND RELIEVING TENOSYNOVITIS | Shanghai University Of Medicine & Health Sciences | BALLER, KELSEY E | 3785 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18702623 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SELF-HEALING ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS | Asociación Centro De Investigación Cooperativa En Nanociencias "Cic Nanogune" | COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18606090 | METHOD FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING A DISEASE OF INCOMPLETE IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION IN AIDS USING (5R)-5-HYDROXYTRIPTOLIDE | Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd. | IVANOVA, SVETLANA M | 1627 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18692404 | CELLULAR SUPPORT FOR CULTURING METHODS | UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAÍS VASCO | LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT | 1633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18599644 | INTRACUTANEOUS IMPLANTATION TECHNIQUES | Cochlear Limited | DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA | 2694 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18593418 | SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME, REMOTE ACCESS TO AND ADJUSTMENT OF PATIENT HEARING AID WITH PATIENT IN NORMAL LIFE ENVIRONMENT | Cochlear Limited | MCKINNEY, ANGELICA M | 2694 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18585193 | PROSTHESIS FUNCTIONALITY CONTROL AND DATA PRESENTATION | Cochlear Limited | JOSHI, SUNITA | 2694 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18686044 | INNER EAR ACCESS DETERMINATION | Cochlear Limited | PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18684331 | INNER EAR DEVICE WITH ACCESS AND PASSIVE COMPONENTS | Cochlear Limited | WILLSE, DAVID H | 3774 | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18431452 | MAGNET MANAGEMENT MRI COMPATIBILITY | Cochlear Limited | LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18411739 | METHOD FOR NANOMORPHOLOGICAL MODIFICATION OF POLYETHER ETHER KETONE SURFACE BY HOT PRESSING, MODIFIED POLYETHER ETHER KETONE MATERIAL AND APPLICATION THEREOF | Air Force Medical University | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 1766 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18571423 | ADVANCED EAR ACCESS | Cochlear Limited | SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS | 3783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2023 |
| 18523500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING FLIGHT STRING FATIGUE GRADE BASED ON TASK INFORMATION | Civil Aviation University Of China | GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18521483 | METHOD FOR DETECTING INFRARED SHIP TARGET BASED ON IMPROVED YOLOV7 | Yangtze University | RUSH, ERIC | 2677 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18562991 | COMPRESSION TOOL COUPLABLE TO A BATTERY-POWERED IMPACT WRENCH | Restart Industria, Comercio, Importacao, Exportacao De Equipamentos E Acessorios Eletricos Ltda. | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | 3729 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18499597 | PULSE ABLATION CATHETER FOR TREATING PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION | Yan'An Hospital Of Kunming City | RHODES, NORA W | 3794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18553464 | ANTIBODY AND USE THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER | CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS | GODDARD, LAURA B | 1642 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18372363 | EXTERNAL ANKLE BRACE | Tayco Brace, Inc. | CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN | 3786 | §101§102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18278254 | ADVANCED COCHLEA ACCESS | Cochlear Limited | NEAL, TIMOTHY JAY | 3795 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18451639 | KIT FOR QUIESCENT DETECTING ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN AGGREGATES | Pingyi Xu | COLE, HOUSTON DAVID | 1758 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18546268 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USING COMBINATIONS OF ACTIN-BASED PEPTIDES TO MODULATE CELLULAR BIOACTIVITY | Virongy LLC | MIKNIS, ZACHARY J | 1658 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2023 |
| 18203940 | RAINWATER TREATMENT METHOD AND RAINWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM APPLIED TO MINE WASTELAND | Hubei University Of Technology | TRAN, ELLIS HOANG | 2187 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18197661 | RECOGNITION OF IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE | Cochlear Limited | MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM | 3993 | §112DPOther | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 18029500 | ADVANCED SURGICALLY IMPLANTABLE TECHNOLOGIES | Cochlear Limited | VOORHEES, CATHERINE M | 3792 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18025523 | NEW TINNITUS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES | Cochlear Limited | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | 2694 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 09, 2023 |
| 18114662 | ELECTRICAL TECHNIQUES FOR BIOMARKER DETECTION IN A COCHLEA | Cochlear Limited | ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO | 3791 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 17999769 | CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS SPECIFIC FOR P95HER2 AND USES THEREOF | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats | AEDER, SEAN E | 1642 | §112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 23, 2022 |
| 17771617 | ADVANCED TOOLS FOR BONE CONDUCTION IMPLANTATION | Cochlear Limited | KOHUTKA, BROOKE NICOLE | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial87.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Pilloff Passino & Cosenza LLP were allowed, across 1,496 applications in USPTO records.
3.90 office actions per allowed application on average.
58 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 28 clients, before 54 examiners in 38 art units.
