Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
237 pending office actions • 104 clients • 226 examiners • 149 art units • 0 of 237 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 186 patents granted in the last 365 days
Secant IP, PLLC handles Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering matters and has 236 pending office actions. Its 11602 career applications indicate a substantial prosecution base and an active continuing workload.
The resolved allowance rate is 86.66%, and an allowance has required an average of 2.98 office actions. The profile shows that resolved matters frequently reach allowance without a lengthy average examination path. Practitioners can use these measures to plan response activity while recognizing the need to manage a sizeable active docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 55 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. 55 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 | 5 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (4%) |
| §103 only | 78 (33%) |
| §102 only | 13 (5%) |
| §112 only | 15 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 10 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 104 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACHEN ZIMMERMAN, CHRISTINE M | 3 | 93.3% | +7.7% |
| FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 2 | 75.4% | +29.6% |
| NGUYEN, JASON TOAN | 2 | 58.1% | +36.8% |
| MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 2 | 75.3% | +20.8% |
| KING, BRADLEY T | 2 | 70.8% | +22.5% |
| NGUYEN, LILLIAN T | 2 | 84.1% | +13.9% |
| SMITH, CHAIM A | 2 | 39.0% | +50.9% |
| DARB, HAMZA A. | 2 | 74.5% | +31.1% |
| GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 2 | 16.3% | +30.6% |
| LACHICA, ERICSON M | 2 | 29.8% | +35.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35527073 | Part of coffee or kitchen grinders, non-electric household | ACHEN ZIMMERMAN, CHRISTINE M | — |
| 35527056 | Part of coffee or kitchen grinders, non-electric household | ACHEN ZIMMERMAN, CHRISTINE M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17794659 | ENDOPROSTHESIS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ENDOPROSTHESIS | TYSON, MELANIE RUANO | 180d overdue |
| 17905836 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING WELDED REINFORCING MESHES WITH HIGH STRENGTH AND EXPANSION VALUES | EKIERT, TERESA M | 124d overdue |
| 18001034 | COMPOUND FOR THE TREATMENT OF CORONAVIRAL INFECTIONS | BAUER, NICOLA MARIA | 88d overdue |
| 18496075 | INTERACTIVE PET TOY | ALEKSIC, NEVENA | 60d overdue |
| 18373885 | ASSET MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR LUMINAIRE DEVICES | NAJI, YOUNES | 60d overdue |
| 17744425 | Systems, Methods, and Environments for Providing Subscription Product Recommendations | SMITH, LINDSEY B | 46d overdue |
| 18255665 | METHODS FOR EXTRACTING RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM RARE EARTH ELEMENT SOURCES | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 45d overdue |
| 17815783 | PET CHEW CONTAINING MISCANTHUS GRASS | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 45d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17815783 | PET CHEW CONTAINING MISCANTHUS GRASS | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 45d overdue |
| 17814101 | CORN COB PET CHEW | GERLA, STEPHANIE RAE | 36d overdue |
| 18538425 | METHOD FOR BRAKE CONTROL OF A VEHICLE COMBINATION AND BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR OPERATING THIS METHOD | KING, BRADLEY T | 9d overdue |
| 18496164 | GRASPABLE SURGICAL DEVICE | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 22d |
| 18332460 | REMOTELY CONTROLLED SUCTION/IRRIGATION FOR SURGERY | DARB, HAMZA A. | 27d |
| 18318228 | REMOTELY CONTROLLED SUCTION/IRRIGATION FOR SURGERY | DARB, HAMZA A. | 40d |
| 19656664 | GRASPABLE SURGICAL DEVICE | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | — |
| 19161074 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE OFF-ROAD | NGUYEN, JASON TOAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1791 | 7 |
| 3666 | 6 |
| 1792 | 6 |
| 3783 | 5 |
| 2834 | 5 |
| 3775 | 4 |
| 3763 | 4 |
| 3643 | 4 |
| 2855 | 4 |
| 3647 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19656664 | GRASPABLE SURGICAL DEVICE | Vascular Technology, Incorporated | FREDRICKSON, COURTNEY B | 3783 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2026 |
| 19578004 | POULTRY FEEDERS | Hebe Studio Ltd. | HUEBNER, ERICA MICHELLE | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2026 |
| 19403622 | UNDER-ENGINE MUFFLER SYSTEM FOR POWERED SNOW VEHICLES | Ruffian Snowbike Corporation | WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM | 3617 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2025 |
