Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
691 pending office actions • 209 clients • 625 examiners • 291 art units • 7 of 691 (1%) have an AI response strategy ready • 683 patents granted in the last 365 days
SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. operates in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and has 700 pending office actions. Its 26353 career applications show a broad prosecution base, while the pending inventory signals substantial ongoing examination activity.
The resolved allowance rate is 83.7%, and allowances have required an average of 3.68 office actions. The combination suggests that many resolved matters proceed to allowance, but examination commonly involves several rounds of interaction. For practitioners, the profile supports planning for sustained response work and active docket management across a large mechanical and medical-device portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 170 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. 170 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 | 39 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 104 (15%) |
| §103 only | 208 (30%) |
| §102 only | 23 (3%) |
| §112 only | 29 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 24 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 24 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 230 (33%) |
| No statute on record | 10 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 4 | 66.8% | +33.7% |
| BLAIR, DOUGLAS B | 4 | 72.5% | +7.9% |
| HARRISON, CHANTE E | 3 | 68.9% | +29.2% |
| LIU, GORDON G | 3 | 83.0% | +14.7% |
| MILLER, SERENITY A | 3 | 68.5% | +36.1% |
| JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 2 | 49.1% | +17.8% |
| TULLIA, STEVEN A | 2 | 74.7% | +18.8% |
| BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | 2 | 77.4% | +25.8% |
| EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 2 | 23.7% | +39.0% |
| CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | 2 | 42.6% | +21.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18700493 | PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM | LIU, GORDON G | 78d overdue |
| 19094612 | MULTI-SUBJECT PERSONALIZATION IN VIDEO GENERATION | LIU, GORDON G | — |
| 19063820 | REMOTE ANNOTATION AND NAVIGATION USING AN AR WEARABLE DEVICE | LIU, GORDON G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18778086 | DIRECTIONAL DRILL STEM ROD LOADER AND METHOD | HALL, KRISTYN A | 267d overdue |
| 17609686 | RECOMMENDING THEME PATTERNS OF A DOCUMENT | SHIBEROU, MAHELET | 118d overdue |
| 18359835 | COMPLEX NAVIGATION MANEUVER REDUCTION | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | 97d overdue |
| 17756457 | SWIM DIAPER | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 87d overdue |
| 18212681 | EXERCISE DEVICE WITH FORCE SENSORS TO ESTIMATE FOOT POSITION | JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA | 71d overdue |
| 15733774 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE | KIDWELL, MICHELE M | 70d overdue |
| 18631419 | INVITING CO-TRAVELERS TO VIEW A RESERVATION | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 60d overdue |
| 17776416 | Computational Platform To Identify Therapeutic Treatments For Neurodevelopmental Conditions | BAILEY, STEVEN WILLIAM | 60d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18700493 | PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM | LIU, GORDON G | 78d overdue |
| 18176030 | ULTRASONIC TREATMENT TOOL | MILLER, SERENITY A | 10d overdue |
| 19439680 | WAVEGUIDE AND DIFFRACTION GRATING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY OR VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | — |
| 19479433 | PADLOCK | TULLIA, STEVEN A | — |
| 19368500 | MARKERLESS TRACKING AND LATENCY REDUCTION APPROACHES, AND RELATED DEVICES | BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | — |
| 19166003 | USER INTERFACE FRAMEWORK FOR CAPTURING HEALTH INFORMATION | EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 19305441 | NETWORKED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH DATA DEOBFUSCATION LAYER | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | — |
| 19287293 | BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3771 | 27 |
| 3791 | 23 |
| 2616 | 10 |
| 3794 | 10 |
| 3781 | 10 |
| 3774 | 9 |
| 2857 | 8 |
| 3626 | 7 |
| 2618 | 7 |
| 3775 | 7 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19439680 | WAVEGUIDE AND DIFFRACTION GRATING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY OR VIRTUAL REALITY DISPLAY | Snap Inc. | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 2621 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2026 |
