Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
24 pending office actions • 16 clients • 23 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Schott, P.C. has managed 863 career applications, primarily in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The firm holds a resolved allowance rate of 83.86 percent. Prosecution at the firm averages 3.77 office actions per allowance, indicating a more involved and persistent effort to overcome examiner rejections. This average suggests that the firm frequently engages in multiple rounds of communication with the USPTO to secure patent rights for its clients.
There are 20 pending office actions currently on the firm's docket. This active workload is part of its 863 career applications. The 83.86 percent allowance rate shows a reliable ability to navigate the patent office. While 3.77 office actions per allowance suggests a longer prosecution path, the firm's solid success rate indicates that its persistent approach is effective. This data provides a clear expectation for applicants in the medical device and mechanical engineering sectors regarding the effort required to achieve an allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 | 10 (42%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | 2 | 67.0% | +14.1% |
| PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 1 | 71.0% | +39.5% |
| TRAN, LOI H | 1 | 64.9% | +23.5% |
| EUSTAQUIO, CAL J | 1 | 63.7% | +35.5% |
| JOHNSTON, NATHAN M | 1 | 96.3% | -0.4% |
| GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1 | 71.8% | +33.1% |
| SHABARA, HOSAM | 1 | 82.6% | +16.2% |
| FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE | 1 | 83.3% | +1.9% |
| TAWFIK, SAMEH | 1 | 63.1% | +31.2% |
| DEVINE, MOLLY K | 1 | 67.6% | +31.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35524633 | Holder for sanitary fluid dispensers | JOHNSTON, NATHAN M | — |
| 18923844 | BICYCLE WITH REAR SUSPENSION AND RELATIVE SYSTEM OF TRANSMISSIONS | SHABARA, HOSAM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17285123 | KNITTED CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR AND CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR (ACTIVE) TEXTILE | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 128d overdue |
| 18465258 | UNIVERSAL FACIAL REJUVENATION TREATMENT SYSTEM (U-FRTS) | DANG, ANH TIEU | 28d |
| 18519469 | PORTABLE SURGICAL METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS | AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B | 34d |
| 19369247 | BONE FRACTURE FIXATION DEVICE WITH RATCHETING CLAMP | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | — |
| 18995399 | BICYCLE WITH REAR SUSPENSION AND RELATED COMPENSATING DEVICE OF THE TRAVEL OF SAID SUSPENSION | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — |
| 18870979 | BICYCLE WITH REAR SUSPENSION AND RELATIVE DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING CHAIN PULL | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — |
| 18859908 | SURFACTANT-LOADED MOF-BASED ANTIVIRAL FABRIC FOR USE IN FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | — |
| 18854582 | INTEGRATED SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH SUPERCONDUCTING FAULT CURRENT LIMITER | FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18849186 | PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR FIBER BASED CELLULOSE MATERIAL PRODUCTS | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 19d overdue |
| 19369247 | BONE FRACTURE FIXATION DEVICE WITH RATCHETING CLAMP | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | — |
| 19207946 | ADJUSTABLE STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA ALIGNMENT SYSTEM | TRAN, LOI H | — |
| 19187566 | DRAIN DETECTION SYSTEM WITH MULTI-ZONE ALERTS | EUSTAQUIO, CAL J | — |
| 18995399 | BICYCLE WITH REAR SUSPENSION AND RELATED COMPENSATING DEVICE OF THE TRAVEL OF SAID SUSPENSION | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — |
| 18870979 | BICYCLE WITH REAR SUSPENSION AND RELATIVE DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING CHAIN PULL | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | — |
| 18859908 | SURFACTANT-LOADED MOF-BASED ANTIVIRAL FABRIC FOR USE IN FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | — |
| 18923844 | BICYCLE WITH REAR SUSPENSION AND RELATIVE SYSTEM OF TRANSMISSIONS | SHABARA, HOSAM | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Drexel University | 4 |
| Ochain S.r.l. | 3 |
| Blue Ocean Closures | 3 |
| X-Biomedical | 2 |
| Stabiliz Orthopaedics, Inc. | 1 |
| Microshare Inc. | 1 |
| Runius Design AB | 1 |
| University Of Nebraska | 1 |
| Fluiteco Srl | 1 |
| Suzuki Garphyttan AB | 1 |
| Ecoremedy, LLC | 1 |
| Noritz | 1 |
| Skin Aesthetics Inc. | 1 |
| University of Texas | 1 |
| Stabiliz Orthopaedics | 1 |
| APEX MILLS, INC. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3773 | 2 |