| 19350672 | METHOD FOR HEATING COMPONENTS OF A VEHICLE | ZF Friedrichshafen AG | VORCE, AMELIA J.I. | 3666 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2025 |
| 19161074 | METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE OFF-ROAD | ZF Friedrichshafen AG | NGUYEN, JASON TOAN | 3666 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19312909 | ROTOR-STATOR ASSEMBLY FOR A ROTARY ENGINE, COMPRESSOR OR PUMP, A ROTARY ENGINE AND A LIFTING UNIT AND DEVICE | Eleni Stassinopoulou | DOUNIS, LAERT | 3746 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19303120 | ALARM SYSTEM WITH FIRST RESPONDER CODE FOR BUILDING ACCESS | Simplisafe, Inc. | TRAN, THANG DUC | 2686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19289190 | MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR DOOR LOCK | Simplisafe, Inc. | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 3675 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 35527059 | Part of coffee or kitchen grinders, non-electric household | Bernd Braune | ACHEN ZIMMERMAN, CHRISTINE M | 2951 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 35527073 | Part of coffee or kitchen grinders, non-electric household | Bernd Braune | ACHEN ZIMMERMAN, CHRISTINE M | 2951 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 35527056 | Part of coffee or kitchen grinders, non-electric household | Bernd Braune | ACHEN ZIMMERMAN, CHRISTINE M | 2951 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19280598 | MOBILE PHONE REMINDER DEVICE | Besrev LLC | WILSON, BRIAN P | 2689 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19149782 | LINE GUIDING DEVICE COMPRISING SINGLE-PART LONGITUDINAL PORTIONS, AND GUIDE PIECE THEREFOR | Igus GmbH | MORRIS, TAYLOR L | 3631 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19261173 | METHOD OF STARTING A MOTOR VEHICLE | ZF Friedrichshafen AG | HOANG, JOHNNY H | 3747 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19255111 | DEVICE FOR AND METHOD FOR PREPARING OF A TREATMENT OF A PATIENT WITH HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND | Theraclion SA | ROZANSKI, MICHAEL T | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19139533 | METHOD FOR CHECKING THE PLAUSIBILITY OF A PARAMETER | ZF Friedrichshafen AG | CHOI, JISUN | 3666 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19203287 | SOLAR CELL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | Csi Cells Co., Ltd. | TRIVISONNO, ANGELO | 1722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19201282 | INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING NETWORKED SCALE SYSTEMS WITH NETWORK-CONFIGURED SCALE DEVICES | Gravity Metric LLC | CHEIN, ALLEN C | 3627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19196520 | TRAVELLING WAVE ANTENNA DESIGN | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE | NGUYEN, HOANG V | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19194115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING ADAPTIVE LIBRARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE SPECTRAL DATA | BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE | PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 2154 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19192987 | LIGHTED CAMERA APPARATUS | Simplisafe, Inc. | ADAMS, EILEEN M | 2481 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19179082 | ANIMAL TRAINING PAD HAVING URINE-REPELLANT AREAS BORDERED BY URINE-COLLECTION CHANNELS | Four Paws Products, Ltd. | DENNIS, KEVIN M | 3647 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19172366 | ORTHOPEDIC ALIGNMENT DEVICE | Arthrosurface, Inc. | HANNA, SAMUEL SALEEB | 3775 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19169484 | BEARING SHELL FOR A BALL JOINT, BALL JOINT AND CHASSIS COMPONENT WITH SUCH A BEARING SHELL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE BEARING SHELL | ZF Friedrichshafen AG | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | 3678 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19116085 | VOICE DISAMBIGUATION TECHNIQUES IN MEDIA PLAYBACK SYSTEMS | Sonos, Inc. | SIRJANI, FARIBA | 2659 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19091200 | OPERATING WIRELESS DEVICES AND IMAGE DATA SYSTEMS | Simplisafe, Inc. | MUNG, ON S | 2486 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19086957 | BATTERY-POWERED IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES | Simplisafe, Inc. | ANDERSON II, JAMES M | 2425 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19113119 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PORT CONTAMINATION IN PLAYBACK DEVICES | Sonos, Inc. | MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19110291 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RANGE QUERY PROCESSING