Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
179 pending office actions • 38 clients • 170 examiners • 111 art units • 0 of 179 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
PRICE HENEVELD LLP has 185 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 9389 career applications. The profile therefore combines a sizable active workload with a large application record in the same technology area.
The resolved allowance rate is 89.13%, and the average is 2.74 office actions per allowance. The allowance figure supplies an outcome measure, while the office-action average indicates the amount of recorded prosecution activity associated with allowed matters. Practitioners can use these measures together to distinguish docket scale from historical resolution performance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 31 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. 31 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 only | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 14 (8%) |
| §103 only | 60 (34%) |
| §102 only | 7 (4%) |
| §112 only | 7 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 86 (48%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| INSLER, ELIZABETH | 4 | 67.1% | +25.0% |
| BEMKO, TARAS P | 2 | 84.4% | +19.2% |
| WELTE, BENJAMIN PETER | 2 | 63.6% | +14.7% |
| HOWELL, MARC C | 2 | 68.7% | +24.5% |
| TRAN, THIEN S | 2 | 71.9% | +24.0% |
| GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | 2 | 76.9% | +18.6% |
| CHOU, JIMMY | 2 | 71.2% | +14.8% |
| AN, IG TAI | 1 | 57.4% | +24.7% |
| YANG, NIEN | 1 | 73.3% | +28.1% |
| FLUHART, STACEY A | 1 | 82.8% | +13.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18917263 | ECCENTRIC LOCKING PIN | BEMKO, TARAS P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17894308 | LAUNDRY APPLIANCE HAVING AN ENCLOSED SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT EXCHANGE SPACE THAT SURROUNDS A ROTATING DRUM | BARRETT, THOMAS C | 49d overdue |
| 19049439 | OUTRIGGER MOUNT ASSEMBLY | ARK, DARREN W | 32d overdue |
| 18978761 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONTROL STRATEGY FOR CONTROLLING A HANDLING PROCESS OF AT LEAST ONE HANDLING DEVICE FOR HANDLING PIECE GOODS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND HANDLING DEVICE FOR HANDLING PIECE GOODS | WARNER, PHILIP N | 25d overdue |
| 18232521 | FOOD PROCESSING APPLIANCE HAVING AN ELECTRICAL HUB CONNECTION | INSLER, ELIZABETH | 23d overdue |
| 18464736 | TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND TERMINAL | HAN, CLEMENCE S | 1d overdue |
| 18260988 | SERVICE TRANSMISSION METHOD, SERVICE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, SERVICE TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RANDHAWA, MANDISH K | 5d |
| 17960951 | SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTED FOOD PREPARATION | BULLINGTON, ROBERT P | 5d |
| 18908198 | OBJECT RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR AN APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY OF CONSUMABLES | RACIC, MILENA | 14d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18232521 | FOOD PROCESSING APPLIANCE HAVING AN ELECTRICAL HUB CONNECTION | INSLER, ELIZABETH | 23d overdue |
| 18187850 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING RELAY COMMUNICATION INFORMATION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | WELTE, BENJAMIN PETER | 63d |
| 19278289 | APPLICATION OF AUXILIARY LIGHTING IN AUTOMATIC HITCH OPERATION | AN, IG TAI | — |
| 19262635 | MERGING FRIENDLY FILE FORMAT | YANG, NIEN | — |
| 19140357 | DIFFERENTIAL WITH DIFFERENTIAL GEARS AND A DRIVE GEAR | FLUHART, STACEY A | — |
| 18917263 | ECCENTRIC LOCKING PIN | BEMKO, TARAS P | — |
| 18908971 | INSERT UNIT FOR INSERTION INTO A STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF A CENTER CONSOLE | BEMKO, TARAS P | — |
| 18771359 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TURN-BASED COMMUNICATIONS | WELTE, BENJAMIN PETER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3761 | 13 |
| 1774 | 7 |
| 3762 | 6 |
| 3723 | 6 |
| 3637 | 3 |
| 3612 | 3 |
| 2444 | 3 |
| 2855 | 3 |
| 2472 | 3 |
| 2477 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19278289 | APPLICATION OF AUXILIARY LIGHTING IN AUTOMATIC HITCH OPERATION | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | AN, IG TAI | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19262635 | MERGING FRIENDLY FILE FORMAT | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | YANG, NIEN | 2484 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19140357 | DIFFERENTIAL WITH DIFFERENTIAL GEARS AND A DRIVE GEAR | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | FLUHART, STACEY A | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19232133 | TOWER WITH ELECTRIC ACTUATORS | Xtreme Marine Corporation | CHOI, JISUN | 3666 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19126809 | ROTOR | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | MOK, ALEX W | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19126838 | SECURITY ALARM | Michael Horsfall | PHAM, QUANG | 2685 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19191182 | CARGO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | VANTERPOOL, LESTER L | 3734 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19121532 | COMBUSTIBLE PROPELLANT CHARGE SLEEVE | Nitrochemie Aschau GmbH | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1734 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19177708 | HOLDER FOR A FUEL FILLER NECK | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | ALLEN, JEFFREY R | 3733 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19098293 | GAUGE APPARATUS FOR SURGICAL TOOL | Arthrex, Inc. | YANG, ANDREW | 3775 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19092236 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING UNKNOWN OBJECTS PROXIMATE A PATIENT | Welch Allyn, Inc. | MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS | 3682 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19090768 | INSULATED PANEL INTERFACE | Whirlpool Corporation | HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE | 3637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19083634 | COMPUTERIZED ECG INTERPRETATION VISUALIZATION | Welch Allyn, Inc. | TEHRANI, DANIEL | 3792 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19072003 | GRIPPING DEVICE, HANDLING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING PIECE GOODS | Korber Supply Chain Logistics GmbH | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | 3657 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19068053 | VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE WINDSHIELD MOISTURE PRECONDITIONING | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | NORRIS, URSULA LEE | 3676 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19106448 | STATOR AND KIT OF PARTS | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | STEFANON, JUSTIN | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19105905 | SECURITY SCREEN | Clearshield Security Pty Ltd. | PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS | 3634 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19059885 | ICE MAKING MACHINE | Whirlpool Corporation | BAUER, CASSEY D | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19052817 | VEHICLE WITH A VEHICLE BODY HAVING AN INSTRUMENT PANEL CROSS BEAM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING AN INSTRUMENT PANEL CROSS BEAM ON A VEHICLE BODY | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN | 3612 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19102688 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. | FIORILLO, JAMES N | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19102550 | SMART DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES | Arthrex, Inc. | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19049439 | OUTRIGGER MOUNT ASSEMBLY | Taco Metals, LLC | ARK, DARREN W | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19047046 | SCOPE POSITION AND INTERFERENCE DETECTION | Arthrex, Inc. | PADDA, ARI SINGH KANE | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19045095 | MODULAR LOCK ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE STORAGE BIN | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | 3612 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19037912 | WALLCOVERING PANEL | Hyperform Inc. | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1785 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19036235 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING RADIO CAPABILITY IDENTIFIER, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK NODE | Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. | FIGUEROA, MARISOL | 2643 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18997309 | PLANETARY GEARBOX AND WIND POWER APPARATUS | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | LE, HUAN G | 3655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19021831 | LABELING DEVICE, LABELING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR LABELING A PIECE GOOD | Körber Supply Chain Logistics GmbH | GHORISHI, SEYED BEHROOZ | 1748 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19013230 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TERMINAL POLICY ASSOCIATION, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE | Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. | NGUYEN, DAVID Q | 2643 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18881498 | METHOD FOR THE DYNAMIC DETECTION OF RATCHETING IN A COLLABORATIVE ROBOT BY MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND DYNAMIC COMPENSATION OF THE TRAJECTORIES | Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. Kg | HOLWERDA, STEPHEN | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19006351 | SURFACE COVERING WITH MAGNETIC COUPLING ARRANGEMENT | Hyperform, Inc. | KHAN, TAHSEEN | 1781 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18878242 | POTATO PROTEIN EXTRACTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | Root Extracts Limited | SAIDHA, TEKCHAND | 1652 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18987583 | DISHWASHER | Whirlpool Corporation | BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN | 1713 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18978577 | METHOD FOR HANDLING A PIECE OF GOODS | Körber Supply Chain Logistics GmbH | HANNAN, B M M | 3657 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18978761 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONTROL STRATEGY FOR CONTROLLING A HANDLING PROCESS OF AT LEAST ONE HANDLING DEVICE FOR HANDLING PIECE GOODS, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND HANDLING DEVICE FOR HANDLING PIECE GOODS | Körber Supply Chain Logistics GmbH | WARNER, PHILIP N | 3624 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18976465 | VEHICLE STORAGE COMPARTMENT HAVING RF BLOCKER | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | LYNCH, CARLY W | 3643 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18953738 | MEASUREMENT METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND NETWORK DEVICE | Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. | PHAN, MAN U | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 | |
| 18866741 | SYSTEM FOR STATUS MONITORING AND AXLE SYSTEM | Saf-Holland GmbH | CASTELLON JR, MANUEL SALVADOR | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18866735 | VENTING SYSTEM, HUBCAP AND USE OF A HUBCAP IN A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE | Saf-Holland GmbH | ROGERS, ADAM D | 3617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18865452 | BROADCAST MESSAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND DEVICE, NETWORK FUNCTION AND STORAGE MEDIUM | China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. | JENSEN, NICHOLAS A | 2472 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18944292 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. | BADAWI, SHERIEF | 2169 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18863470 | MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT, POINT-OF-PRESENCE AND STORAGE MEDIUM | China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. | LITTLE, DALE L | 2469 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18934884 | WALL PANEL ASSEMBLY FOR A VACUUM INSULATED APPLIANCE | Whirlpool Corporation | WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S | 3637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18930331 | POSITIONING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE | Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. | SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH | 3648 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18917263 | ECCENTRIC LOCKING PIN | Saf-Holland, Inc. | BEMKO, TARAS P | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 | |
| 18856759 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING NUMBER OF MONITORING, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. | KANG, SUK JIN | 2477 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18910137 | VEHICLE SEAT ASSEMBLY HAVING CUSHION TUBE WITH SUPPORT BRACKETS | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 3636 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18908971 | INSERT UNIT FOR INSERTION INTO A STORAGE COMPARTMENT OF A CENTER CONSOLE | Ford Global Technologies, LLC | BEMKO, TARAS P | 3672 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18908198 | OBJECT RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR AN APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING HOUSEHOLD INVENTORY OF CONSUMABLES | Whirlpool Corporation | RACIC, MILENA | 3627 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18852820 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUM | China Mobile Communications Group Co., Ltd. | LA, PHONG | 2469 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial89.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Price Heneveld LLP were allowed, across 9,389 applications in USPTO records.
2.74 office actions per allowed application on average.
179 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 38 clients, before 170 examiners in 111 art units.