| 3762 | 2 |
| 2484 | 1 |
| 2951 | 1 |
| 3611 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 3731 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 1741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19369247 | BONE FRACTURE FIXATION DEVICE WITH RATCHETING CLAMP | Stabiliz Orthopaedics, Inc. | PLIONIS, NICHOLAS J | 3773 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2025 |
| 19207946 | ADJUSTABLE STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA ALIGNMENT SYSTEM | X-Biomedical, Inc. | TRAN, LOI H | 2484 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19187566 | DRAIN DETECTION SYSTEM WITH MULTI-ZONE ALERTS | Microshare Inc. | EUSTAQUIO, CAL J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 | |
| 35524633 | Holder for sanitary fluid dispensers | Runius Design AB | JOHNSTON, NATHAN M | 2951 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 18995399 | BICYCLE WITH REAR SUSPENSION AND RELATED COMPENSATING DEVICE OF THE TRAVEL OF SAID SUSPENSION | Ochain S.r.l. | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | 3611 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18870979 | BICYCLE WITH REAR SUSPENSION AND RELATIVE DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING CHAIN PULL | Ochain S.r.l. | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 | |
| 18859908 | SURFACTANT-LOADED MOF-BASED ANTIVIRAL FABRIC FOR USE IN FACEMASKS AND RESPIRATORS | Drexel University | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18923844 | BICYCLE WITH REAR SUSPENSION AND RELATIVE SYSTEM OF TRANSMISSIONS | Ochain S.r.l. | SHABARA, HOSAM | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 | |
| 18854582 | INTEGRATED SOLID-STATE CIRCUIT BREAKER WITH SUPERCONDUCTING FAULT CURRENT LIMITER | University Of Nebraska | FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18849186 | PRODUCTION METHOD AND PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR FIBER BASED CELLULOSE MATERIAL PRODUCTS | Blue Ocean Closures AB | TAWFIK, SAMEH | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18721313 | UNDIFFERENTIATED WASTE SEPARATION DEVICE | Fluiteco Srl | DEVINE, MOLLY K | 3653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18699053 | PRESS MOLDING METHOD OF A CUP SHAPED FIBER PRODUCT, A FIBER PRESS MOLD AND A CUP SHAPED FIBER PRODUCT | Blue Ocean Closures AB | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18695874 | FIBER-BASED PACKAGING CAPSULE AND A METHOD OF PRESS-FORMING THE SAME | Blue Ocean Closures AB | KIM, YUNJU | 1742 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18695147 | BURIED PIPE ASSESSMENTS (CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION) BASED ON STRESS WAVE PROPAGATION | Drexel University | PLUMB, NIGEL H | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18693759 | FLAT WIRE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF | Suzuki Garphyttan AB | WANG, NICHOLAS A | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 | |
| 18585869 | BIOSOLID TREATMENT PROCESS AND SYSTEM | Ecoremedy, LLC | LAU, JASON | 3762 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18519469 | PORTABLE SURGICAL METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS | X-Biomedical, Inc. | AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B | 2488 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18479878 | PORTABLE EXTREMELY FAST CHARGER FOR OFF-ROAD ELECTRIC VEHICLES | Drexel University | MIKELS, MATTHEW | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 | |
| 18470436 | WATER HEATER FIXING ASSEMBLY | Noritz America Corporation | ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 81d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18465258 | UNIVERSAL FACIAL REJUVENATION TREATMENT SYSTEM (U-FRTS) | Skin Aesthetics Inc. | DANG, ANH TIEU | 3771 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18174732 | INDIUM BASED SOL-GEL OXIDE PRECURSOR FILMS AS EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET AND LOW-ENERGY ELECTRON BEAM RESISTS | BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM | TRAYWICK, ANDREW PRESTON | 1737 | §103 | Final Rejection | 184d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2023 |
| 18146145 | Physical Layer Key based Interleaving for Secure Wireless Communication | Drexel University | SUH, ANDREW | 2493 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 17409728 | ANATOMIC EXTERNAL FIXATION DEVICE | Stabiliz Orthopedics, LLC | MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L | 3773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2021 |
| 17285123 | KNITTED CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR AND CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR (ACTIVE) TEXTILE | Apex Mills, Inc. | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 128d overdue | Pending | Apr 14, 2021 |
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