| 19435517 | PINCH SLIDERS FOR USE WITH HANDS | Snap Inc. | SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA | 2628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2025 |
| 19385789 | DYNAMIC HEALTH RECORDS | DHRPRO, LLC | BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B | 3684 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2025 |
| 19483406 | PHYSICIAN ESCALATION STRATEGY FOR ONLINE ADAPTIVE RADIOTHERAPY | Elekta Ltd. | PATEL, JAY M | 3681 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2025 |
| 19481625 | OPPORTUNITY ANALYSES FOR RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEMS | Elekta, Inc. | WASEEM, HUMA | 3686 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 19481832 | QUANTIFYING CARBON OFFSET THROUGH INCENTIVIZING REUSE OF FUNCTIONAL ITEMS AS A DECORATIVE ITEM | Coty Inc. | OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | 3622 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 19479433 | PADLOCK | Assa Abloy AB | TULLIA, STEVEN A | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 19368500 | MARKERLESS TRACKING AND LATENCY REDUCTION APPROACHES, AND RELATED DEVICES | Monogram Technologies Inc. | BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI | 3798 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 19363287 | LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL-BASED SYSTEM FOR REPLICATING FORMATTED FINANCIAL DOCUMENT | Auquan Ltd. | ALLEN, NICHOLAS E | 2154 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2025 |
| 19475939 | MULTI-PURPOSE ROBOT END EFFECTOR FOR RISER RUNNING PROCESS ACTIVITIES | Grant Prideco, Lnc. | SAYRE, JAMES G | 3672 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2025 |
| 19359376 | CONTEXT BASED MEDIA CURATION | Snap Inc. | CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T | 2154 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19166003 | USER INTERFACE FRAMEWORK FOR CAPTURING HEALTH INFORMATION | Hedia Aps | EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER | 3683 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19327854 | METHOD TO ASSESS VALUE OF A TRANSPORTATION SERVICE | Inigo LLC | KYU, TAYAR M | 3628 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19316784 | INTELLIGENT GENERATION OF PERSONALIZED CQL ARTIFACTS | Safi Clinical Informatics Group, LLC | AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A | 3686 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2025 |
| 19305441 | NETWORKED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH DATA DEOBFUSCATION LAYER | Zeta Global Corp. | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | 3622 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19301681 | CUSTOMIZING A CAPTURE BUTTON USED DURING VIDEO RECORDING | Snap Inc. | CUTLER, ALBERT H | 2637 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19301792 | UNLOCKABLE CONTENT CREATION PORTAL | Snap Inc. | MOORTHY, ARAVIND K | 2407 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19298897 | LOCATING BAR AND PATIENT SUPPORT SYSTEM | Elekta AB (Publ) | ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19293393 | BEACON CIRCUIT FOR USE WITH ELECTRONIC LOCKS | Assa Abloy AB | SYED, NABIL H | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 | |
| 19293885 | GENERATING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT BASED ON USER-SELECTED PRODUCT DATA | Snap Inc. | CIVAN, ETHAN D | 3688 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19288749 | SCREEN RECORDING CAMERA MODE | Snap Inc. | TEKLE, DANIEL T | 2481 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19287293 | BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE | NextMind SAS | JOSEPH, DENNIS P | 2621 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19285742 | AUDIENCE FILTERING SYSTEM | Snap Inc. | PHAM, KHANH B | 2166 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19280786 | ENSEMBLE MODELS FOR ANOMALY DETECTION | Zeta Global Corp. | KO, CHAE M | 2114 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19281082 | BALLOON CATHETER AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME | Airiver Medical, Inc. | DANIEL, ANTARIUS S | 3783 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19272761 | GENERATING MEDIA CONTENT ITEMS DURING USER INTERACTION | Snap Inc. | HUANG, KAYLEE J | 2447 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19270311 | USER CONTACT CONTROL IN A NETWORK APPLICATION | Snap Inc. | SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B | 2434 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19266614 | HYGIENE SYSTEM FOR A PORTABLE PACKAGED FOOD CONTAINER | Ecolab Usa Inc. | HAILE, BENYAM | 2688 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19263198 | AUTO TRIMMING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT IN MESSAGING SYSTEMS | Snap Inc. | TOPGYAL, GELEK W | 2481 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19257004 | PERMISSION BASED MEDIA COMPOSITION | Snap Inc. | COX, NATISHA D | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 | |
