Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 2 clients • 6 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
SANDBRIGHT, PLLC is a boutique firm with 58 career applications in the Networking & Security technology area. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 77.14 percent. Prosecution typically requires 3.04 office actions per allowance, which is indicative of the complexities involved in securing networking and security patents. This average suggests a thorough examination process requiring multiple responses to the USPTO.
The firm currently has 3 pending office actions. This small number of active cases is consistent with its total of 58 career applications. The 77.14 percent allowance rate shows a respectable success rate for a specialized firm. The 3.04 office actions per allowance suggests that clients should expect a detailed prosecution cycle to achieve an allowance in this technical field. This data reflects a firm that provides focused attention on a small number of specialized applications, maintaining a consistent success rate in a challenging sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIN, ERICA S Y | 1 | 85.9% | +2.7% |
| TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | 1 | 70.1% | +32.2% |
| CAMPOS JR, JUAN J | 1 | 68.9% | +19.5% |
| SCOTT, RANDY A | 1 | 84.7% | -1.4% |
| BYRD, BRIGID K | 1 | 71.4% | +46.4% |
| MCGRATH, ERIN E | 1 | 60.1% | +28.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18372430 | OFFSHORE EQUIPMENT DESTRUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | SCOTT, RANDY A | 3d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18091797 | SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE APPLICATION AND REMOVAL OF TATTOOS AND OTHER SKIN TREATMENTS | BYRD, BRIGID K | 28d overdue |
| 18091746 | SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE APPLICATION AND REMOVAL OF TATTOOS AND OTHER SKIN TREATMENTS | MCGRATH, ERIN E | 12d |
| 18731630 | INTERNAL PLATFORM SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR AN OFFSHORE FOUNDATION STRUCTURE | TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | 29d |
| 18729984 | WIND TURBINE CABLE CONNECTOR MONITORING METHOD AND DEVICE | LIN, ERICA S Y | — |
| 18291473 | WIND TURBINE BLADE INSTALLATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INSTALLING A WIND TURBINE BLADE | CAMPOS JR, JUAN J | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18091797 | SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE APPLICATION AND REMOVAL OF TATTOOS AND OTHER SKIN TREATMENTS | BYRD, BRIGID K | 28d overdue |
| 18091746 | SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE APPLICATION AND REMOVAL OF TATTOOS AND OTHER SKIN TREATMENTS | MCGRATH, ERIN E | 12d |
| 18731630 | INTERNAL PLATFORM SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR AN OFFSHORE FOUNDATION STRUCTURE | TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | 29d |
| 18291473 | WIND TURBINE BLADE INSTALLATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INSTALLING A WIND TURBINE BLADE | CAMPOS JR, JUAN J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| ØRSTED WIND POWER A/S | 4 |
| Rejuvatek Medical Inc. | 2 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 2 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18729984 | WIND TURBINE CABLE CONNECTOR MONITORING METHOD AND DEVICE | ØRSTED WIND POWER A/S | LIN, ERICA S Y | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 | |
| 18731630 | INTERNAL PLATFORM SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR AN OFFSHORE FOUNDATION STRUCTURE | ØRSTED WIND POWER A/S | TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J | 3678 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18291473 | WIND TURBINE BLADE INSTALLATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INSTALLING A WIND TURBINE BLADE | ØRSTED WIND POWER A/S | CAMPOS JR, JUAN J | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 | |
| 18372430 | OFFSHORE EQUIPMENT DESTRUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD | ØRSTED WIND POWER A/S | SCOTT, RANDY A | 2439 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18091797 | SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE APPLICATION AND REMOVAL OF TATTOOS AND OTHER SKIN TREATMENTS | Rejuvatek Medical Inc. | BYRD, BRIGID K | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 18091746 | SYSTEM FOR USE IN THE APPLICATION AND REMOVAL OF TATTOOS AND OTHER SKIN TREATMENTS | Rejuvatek Medical Inc. | MCGRATH, ERIN E | 3771 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Dec 30, 2022 |
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