OF COMPLEX GEOMETRIC DATA | Technische Universität München | MOBIN, HASANUL | 2168 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19109822 | SYSTEM FOR FILLING AND CLOSING CANS UNDER HYGIENIC CONDITIONS | Hygentile AG | IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E | 3731 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19106819 | METHOD FOR COATING A DRIED PREFORM | Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. Kg | FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19054089 | ARTICULATED RIGID AXLE OF A VEHICLE WITH AN AXLE SUPPORT WITH AN ELECTRIC MACHINE AS DRIVE | ZF Friedrichshafen AG | DANG, TINH | 3655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19053652 | ACTUATOR | Minebea Mitsumi Inc. | SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19050490 | AUTOMATED QUOTE COMPARISON AND GRAPHICAL RISK STRUCTURE GENERATION FROM UNSTRUCTURED INSURANCE QUOTATION DOCUMENTS | Aon Global Operations SE, Singapore Branch | ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA | 3692 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19101970 | A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A BITRATE ALLOCATION OF A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL CHANNELS IN AN OPTICAL TRANSMISSION LINK | Hochschule Für Angewandte Wissenschaften München | SANDHU, AMRITBIR K | 2634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19047778 | ELECTRIC MOTOR AND COMPONENTS | The University of Nottingham | CHANG, MINKI | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19102203 | HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM | City St George'S, University Of London | AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19010451 | ADJUSTABLE NAIL TRIMMER | Four Paws Products, Ltd. | NGUYEN, SON T | 3643 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19100241 | METHOD FOR INVERTING DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS FOR A WORKING MACHINE | ZF Friedrichshafen AG | SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M | 3664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19038274 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A HARD BOOK COVER | Gp2 Technologies, Inc. | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | 3637 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18997375 | SEALING FILM AND CONTAINER COMPRISING SEALING FILM | Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co. Kg | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1787 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19029034 | Pest Repellant System | Symterra, Inc. | ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS | 3643 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18994263 | ELECTROLYTE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL GAS SENSOR AND BLOOD GAS MONITORING | Sentec AG | WINAKUR, ERIC FRANK | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19014886 | MODULAR PRODUCTION LINE AND PROCESS FOR USING IT | Bühler AG | SWEENEY, MAURA ELIZABETH | 1791 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18880766 | POWER-SHIFT TRANSMISSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION OF THE RANGE CHANGE TYPE | ZF Friedrichshafen AG | BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY | 3618 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18880775 | TEST STAND FOR TESTING PROPERTIES OF AN ELECTRICALLY DRIVABLE AXLE MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | ZF Friedrichshafen AG | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18880358 | SUPPORT COLUMN, PROCESS DEVICE MODULE, AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREOF | Morimatsu (Jiangsu) Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. | PATTERSON, GARRETT CHRISTOPHER | 3633 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19002039 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TREATING MOTION SICKNESS USING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION | Spark Biomedical, Inc. | HULBERT, AMANDA K | 3792 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18878756 | MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM | Caddi Diagnostics GmbH | EVANS, ASHLEY ELIZABETH | 3687 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18877469 | QUANTUM RECEIVERS FOR ENTANGLEMENT ASSISTED CLASSICAL OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS | Arizona Board of Regents | ISMAIL, OMAR S | 2635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial86.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Secant Ip, Pllc were allowed, across 11,602 applications in USPTO records.
2.98 office actions per allowed application on average.
237 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 104 clients, before 226 examiners in 149 art units.