| 19255615 | ON-DEVICE TWO STEP APPROXIMATE STRING MATCHING | Snap Inc. | ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M | 2164 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19255432 | DIRECTIONAL DRILL SECURING DEVICE AND METHOD | Tt Technologies, Inc. | RAILEY, JENNIFER A | 3676 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19253226 | GENERATING SECURITY LANGUAGE QUERIES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | GAVRILENKO, VLADIMIR I | 2431 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19249734 | PROTECTED DATA USE IN THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS | Snap Inc. | TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH | 2435 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19247814 | REAL-TIME CONTENT INTEGRATION BASED ON MACHINE LEARNED SELECTIONS | Snap Inc. | TIV, BACKHEAN | 2447 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19248137 | AUTO CONTOURABLE RADIOPAQUE FIDUCIAL MARKER WITHOUT ARTIFACT | Videra Surgical Inc. | CHOI, YOUNHEE JEON | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19247369 | PARYLENE CAPPING LAYER FOR EMBEDDED LIQUID PACKAGING | UNM RAINFOREST INNOVATIONS | MARTIN, VERONICA | 3731 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19243060 | SENSOR FUSION IN AGRICULTURAL VEHICLE STEERING | Raven Industries, Inc. | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | 3661 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19241209 | DYNAMIC COLOR UNIFORMITY CORRECTION DISPLAY SYSTEM | Snap Inc. | LAM, VINH TANG | 2628 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19139834 | DRIVE SYSTEMS FOR HUMAN POWERED VEHICLES | Classified Cycling BV | GLENN III, FRANK T | 3662 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19238027 | POINT OF INTEREST BASED PICKUP COORDINATION SYSTEM | Uber Technologies, Inc. | WEISENFELD, ARYAN E | 3663 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19238109 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DELIVERY INGESTION AND ROUTING | Uber Technologies, Inc. | TO, TUAN C | 3661 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19236406 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED MAKEUP PRODUCT SETS IN A MESSAGING SYSTEM | Snap Inc. | PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN | 3688 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19233818 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR ORGANIZING, SEARCHING AND DISPLAYING A KNIT FABRIC | Black Swan Textiles | BOWEN, RICHARD L | 2161 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19233779 | STABILIZATION AND NAVIGATION OF AN AUTONOMOUS DRONE | Snap Inc. | KRESS, TABITHA LYNN | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19233808 | CROSS-DOMAIN VIRTUAL CURRENCY STORE TRANSACTIONS | Snap Inc. | MIAN, MOHAMMAD YOU A | 2457 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19231248 | IMAGE-CAPTURE CONTROL | Snap Inc. | HANNETT, JAMES M | 2639 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19229170 | LOCATION ACCURACY SYSTEM | Uber Technologies, Inc. | WALSH, EMMETT K | 3626 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19228473 | FULLY AUTONOMOUS DRONE FLIGHTS | Snap Inc. | LOUIE, WAE LENNY | 3661 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19225051 | MULTI-STENT AND MULTI-BALLOON APPARATUS FOR TREATING BIFURCATIONS AND METHODS OF USE | Advanced Bifurcation Systems Inc. | MENDEZ, KATHERINE H | 3771 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
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Start Free Trial83.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Schwegman, Lundberg and Woessner, P.A. were allowed, across 26,353 applications in USPTO records.
3.68 office actions per allowed application on average.
691 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 209 clients, before 625 examiners in 291 art units.
